Queensland Clinical Senate

A huge thank you to Dr Marlow Coates for your commitment and contribution to the Queensland Clinical Senate Executive. Marlow, the Executive Director of Medical Services for Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service, recently stepped down as a member of the Senate Executive after more than three years.    Marlow’s insights from a rural health perspective, particularly during the COVID-19 response, have been incredibly valuable. Thank you, Marlow.    You can listen to our podcast interview with Marlow from 2022 at one of the links below:    Apple podcasts   https://lnkd.in/gy3p6xSR    Spotify   https://lnkd.in/guq5QjmP    #clinicians #leaders #health #healthcare #hospitals #queensland #qld 

Could you be the next Chair of the Queensland Clinical Senate? Expressions of interest are now open for the role of Chair to commence in early 2025. If you are a well-respected practising clinician, who is acknowledged as a leader in your field and with the capacity to influence across the sector, consider applying today. For more information about the position, including how to apply, please contact the Queensland Clinical Senate Secretariat via email qldclinicalsenate@health.qld.gov.au Applications are welcome from practicing clinicians currently working for Queensland Health or the Mater Health Service. Applications close at 9am on Monday, 6 January 2025.

The Senate Executive has welcomed five new members, each bringing their unique experiences and perspectives from their professions and geographic locations. We are so thrilled to welcome:    Judy Morton, Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery, Townsville Hospital and Health Service. Tania Quaglio, Director of Speech Pathology for the Bayside Health Service in Metro South Hospital and Health Service.  Amanda Wilson, Executive Director of Allied Health, Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Services.     Dr Eugene Wong, Senior Medical Officer, Warwick Hospital, Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service.     Dr Jason Yates, Paediatric Endocrinologist and General Paediatrician, and Medical Director of Children’s Services at the Townsville Hospital and Health Service.      #clinicians #leaders #health #healthcare #hospitals #queensland #qld 

Professor Clair Sullivan is a passionate and experienced endocrinologist who is a leader in digital health for Queensland. In the latest episode of the Senate podcast, we spoke with Clair about how she found herself in digital health. And, on the back of the Senate's 'Transforming Flow' meeting, Clair talks about the new study she has co-authored - the Supa-Flow Study. She explains why access block is not all about the emergency department and the need to understand the complex interactions a consumer has in the care system throughout their journey and across the many interjurisdictional and intersectoral boundaries. You can listen now, at: Apple podcasts: https://lnkd.in/g7Xp--z9 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gvKAyHqp #health #healthcare #healthsystems #endocrinologist #digitalhealth #digitalhealthcare

Huge congratulations to our former Chair, Dr David Rosengren, on being appointed Director-General, Queensland Health. David, an Emergency Physician, was Chair of the Senate for six years from January 2013 to December 2018 and during that time chaired 17 meetings on a broad range of topics. David will bring an enormous amount of health system and clinical experience and skill to the role, and we wish him all the very best as DG! #leader #healthcare #healthcareleadership #emergencyphysician #health #queensland

Dr Tanya Kelly, Chair of the Queensland Clinical Senate, was invited to attend this week's meeting of the Tasmanian Health Senate. The Tasmanian Health Senate is relatively new and the co-chairs and members are keen to learn from our leaders and our 15 years of running a Clinical Senate here in Queensland. The topic for their Senate meeting was the workforce of the future. Photo: Queensland Clinical Senate Chair Dr Tanya Kelly with Tasmanian Health Senate Co-Chairs A/Prof Marcus Skinner (left) and A/Prof Viet Tran.

Our incredible Chair, Dr Tanya Kelly, has announced she will be stepping down from her role, as she nears the end of her three-year term. Dr Kelly was appointed Chair in early 2022 and has been an inspiring and visionary leader.   Along with Dr Kelly’s leadership during the latter period of the COVID-19 pandemic, she has led and chaired meetings, with the Senate making recommendations to Queensland Health, on:   ·      Reimagining Healthcare ·      The First 2000 Days ·      Research and Artificial intelligence ·      Healthcare and Climate Change ·      Transforming Flow: Towards a better experience for patients and clinicians.   Dr Kelly has always been steadfast in her focus on improving care and outcomes for Queenslanders, engaging with consumers, ensuring broad consultation and very proudly and superbly representing the Senate at all levels of the health system and beyond.   Thank you, Dr Kelly for your commitment to the work of the Senate, your leadership and vision.   Dr Kelly will continue in the role until a new Chair is appointed and remain on the Senate Executive as Immediate Past Chair for a year. The recruitment process will begin soon.  

Even as a young graduate nurse, Jed Duff was always trying to influence change and implement evidence-based practice when he saw opportunities for improvement. But when he couldn't find evidence to fix the problems he came across, Jed decided it was time to start creating his own. This was the beginning of a successful research career. Professor Jed Duff is now the Chair of Nursing for Queensland's largest hospital, the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, and continues his career-long mission to solve 'real world' problems to improve patient outcomes using evidence-based innovations. Among his current work is partnering with clinician experts to roll out best evidence for treating burns in paediatric emergency departments around Australia; trialling an evidence-based care bundle to prevent device-related pressure injuries in 12 Queensland ICUs; and researching how to mitigate and prevent occupational violence in our hospitals. As an expert in implementation science, Jed is determined not to let evidence sit on the shelf when it could be translated into practice to improve patient outcomes in our hospitals. Listen to Jed's interview now at one of the links below: Apple podcasts: https://lnkd.in/gNikXM2U Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gqN_ZaMp #clinician #researcher #research #evidence #evidencebasedpractice #implementationscience #translation #health #healthcare #hospitals #nurse #nursing #queensland

Always a pleasure to host our interstate Senate Chairs! A/Prof Marcus Skinner is the Co-Chair of the Tasmanian Health Senate and joined us at  our 'Transforming Flow' meeting last month. The Tasmanian Health Senate  is relatively new and Marcus took the opportunity to learn from our 15  years of running a Clinical Senate here in Queensland. Thanks for  joining us, Marcus! #clinicians #health #healthcare #consumers #medical  #nursing #alliedhealth #clinicianengagement #healthsystem Department of Health, Tasmania

Always a pleasure to host our interstate Senate Chairs! A/Prof Marcus  Skinner is the Co-Chair of the Tasmanian Health Senate and joined us at  our 'Transforming Flow' meeting last month. The Tasmanian Health Senate  is relatively new and Marcus took the opportunity to learn from our 15  years of running a Clinical Senate here in Queensland. Thanks for  joining us, Marcus! Photo: A/Prof Marcus Skinner with Queensland Clinical Senate Chair Dr Tanya Kelly #clinicians #health #healthcare #consumers #medical  #nursing #alliedhealth #clinicianengagement #healthsystem