Donna Burns

• Executive leadership, engagement and partnering with key stakeholders, including CEOs, Government Executives, Ministers and parliamentary staff, Medical Colleges and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander leaders (organisational & Community).
• Lead the national discourse on issues related to First Nations Peoples with a strengths based focus and co-design approaches.
• Leading cultural safety reform across healthcare sector to minimise racism, harassment, discrimination and bullying. This includes identifying new revenue generation opportunities to maximise sustainability.
• Supporting, advocating for, policy development and leading Indigenous medical workforce to increase numbers and retain Indigenous doctors and medical students.
• Partner with organisations to deliver innovative projects. aimed at providing medico-cultural experiences.
• Strategic & Operational leadership to ensure organisational sustainability
• Representation on government and non-government bodies and committees.
• Deliver against Strategic Priorities to achieve organisational goals.
• Meet all contract requirements to support sustainability.
• Developed key strategic initiatives to drive and maintain key relationships/partnerships.
• Built team and organisational structure to improve organisational culture and deliver against objectives. this includes the introduction of a Cultural Integrity portfolio.
• Lead authentically, with kindness and respect to engage positively with staff, leadership team and Board, encouraging feedback and collaboration.

• Executive role, liaising with and developing key partnerships with stakeholders including Ministers, Government agencies, health service executive and, importantly Community Elders and Leaders.
• Overall responsibility for 10million+ budget from a range of funding sources.
• Lead team of 50+ staff with national footprint
• Executive leadership to ensure Stolen Generations Survivors & descendants’ experience stories are used to co-design policy, inform truth telling and organisational behaviour change across Australia
• Leading systems, sectors and workforces to become Trauma Aware, Healing Informed
• Engage with Communities and Community Leaders across all geographical settings
• Work actively to ensure organisational sustainability
• Deliver on Strategic Plan priorities
• Meet all contractual requirements
• Established foundational processes for improved business operations.
• Managed partnerships and strategic business relationships by negotiating contract terms and handling conflicts

• Delivering professional services to healthcare settings.
• Government, for-purpose and for-profit organisations.
• Developing organisation change management strategies, communication and stakeholder engagement plans, and action plans to ensure improved experiences for clinicians and patients.
• Focusing on change and leadership in First Nations healthcare sector.
• Strengths based approach to First Nations language.

• Executive leadership role, delivering services, leading and developing strategic priorities and operational activities.
• Led Primary Healthcare partnerships across all healthcare sectors including tertiary and Aboriginal Community Controlled Healthcare sectors to ensure collaboration was central to improved access and outcomes.
• Facilitated access to equitable and innovative healthcare service delivery models including for people experiencing homelessness through funding models and partnerships.
• Built on and developed healthcare partnerships to ensure sustainability of the organisation and preparation for transition to Primary Health Network.
• Trained and guided team members to maintain high productivity and performance metrics in the form of a quality improvement mindset

• Focus on improving access to services for all.
• Engagement and preparations with local service providers for trial of NDIS in the Hunter region.
• Strategic and operational improvements and developed strong partnerships with local Indigenous Communities.
• Initiated and formalised a partnership between the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service, Local Health District and Medicare Local to ensure First Nations health was delivered with a whole of health approach.
• Led the agenda to ensure improved First Nations health outcomes were a priority for the organisation.

• Senior leadership role within a large local health district, Responsible for coaching and mentoring executive, senior managers and clinical leaders to achieve organisational goals.

Secondment Opportunity:

• High level management and leadership role to support clinical team including Midwives and Aboriginal Health Workers to deliver equitable care to Mothers, Families and children.
• Managed a range of funding bodies and met the expectations of the NSW Aboriginal Maternal Child Health program.
• Accountable for the safe provision of direct clinical care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and families.
• Led an innovative project to implement equitable access for First Nations' families to a midwifery led maternity service.

• Worked as an integral part of a clinical team.
• Roles included After Hours Nurse Manager, Team Leader, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Drug & Alcohol Clinical advisor.