Lisa Clark

Accomplished healthcare leader with a proven track record in clinical leadership, strategic alignment, and financial performance. Expertise in integrating education and research into healthcare services, contributing to exceptional clinical outcomes. Adept at fostering growth, strengthening organizational reputation, and ensuring high standards of governance. Results-oriented professional dedicated to achieving excellence in clinical services and patient-centered care:

• Managed budgets effectively to ensure optimal use of resources while maintaining financial stability.
• Ensured delivery of best practice by reviewing existing policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Strengthened financial position with rigorous cost control measures and revenue enhancement strategies.
• Transformed organisational culture to embrace continuous improvement, leading by example and mentoring teams.
• Optimising revenue by streamlining processes and implementing cost-saving measures.
• Successfully spearheaded the recent HDAA accreditation process, achieving a 100% compliance result across all 147 criteria.
• Implemented improvements that enhanced accessibility for Indigenous people by creating culturally safe and inclusive environments that supports respectful and responsive care.

Responsible and accountable for the adept leadership and stewardship of a substantial integrated workforce, encompassing both clinical and non-clinical teams, across multiple acute care facilities. Utilizing contemporary models, ensure seamless operations and the efficient delivery of healthcare services. Major achievements to date:

• Implemented a model to facilitate consistent multidisciplinary teams aligned with medical units; fostering an environment to build strong relationships promotes effective and expedited discharge planning processes.
• Spearheaded change management initiatives, successfully navigating organisational transitions while maintaining employee engagement.
• Implemented innovative solutions to solve complex problems, resulting in increased productivity and streamlined operations.
• Led the implementation of innovative approaches to resource allocation and strategic planning.
• Implemented key positions into the organisation, to establish internal functions to optimise patient flow and access.
• Successfully spearheaded the recent HDAA accreditation process, achieving a 100% compliance result across all 147 criteria.

Supported the delivery of strategic and operational objectives to ensure sustainable direction for the service and promote delivery of excellent health care through:

• Expansion of endorsed midwifery services
• Embedding a changed model in response to the challenges of increasing complexity of care along with decreasing length of stay for public funded postnatal women
• Increasing access to affordable private care through the expansion of MFM services
• Supporting workforce changes to decrease wait times and increase flow through the Birth Suites.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to identify improvements which leverage our existing capabilities to optimise revenue and expand service growth.

Provided strategic and operational leadership for nursing/midwifery services within Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) & Neonatal Critical Care Unit (NCCU). Emphasized continuous improvement in culture and teamwork to deliver outstanding clinical service and operational outcomes for Mothers, Babies, and Women's Health Services through:

• Led strategic initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and improve service delivery across departments.
• Cultivated relationships with stakeholders, facilitating communication and collaboration to support strategic initiatives effectively.
• Introduced key leadership roles to advance the nursing profession and drive measurable outcomes through targeted quality improvement initiatives.

• Led an intensive care nursing team for a Level 6 perinatal tertiary center specializing in diverse and complex care for delivery antenatally diagnosed cardiac conditions, and which is the quaternary surgical neonatal intensive care unit for South East and Central Queensland. Contributed to the review and development of shared care models in alignment with a Service Line Agreement.

• Led the facilitation of interprofessional neonatal education at Mater Health Services within a collaborative, interdisciplinary team setting. Ensured the attainment of excellence in educational and practice development outcomes, grounded in research and evidence-based practices.