principal consultant in national health ...

40 years in the field...

SHPA, NSW TAG, NPS, CEC, and more...

Professional Membership:

Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (Fellow and past Federal Councillor)
  • Committees of Specialty Practice:
    • Medication Safety
    • Drug Distribution  (Chair)
    • Parenteral Services (Secretary)
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Australian Patient Safety Foundation
Australian Coordinator - Medication Error Reporting - Institute for Safe                   
Medication Practices, Inc., USA 
Australian Association for Quality in Health Care

Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing 

Medicines Coding Council of Australia   1997-9        
MediConnect Development Group (Better Medication Management System (BMMS)  1997-2002
Medication Taskforce, Safety & Quality Council of Australia  1997 - 2006        
National Medication Chart Working Party, AS&QC  2004 - 6        
HealthConnect Clinical Reference Group  2004 - 6        
Trans-Tasman Working Party, Medicines Labelling, Therapeutic Goods Administration of Australia 2004 - 6               
Represented Australia at the inaugural meeting of the International Network of Safe Medication Practice Centres (INSMPC - as ISMP representative), Salamanca,   Spain, with support of the Chairman of the Australian Commission on Safety & Quality in Healthcare  2006               
National Medication Scoping Study -Australian Commission on Safety & Quality in Healthcare 
2008 - 9  

Department of Health New South Wales

User Committee - dev. User System Specification for a Hospital Pharmacy Computer System  1985-6
Health Vision Australia, RxVision User Committee   1992
Chairman, HCS Pharmacy Computer System User Committee  1990-2      
Pharmacy IT System Working Group 1992-3
National Steering Group for Implementation of the NCCTG Standard for Preparation of Pharmaceuticals in Australian Hospital Pharmacy Departments. 1994
Cytotoxic Drugs Working Party, WorkCover Authority, NSW  1994-5             
Published:  "Guidelines for Handling Cytotoxic Drugs and Related Waste in Health Care Establishments and Training Competencies for Handling"         
Cytotoxic Drugs in Health Care Establishments.  1995-2003 
Hospital Pharmacy Computer System Steering Committee - NSW Department of Health.  1996-8 
Clinical Information Access Project representative 1997 - 2008 
Clinical Council and Clinical Services Reference Group, Clinical Excellence Commission, NSW
NSW Therapeutic Advisory Group - SAFER Medication Taskforce 2003-11               
PIMS Project Board - to Australianise the ISMP Medication Safety Self-Assessment tool  2004 - 6
Hospital Pharmacy Advisors- Group - 2005 - 9
Statewide Medication Safety Strategy Steering Committee (NSW Health) 2006-9
Secretariat, Medication Safety Expert Advisory Group (NSW Health) 2009                       
Chair, Paediatric National Inpatients Medication Chart Working Party (NSW Health)   2009
Contract Management Advisory Group, Health Support (NSW) Hospital Pharmacy representative 2007-8

Education roles:

Medical Terminology - Pharmacology.  External Course conducted by Westmead Hospital.  Two lecture series delivered bi-annually.  1983 - 93
Intravenous Drug Technology.  50% course work & practical, Diploma of Hospital Pharmacy, postgraduate students, Sydney University, 1987-9       
NSW Branch, Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia. 1987 Quality assurance in an intravenous admixture service, Westmead Hospital., and Staff Appraisal Workshop convenor, Management Seminar on Quality Assurance
Preparation of TPN Solutions - Nutritional Support - A Team Approach.  NSW Branch, Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia, evening lecture series. 1987        
Hospital Pharmacy Component Lectures to the NSW Dispensary Assistants Training Course, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, NSW.  1988 - 93      
Medication Errors - Report of Westmead Study ACT Branch, Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia, 1991        
Medication Safety lectures to sixth year medical students, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital
Medical/Surgical Intern Orientation, annually, Westmead Hospital and Children?s Hospital, Westmead
Master of Health Science (Health Informatics). School of Health Information Management, The University of Sydney, 2001 - 4        
Pharmacy IT and Safety, 4th Year Pharmacy Curriculum, The University of Sydney, 2003        
Hospital Pharmacy Assessor - Pharmacist Registration Examinations,   Pharmacy Board of NSW 1993-2004               
Preceptor/Licensed Mentor, Certificate IV in Hospital/Health Services Pharmacy
Support - Pharmacy Technicians, Charles Sturt University.  2007

Administrative roles:

Secretary, Drug Committee and Convenor, Medication Incident Review Sub- committee, Westmead Hospital 1989 - 2003               
Westmead Management Team Nominee - Adverse Drug Event, International Collaborative, Breakthrough Series, IHI Roundtable  2001               
Secretary, Western Sydney Area Health Service, Drug Committee  1996 - 2003 
WSAHS Nominee to High Cost Drugs Roundtable, Glenelg, SA  2003               
Secretary, Drug Committee and Chair, Medication Safety Committee, Service Improvement Unit, Children?s Hospital at Westmead  2004 - 9 

Professional development:

MEDLARS/BIOSIS analyst - National Library of Australia
Instructional Techniques - In-service training course, Westmead Hospital  1985               
SHPA Management Seminars - attended annually               
Structured Analysis for End-Users.  DP Education (Seminars) Pty. Ltd., R. Thomsett 1986               
Financial Management for Hospital Pharmacists - SHPA  1996               
SHPA NSW Evening Lecture series, attended monthly Contamination Control Course - Design and Operation of Clean Facilities.  Dr. P. Austin 1989               
Quality Assurance Seminar.  Committee of Specialty Practice in Quality Assurance, SHPA.  Victorian College of Pharmacy, Parkville, Victoria. 1990               
Quality Management Seminar - From QA to QM.  Westmead Hospital  1990               
Clinical Pharmacy Residential School.  SHPA.  Westmead Hospital.  Course Assessor. 1991
BRS Basic Training Course, Biomedical Course and Fulltext Search Techniques Course.  Maxwell On-line  1991               
Facilitating Better Meetings 1/92 Western Sydney Area Health Service  1992               
Cleanroom Design and Operations.  National GMP Consulting Services  1992               
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring - Assessing the Outcomes. Dept.of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology/Dept. of Pharmacy, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney.          
ASCEPT Satellite Seminar  1992               
Indicators for Allied Health Professionals.  The Association for Quality in Healthcare. 1993
 Certificate in Management - Advanced.  (11/93)  Western Sydney Area Health Service 1993
Effective Report Writing - 1 day seminar (6/93) Western Sydney Area Health Service 1993
Management for Clinicians (4).  Westmead Hospital/University of Western Sydney, Nepean.  1 week course, Terrigal, NSW  Nominee of Division of Allied Health, WSAHS  1994               
Improving Personal Communication. (2/94) Human Resources Department, Western Sydney Area Health Service  1994               
Seminar attendee and participant, Human Factors Analogies in Aviation and Health Care Safety Seminar.  The Australian Aviation Psychology Association in conjunction with the NSW Ministerial Council for Safety & Quality in Health Care 2000
Medication Safety Workshop, Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Sydney (invited participant)  2001               
Invitee, Medication Safety Collaborative organising committee, workshop for frontline staff, project identification workshop  2003               
Business writing,  NSW Department of  Health  2010