Expression of Interest – Blood Clot Prevention Working Group

Closing date: Friday 17 February

Queensland Health is looking at the problem of blood clots (deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in the leg or pulmonary embolism (PE) in the lungs) when patients are admitted to hospital. People in hospital are at greater risk of getting a blood clot than when at home because of their immobility, particularly when having orthopaedic surgery or prolonged immobility.

The purpose of this working group is to guide the development of resources for doctors and other health professionals to know which patients are at greatest risk, and what strategies, including medication, may be needed to prevent the clot.

Queensland Health is recruiting for a consumer representative for this group to present any issues from a consumer/patient’s point of view e.g. fear of needles, side effects from medication, access to physio to maintain mobility etc.

It is preferred that the consumer have lived experience of being in hospitalwith a period of immobility e.g. for orthopaedic surgery.

Meetings: Meetings will be held monthly during working hours from February to June 2017, for a duration of 1.5 - 2 hours.

Location: Qld Health Building, 15 Butterfield St, Herston. Opposite the RBWH.

Remuneration: The consumer representative will be remunerated in line with Health Consumer Queensland’s Remuneration Position Statement.

Please complete this Expression of Interest and return to Health Consumers Queensland via . For assistance completing this Expression of Interest, please contact Health Consumers Queensland via email or by phone on 07 3012 9090.

For queries relating to the topic, please call Medication Services Queensland on 07 3328 9105.

Personal Details
Surname: / Given Name:
Address: / Postcode:
Phone No.:
Mob: / Email:
Do you identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander? / Yes / ☐ / No / ☐ /
Do you identify as being Culturally or Linguistically Diverse? / Yes / ☐ / No / ☐ /
Do you identify as being from a non-English speaking background? / Yes / ☐ / No / ☐ /
Do you identify as being transport disadvantaged or physically isolated? / Yes / ☐ / No / ☐ /
Do you identify as having a disability? / Yes / ☐ / No / ☐ /
Are you a member of the Health Consumers Queensland Consumer Network? / Yes / ☐ / No / ☐ /
Are you happy for Health Consumers Queensland to share this form with Queensland Health as part of the process for this application? / Yes / ☐ / No / ☐ /
Would you like Health Consumers Queensland to retain this application for future vacancies? Applications not retained are destroyed once the application process is complete. / Yes / ☐ / No / ☐ /
Do you have lived experience of hospitalisation involving immobility? / Yes / ☐ / No / ☐ /
If yes, please give a brief outline of your experience:
Other Needs and Requirements
I will require support to attend theWorking Group / Yes / ☐ / No / ☐ /
If yes, please provide details and indicate other support that you require, for example, disability support worker, interpreter, Auslan interpreter, closed captioning, hearing loop, etc.
Your responses to the following questions only need to be a brief sentence or two.
Please describe any experience (if any) as a health consumer representative including committees, focus groups, surveys, governance roles, etc.
Please describe any connections you have to your community (e.g. networks, groups)?
Please describe your interest in this working group