I would like to register my interest in pursuing a position in the System Policy and Performance Division. My extensive past employment history has provided me with a range of transferrable skills that would benefit the Policy and Planning Branch, and allow me to develop further skills in the corporate domain of the Department. I graduated in 1992 with a Pharmacy degree from Queens University in Belfast and worked in this profession for13 years. My career took a different direction in 2005 when I was appointed as Head of Risk Management in a large acute NHS Trust in Manchester. I moved to Brisbane in 2007 with my wife and began my Queensland Health career in clinical risk management and governance in what was the Central Area Health Service. I studies to the level of Masters in Public Health through the School of Population Health in the University of Queensland in November 2011. I specialized in statistics, epidemiology and applied research courses. I currently work with a diverse range of individuals and groups both in my current position in Queensland Health managing the healthcare infection surveillance team, and as a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland.
I have extensive experience conducting literature reviews to critically appraise literature relevant to infection control and the epidemiology of infectious diseases. This experience has been gained through my studies in the MPH program, my current doctoral research, and in my role in the Centre for Healthcare Related Infection Surveillance and Prevention (CHRISP). This role requires synthesis of available peer-reviewed literature across the domain to inform evidence based policy and requires the ability to communicate this complex information to technical and non-technical audiences. The focus of my current work and research is dominated by healthcare infection, however my during my MPH I took classes on Health Systems and Social Perspectives in Population Health covering a broad range of topical health issues and challenges both in Australia and across health systems in developing and developed economies.
