Expression of Interest
Queensland Clinical Senate
Regional, rural or remote consumer and carer representatives.
Closing date: Close of business Monday 16 April 2018
Summary
One consumer and one carer representativeare sought to apply for membership of the Queensland Clinical Senate. Interested applicants who live in a rural, regional or remote area are encouraged to apply.
Queensland Clinical Senate
Queensland Health’s Queensland Clinical Senate represents clinicians from across the health system and provides strategic advice and leadership on system-wide issues affecting the quality, affordability and efficient delivery of patient care within Queensland.
Purpose
For the past nine years the Queensland Clinical Senate has played a key role in representing clinicians to provide leadership and advice on strategic statewide clinical service delivery issues. During that time, the Senate has been successful in advocating for:
•GP access to The Viewer
•publicly funded bariatric surgery
•a community education program about end of life care
•funding to support implementation of innovative models of integrated care (Integrated Care Innovation Fund)
•an evidence-based review of the quality of patient health outcomes related to NEAT, resulting in a revised NEAT target of 80%
•Improving the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
Terms of Reference are available from Health Consumers Queensland
Membership
For details of Queensland Clinical Senate’s membership, refer to the Terms of Reference.
Who is it for?
Consumer and carer representatives are expected to be experienced in engaging and consulting with the community in areas of health policy and have an interest in improving health care services. Experience in high level strategic committees will be highly regarded.
The positions will be selected as follows:
•One consumer and one carer representative
Time and location
The broader Queensland Clinical Senate will meet a minimum of three times per year in Brisbane. These meetings are conducted in person, so there is no option of teleconference.
Consultation with members can also occur out of session if required.
Remuneration and Support
Consumers will be remunerated in accordance with Health Consumers Queensland guidelines.
Members living outside of Brisbane will be reimbursed for travel and/or accommodation costs in accordance with Queensland Health Travel and Accommodation Policy, Domestic Travel and Accommodation Standard and Domestic Travel and Accommodation Procedure.
The Department of Health’s Clinical Excellence Division will provide secretariat support.
How to apply
Please complete this Expression of Interest Form and return toHealth Consumers Queenslandvia. For assistance completing this Expression of Interest, please contact Health Consumers Queensland via or by phone on 07 3012 9090.
For queries relating to the Queensland Clinical Senate please call Ian Johnson,Assistant Manager
Queensland Clinical Senate Secretariat on 07 3328 9187or email
Expression of Interest for Queensland Clinical Senate
Personal DetailsSurname: / Given Name:
Address: / Postcode:
Phone No.:
Mob: / Email:
Please highlight any group that you identify as being a part of:
- Living with a disability/chronic condition
- Caring for someone with a disability
- Physically isolated or transport disadvantaged
- Culturally or linguistically diverse
- From a non-English speaking background
Please highlight to indicate your response
By completing this application I consent for my details to be added to the Health Consumers Queensland network database / Agree / I do not agree
Are you happy for Health Consumers Queensland to share this form with Queensland Clinical Senate 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 living in a regional, rural, or remote area? / Yes / No
I am a… / Consumer / Carer
Other Needs and Requirements Please highlight to indicate your response
Is there anything that will help you participate in this activity more fully? / Yes / No
If yes, please provide details eg disability support worker, interpreter, closed captioning, hearing loop, central position to enable better hearing,
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/carer representative on a high level or strategic committee
Please describeyour experience in engaging and consulting with the community on health needs and issues
Please describe your interest in improving health care services