Robyn Quinn

Email: aaqhc@aaqhc.org.au

Robyn has been General Manager of Sydney Pain Management Centre for 20 years She has extensive experience working with management quality frameworks and education within the Health Area and has held senior positions both in public and private healthcare organisations.

As President of the Australasian Association for Quality in Healthcare for three years, Robyn has championed the work of nurses in quality management, and encouraged mentoring for people in this difficult role.

Robyn spent ten years consulting for the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards, presenting workshops to hospital boards, nurses and administrative staff on accreditation, how to meet the accreditation standards, how to evaluate quality projects and how to utilise data from projects to implement improvements in patient care.

Robyn is now an active member of the Australian College of Nursing and is Vice Chair of the Chronic Disease Policy chapter.

Jane Early

Prior to moving to Australia in 2000, Jane practiced fertility nursing at one of the largest teaching hospitals in the United Kingdom, and was involved with the training of fertility nurses at Leeds University.

Since 2006 Jane worked as IVFAustralia’s Director of Nursing providing training and support of upward of 80 nursing staff in NSW and ACT.

In 2018 Jane changed her career path and is now the Clinical Risk and Quality Manager at Kareena Private Hospital, part of Ramsay Health Care.

Jane has a Master in Health Service Management and experience in both ISO 9001 accreditation and the National Safety & Quality Healthcare Standards.

Dr Rob Griffin

Rob graduated from Sydney University Medical School and completed his residence and registrar years at Royal North Shore Hospital He became the Clinical Superintendent and Assistant Medical Superintendent there. After further training overseas he was appointed as the inaugural Director of Medical Services for Westmead Hospital. 

More recently he has been the Medical Director of the Calvary Hospitals in Canberra followed by the Executive Director of Medical Service for the Canberra Hospital and Health Region. He has retired from full time duties but still coordinates surveys for ACHS here in Australia and in Hong Kong. He is a Consultant Emeritus to ACT Health.

Sandy Thomson

Email: aaqhc@aaqhc.org.au

Sandy is the Director of GovernancePlus, established in 2006 to provide accreditation support and education to the health, aged care, community and disability sectors. She is a lead assessor for the Australian Council on Health Care Standards with over 12 years of surveying experience covering organisations providing acute public, acute private, community, not for profit, prison health, mental health, regional and remote health services.

She is also a member of the ACHS Improvement Academy including designing and delivering workshops, member of the Australian Hospitals and HealthCare Association, member of Standards Australia committees for medical device and member of ACHS WA State Advisory Council. 

Sandy has co-authored a Masters in Health Management Quality and Leadership at Murdoch University and a Masters in Clinical Governance at Edith Cowan University.

Her previous positions include Assistant Auditor General Strategy Policy and Innovation Office of Auditor General Director Accreditation WA Country Health, General Manager Peel and Rockingham Kwinana Health Service and National President Australasian Association for Quality in Health Care.

Sandy holds a Masters in Health Service Management, is a Fellow of the Australasian Association Quality in Health Care, the Governance Institute of Australia and Australian Organisation for Quality. In addition, she has NDIS certification/verification assessment qualifications.

Karen Mardegan

Karen has worked in healthcare for over 25 years and has a broad background which includes critical care, resuscitation, multidisciplinary education, safety and quality, and consumer engagement.  Her interests are in statistical analysis, improvement methodologies, and public health.  Karen’s roles in Safety and Quality have enabled her to develop an in depth understanding of the National Safety and Quality in Healthcare Standards, Mental Health Standards and Clinical Governance.  

This includes leading organisations’ preparation for NSQHS accreditation and assisting organisations in embedding these standards to the local level. Karen enjoys working within collaborative and inter-professional team environments to promote excellence in patient care within a system of robust clinical governance, and am committed to adult and lifelong learning as a core aspect of professional practice. 

Kathleen Ryan, FAAQHC

Director Clinical Governance & Information Services, Mid North Coast Local Health District (MNCLHD)

A systems thinker with a passion for clinical excellence and advocate for patient-centred health care, Kathleen has worked as a clinician, educator and quality and safety expert in Clinical Governance at state government and local health service level for over thirty years. Leadership positions have included as Senior Manager, Redesign and Innovation, Associate Director and Acting Director of the Quality and Safety Branch at the NSW Ministry of Health.  Kathleen is currently the Director, Clinical Governance and Information Services for the MNCLHD and leads the implementation of patient safety and clinical quality processes and information systems for the District.

 

Kathleen has provided strategic leadership for the AAQHC serving on Council for six years and as President for three years, and was the first person in NSW to be awarded AAQHC Fellowship status.  In 2011, Kathleen was awarded life membership for outstanding services to the AAQHC.   A graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors program, Kathleen is also a visiting Adjunct in the School for Community Health at Charles Sturt University and currently completing the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) Fellowship program.

Dr Marjorie Pawsey AM

Email: aaqhc@aaqhc.org.au

Marjorie graduated from medicine in 1969 and after working in health services research, balanced family life and the role of implementing the quality and accreditation program at Concord Repatriation General Hospital from 1979.

She joined The Australian Council on Healthcare Standard (ACHS) as the Project Coordinator of the Charter for Change in 1994, the outcome being the program that is now known as EQuIP.

Marjorie held an Executive Manager position at ACHS from 1995 with responsibilities for standards development, clinical indicators, education, accreditation services and surveyors. From 2003 she was involved in evaluation and research of ACHS activities until her retirement in 2007.Since her retirement, Marjorie has worked on projects on standards, accreditation and evaluation for the ACHS, the Commonwealth Department of Health, NATA and White Ribbon Australia. She also held a Senior Visiting Fellow position at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University working on research into health service accreditation.

Roisin Dunne

RN, H-DipNeuroScience Nurs., Dip.Mgt., Cert IV PM, ALS, Cert. Clinical Governance.

Roisin Dunne is a registered nurse and has worked in health care in Australia and Ireland for over 25 years and has held a variety of senior positions in both public and private organisations. Roisin is the Quality Manager at Greenslopes Private Hospital, Brisbane and is passionate about interdisciplinary partnership, clinical governance in health IT,  leadership and its impact on patient safety and their experience.

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