The Women and Newborn Health Service (WNHS) Diversity and Inclusion (the Committee) will improve consumer access and experience by overseeing the identification, implementation, and evaluation of systems, processes, and strategies associated with providing a welcoming, supportive, and inclusive service at WNHS for all consumers, including those identifying as carers, Aboriginal, CALD, LGBTQIA+, and having disability.Read more
The SQP Committee is responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe, quality, and effective services. It enacts directions from the Mental Health, Public Health, and Dental Services (MHPHDS) Specialties Leadership Committee. The impact on patient, staff and organizational safety will be considered when making business decisions. Carer experience desired: Lived experience providing care to aRead more
The Strategic Operations Committee is a forum that recommends and oversees the development, implementation and evaluation of operational and strategic goals and plans relevant to YMH. The SOC is tasked with ensuring the unified approach to delivery of youth mental health care within North Metropolitan Health Service (NMHS) Mental Health, Public Health, and Dental ServicesRead more
The Women and Newborn Health Service (WNHS) Communicating for Safety (the Committee) will improve clinical outcomes by aiming to ensure that there is effective communication between patients, carers and families, multidisciplinary teams and clinicians, and across the health service organisation. The committee oversees and promotes continuous, coordinated and safe care, including clinical handover, correct identificationRead more
Purpose: To review best practice falls prevention guidelines and incorporate into the strategic and point of care level Falls Prevention Program. The Falls Prevention meeting will work towards meeting the objectives of the Ramsay Health Care Patient Safety and Clinical Quality Framework and the Consumer Engagement Strategy, considering the impact on patient and staff safetyRead more
Purpose: The purpose of the meeting is to provide oversight of the systems and processes that support effective communication with patients, carers and families; between multidisciplinary teams and clinicians; and across health service organisations. Carer experience required: Carer Representative with experience caring for an in-patient in a WA hospital. No need to be in JHCRead more
Carers WA respectfully acknowledge that we work on Aboriginal land and pay our respects to community members and elders, past and present. Individuals pictured are models and are used for illustrative purposes only. Carers WA is committed to understanding, embracing and celebrating the rich and multi-dimensional experiences that shape our lives and aims to ensure that everyone who engages with the organisation feels welcome and included. Carers WA welcomes all people irrespective of ethnicity, lifestyle choice, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity.
Carers WA acknowledges the Wadjuk Noongar Nation’s lands, water, customs, and culture of which the Carers WA Head Office is located. Carers WA recognises our services reach beyond the Perth (Boorloo) region, and so we also acknowledge the cultural diversity of First Nations Peoples across our state and throughout Australia.
Carers WA has qualified for the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission’s Registered Charity Tick, enabling the public to easily identify our organisation as a registered charity and confirming that we are both transparent and accountable.
