Experience

Allied Health Professions Australia

• Australia
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Advisor - Digital Health Lead

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Strategy, policy, advocacy and project management to move the allied health sector forward as one toward integrated digital Health solutions Strategy, policy, advocacy and project management to move the allied health sector forward as one toward integrated digital Health solutions



AHSC - Together we can improve more people's lives

• Virtual Project Consultant, providing service globablly

• Managing Director/ Consultant

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  To date, AHSC projects and contracts have resulted in us working with a variety of organisations to help them meet their specific goals but together we all have one overarching goal, to improve the lives of those who utilise health services. Examples include: ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS AUSTRALIA (AHPA) - Project management across multiple allied health professions to produce the report 'Infection Prevention and Control in Allied Health'; a suite of digital health projects and reports in collaboration with the Australian Digital Health Agency; NDIS independent assessor training requirements ABILITYMADE - Market demand evaluation; market entry assistance, growth, product development and professional advertising NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME - Technical Advisory Team - reasonable and necessary decision making clinical advisory services, development and implementation of policies and processes STATE GOVERNMENT FUNDING AND PROVIDER REGULATOR - advisory services with education to enable lower cost and faster in-house decision making, scoping reviews to inform future opportunities and threats, summary of evidence and recommendations for service provision to inform governance arrangements ASSOCIATIONS - facilitate workshops, professional standards development and implementation, topic reviews to inform framework development Show less



Allied Health Professions Australia

• Melbourne, Australia

• Communications Facilitator

  • Aug 2016 - Dec 2016

  Engaged and co-ordinated external stakeholders to provide content into the AHPA online leaders network. This network has over 800 allied health professionals from 22 disciplines connecting and learning from external bodies and eachother. Topics co-ordinated included person-centred-care, professional and student supervision and the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Engaged and co-ordinated external stakeholders to provide content into the AHPA online leaders network. This network has over 800 allied health professionals from 22 disciplines connecting and learning from external bodies and eachother. Topics co-ordinated included person-centred-care, professional and student supervision and the National Disability Insurance Scheme.



Australian Orthotic Prosthetic Association

• Manager Advocacy & Representation / Project Officer

  • Oct 2013 - Jul 2016

  Liaised with members, government, consumers and regulators on behalf of the profession to instigate and inform of the need for change in an evidence based manner. Helped strengthen regulation through the revision and implementation of professional competency standards (see link) and the utilisation of these to underpin course accreditation and assessment of competence processes. Published the work conducted in this area and our workforce review to assist other professions (see links). Generated AOPA membership engagement with 30% of membership participating in webinars presented and volunteers actively participating in reference groups. Implemented AOPA workshops to the annual Congress program to educate providers in profession wide regulatory and evidence based practices, including clinical justification and outcome measures. Show less



St Vincents Health Australia

• Department Manager

  • Mar 2011 - Oct 2013

  Reduced referral to appointment timeframe for orthotic outpatient services from 2 years to 4-6 weeks through implementation of procedural changes. Developed a central fabrication system collaboratively with an alternative health service to share staffing resources to overcome recruitment and budget risk limitations to ensure faster client service delivery. Delivered spending reductions with increased service activity. Clinical service delivery. Reduced referral to appointment timeframe for orthotic outpatient services from 2 years to 4-6 weeks through implementation of procedural changes. Developed a central fabrication system collaboratively with an alternative health service to share staffing resources to overcome recruitment and budget risk limitations to ensure faster client service delivery. Delivered spending reductions with increased service activity. Clinical service delivery.