Committees: CEO Performance and Remuneration Committee (Chair), Director Independent Selection and Remuneration Committee, Clinical Governance and Performance Committee.
Therese has had more than 40 years’ experience in the health sector in CEO and senior management roles since 1994.
She has been a CEO in metro Melbourne and regional Victoria and in both the private and public health sectors. Her most recent role was Chief Executive Officer of Bairnsdale Regional Health Service. In that role she was appointed to both the Health Innovation Reform Council and the Victorian Expert Panel on Aboriginal Health.
Her board roles include the Continence Foundation of Australia, East Gippsland Water Corporation and the East Gippsland Marketing Board.
While Therese has primarily worked in the health sector, she has also had significant involvement in local government as both a Councillor and General Manager and also worked as a consultant providing strategic and innovative solutions to challenges with business, change management, health planning and design, people and systems thinking.
Committees: Audit, Risk and Finance Committee (Chair).
Nathan has considerable experience in the healthcare sector serving on the Board of Latrobe Health Insurance since 2011 and as a Director of West Gippsland Healthcare Group for six years. He has been a director at Latrobe Community Health Services for six years and is also the Chair of the Latrobe Health Insurance Audit Committee and Chair of the Latrobe Community Services Audit and Risk Committee.
Nathan worked as the Regional Business Manager for Ambulance Victoria and acted as the Regional Director for the Gippsland Region. As part of a small Executive team he was responsible for ambulance response times and service delivery within Gippsland. He regularly met with local hospitals and healthcare providers and enhanced service delivery models in small and rural locations.
Nathan has a good knowledge of Gippsland Primary Healthcare Network as a current independent member of its Audit, Risk and Finance Committee. Nathan has over 20 years’ experience in the private and public sector in executive positions, management, consulting and finance/accounting. He is currently the Regional Finance Manager for South Eastern Victoria with the Department of Education and Training.
Committees: Director Independent Selection and Remuneration Committee (Chair), CEO Performance and Remuneration Committee.
As a Gippslander (born and educated in Latrobe Valley), Julie fully supports strong local primary healthcare, especially important to more marginalised populations and individuals experiencing disadvantage.
Julie has more than 20 years’ experience in the Gippsland health sector having worked in the general practice, hospital, community health, government and GP training sectors.
She has a Master of Health Services Management (Monash), Graduate Diploma in Rural Health (Monash) and a Bachelor of Applied Science – Health Promotion (Deakin).
Julie is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a graduate of Gippsland Community Leadership.
Committee: Bass Coast and South Gippsland Clinical Council.
Dr Wearne completed her undergraduate medical degree at Monash University and vocational GP training in Lakes Entrance, obtaining her FRACGP in 2010.
In the 12 years training and working at Gippsland Lakes Community Health, Dr Wearne has provided clinical services to several East Gippsland towns including Aboriginal health services, Omeo District Health) and in youth healthcare provision roles.
She has pursued a passion for education alongside clinical practice through educator roles for both Monash University and Eastern Victoria GP Training and its legacy organisations.
Dr Wearne has previously worked for Gippsland PHN in an advisory capacity and Health Pathways editing role as well as serving on the East Gippsland/Wellington Clinical Council since 2016.
She is now undertaking clinical work at the Gippsland and East Gippsland Aboriginal Cooperative (GEGAC).
Committees: Clinical Governance and Performance Committee (Chair), Audit, Risk and Finance Committee.
Murray is a strong leader and an experienced commercial lawyer specialising in strategic planning, project management, risk management and governance.
Murray has worked as a senior executive at the Department of Health and Human Services and also served as the Director of Australia’s largest-ever charitable appeal fund, the 2009 Australian Red Cross Bushfire Appeal Fund.
He has successfully worked across all levels of government, many private and not-for-profit organisations and local community groups to deliver effective and efficient health services to communities.
Murray is committed to helping improve the lives of people in Gippsland and their access to high-quality and efficient health services.
Committees: Clinical Advisory Council (Chair), Clinical Governance and Performance Committee, Latrobe and Baw Baw Clinical Council.
I am a GP Anaesthetist based in West Gippsland, and a fellow of the RACGP. My clinic work is a combination of hospital anaesthetics and general practice with a focus on providing quality acute care within rural communities.
My governance experience includes being on the board of SGPT and EVGPT, first as a GP registrar and now as a fellow. I currently chair the Bass Coast and South Gippsland Clinical Council for the Gippsland PHN, recently chaired the Medical Staff Association for West Gippsland Healthcare Group and sit on the Clinical Governance committee for West Gippsland Hospital. I also sit on the JCCA (Joint Consultative Committee of Anaesthesia) which is the governing body of GP anaesthetics in Australia.
I strongly believe in providing local doctors with the skills they need to provide the services required by their community, and as a part of this have completed advanced skills in paediatrics, anaesthetics and have worked as a senior doctor in emergency.
My passion is ensuring that rural communities can access quality healthcare.
Mr Brown has served as a director, non-executive director and in general management positions within the non-for-profit, public health and local government sectors for over 20 years. He has a passion for driving change and innovation to maximise both service delivery outcomes and commercial return for the community.
More recently Mr Brown has fulfilled roles as Director, Public Relations, Northern Health, executive Director, Northern Health Foundation and currently the executive Director, Fundraising at the Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation. Other roles and board positions have included: Councillor at the City of Monash, non-executive Director, AMAZE (Autism Victoria), non-executive Director, Monash Gallery of Art and advocate for people living with a disability.
Ms Sayers is an experienced executive and Board member with a vast array governance and leadership skills. Her Board experience includes being Chair and Board member for eight years of QEC Early Parenting Centre, a Victorian public hospital based in Noble Park and delivering services across Victoria with a strong presence in Gippsland.
Professionally she is a senior leader in the health, human services and disability spheres. She has worked across policy and research, advocacy and service delivery to progress positive outcomes for children and young people, and the broader determinants of social wellbeing and health. Ms Sayers’ most recent professional role was Chief Executive Officer of Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA), the national representative and peak organisation.
Ms Hall is an IT Executive and Strategy Consultant offering over 20 years of expertise leading teams through significant industry change. She is highly accomplished in corporate governance, strategy, innovation, design and deployment of new products and technologies into large scale organisations.
Currently the Chief Information Officer at headspace, she is accountable for keeping its technology strategy at the forefront of delivering digitally enabled youth mental health services.
The role is also heavily focused on headspace’s cyber security practices and policies, including governance, risk management and incident management as well as data management through the leadership of the headspace Data Governance Group, with a strong focus on privacy and client consent.
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Gippsland PHN is committed to providing inclusive services and work environments where people of all backgrounds, sexualities, genders, cultures, spiritual beliefs, age, bodies and abilities are valued, supported and celebrated.
Gippsland PHN acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional owners of country throughout Gippsland, and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to them and their cultures, and to elders both past and present.
We also recognise, respect and affirm the central role played in our work by people with lived experience, their families and/or carers.
Gippsland PHN acknowledges Alfie Hudson for the healing circles artwork. Alfie is a Gunai Kurnai man and created this artwork which represents health professionals being committed to work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members for the best health outcomes.
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