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Meet Lisa Forbes

Clinical Compliance & Education Manager

Thank you for the warm welcome
that everybody has given me in the

past few weeks in your residences
and at West Street.

The improvement of care processes and the creation
of continuous improvement projects has been a
major feature throughout my career. The intention of
this role as Clinical Compliance & Education Manager
is to work together to enhance individual residents'
lives and to ensure people live a valued quality of
life. A structured plan to monitor processes, identify
areas to improve and collaborate with the relevant
experts is the framework that will drive improvement
in services.

I trained as a Registered Nurse at the Royal North Shore This included improving care to the elderly, which led me
Hospital in variety of specialities; including HIV/AIDS. to an opportunity to work in an Aged Care residential
This led to my interest in microbiology and in Infection settings for five years. As Care Manager working on the
Prevention and Control. I completed my Graduate Diploma Central Coast, one of the key tasks was to review and
in Medical/Surgical Nursing and was an Infection Control improve the quality monitoring and improvement system.
Clinical Nurse Consultant for five years. I became interested Multiple projects were conducted to enhance the lives of
in the mechanisms of bacteria in the development of individual residents.
antibiotic resistance and the impact it can have on a patient
with an infection. A major focus was educating healthcare I relocated to Sydney where I could be closer to my two
workers that the simple strategy of hand hygiene reduces daughters, and I was excited recently to be successful
the spread of organisms in hospitals, and reduces the risk in being appointed as CCEM with Cranbrook Care –
of infections. who combine long-standing interests of educating
staff and ensuring excellent standards are maintained,
An increasing interest in Management and leadership led to so that residents have the best quality of life. This role
the completion of a Masters in Nursing Management and is unique and I am looking forward to meeting all the
experience as a Nursing Unit Manager in public and private residents and family members, and working with staff
hospitals. The skills developed led to project management in all the residences.
work in improving delivery of clinical services in a large Area
Health Service, where I facilitated multiple expert working
parties to achieve improved clinical services.

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