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Viney Joshi

Launceston,TAS

Summary

I am a committed Certified Healthcare Executive with proven skills in Safety and Quality, Workforce remodeling and Change Management. Some of my proven strengths are Regional and Rural Clinical Governance with emphasis on Safety and Quality and improved outcomes for Rural patients and models of care where service delivery is closer to home where appropriate within the confines of the Organizational Capability and Clinical Services Capability Framework. I have developed papers and models for contemporary Safety and Quality Structure and revamp of Surgical services in my Network

My vision is to lead and facilitate the creation of patient centered, culturally appropriate and Safe Health services with clearly identifiable and benchmarked KPIs and specifically keeping in mind the vulnerable communities especially our Indigenous and Torres Strait people. I have a transformational leadership style, but I can easily adapt to circumstances requiring a change in approach e.g. Transactional as required to deal with situations as they arise. I believe in building teams and enjoy seeing my team realize their potential and develop self-confidence and harness their potentials in talent and work.

Overview

39
39
years of professional experience

Work History

Executive Director Medical Services

Tasmanian Health Service – Hospitals North
05.2023 - Current
  • Launceston Hospital is a large Regional Hospital and a major referral Hospital for the Northern Part of the state of Tasmania and provides multidisciplinary Specialist services and is also a teaching and training center for undergraduate and post graduate training
  • The position also provides medical leadership for smaller country hospitals geographically linked to the Northern part of the State.

Executive Director Medical Services

Yorke and Northern LHN
03.2020 - 02.2023
  • The Yorke and Northern Local Health Network (LHN) manages the delivery of public hospital services and other community-based health services as determined by the state government for the Yorke and Northern region
  • The LHN was created in July 2019 as part of a devolution strategy of SA health
  • The Executive team is led by the CEO and comprises Exec Director Nursing and Midwifery, ED Community and Allied Health, CFO, Director Aboriginal Health, Manager Safety and Quality and Director Mental Health
  • The region encompasses 19 country hospitals which includes three ABF sites and Grant funded Units, some MPHS and other sites
  • As the incoming EDMS I was responsible for Medical Workforce, clinical governance and credentialing and other aspects of Safety and Quality
  • I have proceeded to implement a salaried workforce model and towards a revamp of the safety and Quality structure
  • It includes Port Pirie RHS as the regional hospital in the health service and provision of a variety of services with the SA CSCF framework
  • The network is catering to about a population of 80,000
  • I am currently credentialed in Rural Generalist Medicine and practice clinically when time allows, and I do deliberately take time out to keep up my Clinical Skills.

Senior Medical Supdtt. (DMS)

Rural hospitals Lower Gulf Northwest HHS
10.2019 - 02.2020
  • This role included setting up of Governance systems across three communities in the Lower Gulf region of Northwest Queensland mainly Doomadgee, Mornington Island and Normanton
  • This was part of an implementation of a new initiative f integration of Primary Care services being provided by an Indigenous body and the Hospital based tertiary services to be provided by the small country hospitals
  • These small hospitals are similar in type and services to those in the Kimberley region e.g
  • Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek etc
  • This new initiative was based on an agreed new initiative by the Health Service to provide ownership and more say to the Indigenous communities and provide the Primary care and Chronic disease services by them and acute services by Queensland health
  • During my short stay here, I was tasked with working with the Indigenous group and implement this model in a culturally appropriate and sensitive way with an approach to combined governance across these regions

SMO Gascoyne Region WACHS Midwest WA based Carnarvon Regional Health Service; Essentially a DMS Role

06.2017 - 09.2019
  • The major part of the position included medical administration and Clinical Governance across the region
  • The region in Western Australia involves two hospitals and multiple outlying Primary Care Centers; the position included provision of Clinical leadership and Administrative duties
  • A clinical component varying from 20-30 per cent depending on staffing needs
  • Carnarvon has approx
  • 10-11,000 attendances in the ED and reports against WEAT and WEST
  • Work in the ED is mainly done by Rural Generalists and there is no FACEMs around- ED has access to ETS services
  • Implementation of clinical governance initiatives to ensure safe and sound clinical practice, including and not limited to provision of reports for the Coroners Court
  • The position is responsible for day-to-day management of Clinical Services, (Medical and Support- Radiology and Pathology services)
  • Additional role is that of providing Clinical leadership for the Safety and Quality issues across the Regional Services
  • Carnarvon Hospital provides round the clock Obstetric and ED services in addition to inpatient services and regular surgical and endoscopy and Minor theatre lists with several visiting specialists as an outreach
  • The Emergency Department sees around 11,500 patients per year approximately
  • The Job entails managing the Clinical Governance across all specialties and management of Incident Management systems and completing investigations as required in addition to RCAs for the region and upon request from the other regions.

