Expression of Interest – Bariatric surgery clinical and operational reference group

Closing date: Monday 12 June

The Clinical Excellence Division a part of Queensland’s Department of Health, is forming a new reference group on bariatric surgery clinical and operational. They are seeking one consumer to sit on this reference group to provide a consumer perspective on the development of an obesity pathway.

The aim of the reference group is to develop an obesity pathway from primary care to specialist care and back to primary care. The pathway may include bariatric surgery where that is appropriate.

The membership of this group is still being finalised but will include specialists, nurses, allied health, surgeons, GPs, department staff and a consumer.

Key areas of this group’s work will be the interface between primary care and specialist care and the pathway development for management of obesity.

The consumer must not currently be on a Queensland Health waitlist for bariatric surgery.

Meetings: Meetings will probably be heldquarterlyand the body of the work will start on 1 July 2017 and finish on 30 June 2019. At this stage no meeting times/dates have been chosen as this reference group is still in the early phases.

Location:Meetings are offered in-person or via teleconference – the consumer can select which they prefer on each occasion. For those who attend in –person, the meetings will be held at the 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 reference group, please call Katie Wykes, Principal Project Officer on 07 3328 9140 or email

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 / ☐ /
Are you currently on a Queensland Health waitlist for bariatric surgery? / Yes / ☐ / No / ☐ /
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 managing obesity