Senior General Practitioner

North Town Medical Centre
07.2015 - 06.2017

Personal Leave

04.2015 - 07.2015

DMO Emergency

Derby Hospital WA
03.2015 - 04.2015

Senior Medical Officer GP/ED

Fitzroy Crossing Hospital WA
02.2015 - 03.2015

Senior Medical Officer GP/ED

Halls Creek Hospital WA
12.2014 - 01.2015

Senior Med Superintendent (DMS)

Boonah Health Service
07.2014 - 11.2014

Senior Medical Superintendent (DMS)

Blackall Hospital, Tambo Health Centre, Isisford Health Centre
01.1999 - 07.2014
  • Responsibilities: Clinical in-patient and out-patient care
  • Additionally, Supervision of IMGs in Barcaldine, Winton and Alpha Health Service Routine surgical work including minor independent surgical procedures
  • Regularly assists specialist colleagues for major operations, for example, Laparotomies, Hysterectomies and Caesarean Sections
  • Administrative responsibilities for the smooth running of the medical services in the area
  • Ensure medical services are managed according to the budget plan
  • Supervision of junior medical staff and teaching of undergraduates who come for rural secondments
  • Private practice – multi-disciplinary that includes a fair amount of procedural work
  • Running of weekly clinics at Tambo and Isisford Health Centres
  • Participate in an on-call roster for providing after hours care to the above health facilities
  • Administrative responsibility for the operation of the two Health Centres in addition to Blackall Hospital, I also have full time private practice in Rural generalist medicine Supervision of Rural General Practitioner’s trainees and medical students Mentor for Medical students at James Cook University Townsville Australia Mentor for John Flynn scholars under the auspices of Mt Isa Centre for Rural and Remote Health

Clinical Fellow

Department of Emergency Medicine and Toxicology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW
01.1998 - 01.1999

Senior Registrar / Fellow

Intensive Care, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH), Camperdown, NSW
01.1997 - 01.1998

Clinical Fellow

Department of Intensive Care, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW
01.1997 - 01.1998

Intensivist, Intensive Care Unit

Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital (KMCH), Coimbatore, India
09.1994 - 02.1996
  • Responsibilities: KMCH is a 350-bed teaching hospital affiliated with Anna University, Madras
  • The ICU is a 16-bed unit, of which 12 beds are ventilated
  • Eight registrars and approximately 50 nursing staff
  • The unit is a highly specialized one catering to post-operative care of major trauma advanced neurosurgical and complicated medical problems Examiner for the Anaesthetic master’s examination, in India Involved in setting up intensive care as a separate specialty, in India Involved in setting up of the College of Intensive Care in India

Locum positions in Anesthetics whilst waiting for departure formalities from Libya

05.1994 - 08.1994

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Specialist-in-charge

Al-Fateh Central Hospital, Al-Merj, Libya
02.1992 - 04.1994
  • I was responsible for setting up and running the retrieval service in Libya, including helicopter, fixed wing, road and long-distance retrievals e.g.: unstable post op cardiac patients
  • Responsibilities: Al-Fateh Central Hospital is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Benghazi, Libya
  • Anesthetist for major/minor elective and emergency surgical procedures, and full-time supervision of two intensive care units (trauma and general), with three registrars In charge of the retrieval service and was involved in national and international retrievals, including the retrieval of a VIP from the North Libyan Desert.

Medical Officer-in-charge

Department of Anaesthesia, ESIC Hospital – Noida, India
04.1990 - 01.1992
  • Rural Position Responsible for setting up the operating theatre and ICU complex and for getting the service up and running
  • Responsibilities: This is a 400-bed hospital and has about 100 – 200 electives and 200 emergencies per month
  • The Operation Theatre Unit (O T U) had four operating rooms
  • For the setting up of the Central Sterilization Services Department
  • The O T U can cater to the simultaneous running of three tables and has centralized supplies of gases.

General Medical Officer

ESIC Hospital – Noida, India – Rural Position
04.1988 - 01.1992
  • Responsibilities: This is a 400-bed hospital and has about 100 – 200 electives and 200 emergencies per month
  • The Operation Theatre Unit (O T U) had four operating rooms
  • For the setting up of the Central Sterilization Services Department
  • The O T U can cater to the simultaneous running of three tables and has centralized supplies of gases.

Fellow

Department of Anaesthetics and ICU, ESIC Hospital Noida, India
08.1989 - 01.1990
  • Responsibilities: For all routine in-patient, outpatient and elective work including emergencies pre anesthetic clinics.

Post Graduate Resident

Department of Anaesthesia, Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, India
08.1988 - 07.1989
  • Responsibilities: Safdarjang Hospital is a 2800-bed teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Delhi
  • Undertook a period of certified essential training to allow me to sit for the examination for Postgraduate Diploma in Anaesthesia
  • Administering anaesthetics independently (under supervision) for elective/emergencies in Cardio-thoracic/vascular surgery, orthopaedics, plastics, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, ENT and general surgery
  • Went to Armenia (former USSR) as a member of a medical rescue and relief team for earthquake victims
  • Undertook extensive research in the mechanism of organo-phosphate poisoning and various modalities.

Resident Year 3

Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi, India
08.1987 - 01.1988
  • Responsibilities: Dr
  • RML Hospital is an 1800-bed teaching hospital affiliated with the University of New Delhi and is a multi-super specialty hospital.

Senior House Officer

Department of Casualty and Emergency Services, Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, India
07.1986 - 12.1986
  • Responsibilities: Routine accident and emergency cases
  • Attending court in relation to medico-legal work.

Senior House Officer

Department of General Surgery, Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, India
01.1986 - 06.1986
  • Responsibilities: Routine in-patients/out-patients and elective/emergency operations.

Skills

  • Community Engagement
  • Program Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Project Management
  • Operations Management
  • Budgeting and financial management
  • Program Leadership
  • Leadership Development
  • Innovation and Creativity
  • Operational planning
  • Data Interpretation
  • Corporate Governance
  • Effective Communicator and Public Speaker
  • Contract Negotiation

Education - Fellowships and Memberships

Fellowship of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine and the Faculty of

Travel medicine

Certified Health Executive FCHSM - CHE

Australasian College of Health Service Management

FCHSM

Fellowship of the Australasian College of Health Service Management

Fellowship

Royal Society of Medicine UK

Membership of American College of Physician Executives Membership Canadian College of Physician Executives

FAIM (Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management) and winner of the Rural and Regional Manager of the year 2012

MAICD (Member Australian Institute of Company Directors) MCFP, Membership of the Canadian College of Family Physicians

AFACHSE (Associate Fellow, Australian College of Health Service Executives)

AFRACMA (Associate Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Medical Administrators)

FRACGP (Fellow of the Royal Australian College of GPs)

FACRRM (Fellow of the Australian College of Rural & Remote Medicine) Postgraduate Diploma in Anesthesia

University of Delhi, India. Gold medal for first position in the University

Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery

University of Delhi, India. Distinction in Pharmacology – First position in University in Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Bachelor of Sciences, University of Delhi, India

Career Objectives

Currentpreviousmedicallicensingauthorities

Registered with AHPRA specialist General Practitioner – MED 0001405024

Accomplishments

Negotiated and setup new models of care in Regional SA during my time there with Unique Metro -country partnerships

Mentor for the ACHSM - CHE program mentoring other healthcare executives

Rural Generalist medicine - currently do practise clinically in addition to Exec responsibilities

Mentor RG colleagues

Mentor Middle level and Senior Health execs both in Australia and the USA

Recognised Mentor for the American College of Healthcare Executives


Personal Information

  • B.Sc.
  • MBBS
  • FACRRM
  • FRACGP
  • FCHSM
  • FAIM
  • FRSM
  • AFRACMA
  • Post Grad Dip (Anaesth)
  • MAICD
  • MCFP
  • Member American College of Healthcare Executives Certified Health Executive
  • FCHSM – CHE

Timeline

Executive Director Medical Services

Tasmanian Health Service – Hospitals North
05.2023 - Current

Executive Director Medical Services

Yorke and Northern LHN
03.2020 - 02.2023

Senior Medical Supdtt. (DMS)

Rural hospitals Lower Gulf Northwest HHS
10.2019 - 02.2020

SMO Gascoyne Region WACHS Midwest WA based Carnarvon Regional Health Service; Essentially a DMS Role

06.2017 - 09.2019

Senior General Practitioner

North Town Medical Centre
07.2015 - 06.2017

Personal Leave

04.2015 - 07.2015

DMO Emergency

Derby Hospital WA
03.2015 - 04.2015

Senior Medical Officer GP/ED

Fitzroy Crossing Hospital WA
02.2015 - 03.2015

Senior Medical Officer GP/ED

Halls Creek Hospital WA
12.2014 - 01.2015

Senior Med Superintendent (DMS)

Boonah Health Service
07.2014 - 11.2014

Senior Medical Superintendent (DMS)

Blackall Hospital, Tambo Health Centre, Isisford Health Centre
01.1999 - 07.2014

Clinical Fellow

Department of Emergency Medicine and Toxicology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW
01.1998 - 01.1999

Senior Registrar / Fellow

Intensive Care, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH), Camperdown, NSW
01.1997 - 01.1998

Clinical Fellow

Department of Intensive Care, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW
01.1997 - 01.1998

Intensivist, Intensive Care Unit

Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital (KMCH), Coimbatore, India
09.1994 - 02.1996

Locum positions in Anesthetics whilst waiting for departure formalities from Libya

05.1994 - 08.1994

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Specialist-in-charge

Al-Fateh Central Hospital, Al-Merj, Libya
02.1992 - 04.1994

Medical Officer-in-charge

Department of Anaesthesia, ESIC Hospital – Noida, India
04.1990 - 01.1992

Fellow

Department of Anaesthetics and ICU, ESIC Hospital Noida, India
08.1989 - 01.1990

Post Graduate Resident

Department of Anaesthesia, Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, India
08.1988 - 07.1989

General Medical Officer

ESIC Hospital – Noida, India – Rural Position
04.1988 - 01.1992

Resident Year 3

Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi, India
08.1987 - 01.1988

Senior House Officer

Department of Casualty and Emergency Services, Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, India
07.1986 - 12.1986

Senior House Officer

Department of General Surgery, Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, India
01.1986 - 06.1986

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