Headquarters:
1 Hospital Boulevard, Southport, QLD 4215
Year founded:
2012
Number of employees:
11,000+
Phone:
1300 744 284
Email:
council@singleton.nsw.gov.au
Website:
goldcoast.health.qld.gov.au
LinkedIn:
au.linkedin.com/company/singleton-council
“We drive an inclusive, diverse and collaborative culture that empowers our people to get things done and to deliver results”
Anjanette Murfet,
Accolade Wines
GOLD COAST HEALTH
Ron Calvert
Chief Executive
Grant Brown
Executive Director, People and Operations
Rita Hudson
Senior Director, Organisational Capability
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Ron Calvert was appointed as chief executive of Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service in 2012. Gold Coast Health serves a population of 660,000, as well as providing specialist tertiary services for residents of northern New South Wales and the millions of visitors to the Gold Coast each year. With well over 11,000 staff, Gold Coast Health is the largest employer on the Gold Coast.
Calvert is particularly proud of the culture established over the last decade. In a biannual staff survey with a 66% response rate, over 69% of staff agreed with the statement that Gold Coast Health is a truly great place to work.
Chief Executive
Ron Calvert
Grant Brown is executive director of people and operations at Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, leading a division made up of human resource, organisational capability, asset management, operational support and administration services. As a driven, experienced, and astute executive leader in HR management, industrial relations and work health and safety for large complex organisations, Brown brings a wealth of knowledge and interpersonal skills that deliver on strategy and improves operational outcomes. He is an agile strategic leader, and his ability to build stakeholder relationships with colleagues, board members, and unions, combined with strong negotiation and conciliation skills, enable him to overcome challenges and advocate for positive outcomes which meet the organisation’s needs.
Executive Director, People and Operations
Grant Brown
Rita Hudson serves as senior director of organisational capability, leveraging her extensive experience in HR business partnership with a keen focus on workforce strategy, leadership development and inclusion. Employing a collaborative approach, Hudson is dedicated to delivering impactful people strategies. Her professional journey spans various sectors, where she has cultivated robust industrial and employee relations expertise, particularly within the mining, gas and electricity industries. She embodies strong executive leadership, firmly believing that fostering a culture of inclusivity is pivotal for GCHHS to effectively provide community care to Gold Coast residents.
Senior Director, Organisational Capability
Rita Hudson
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Rachael Todd
Director, Market Access
Rachael Todd has extensive experience across health economics, market access, regulatory affairs and government affairs in the medical devices’ arena. She has progressed her career through the sales with organisations including Stryker, J&J and Abbott Point of Care. Todd set up an organisation in Thailand to include regulatory, clinical, sales and marketing, market access departments, she has been instrumental in building up relationships with KOLs and setting up advisory boards and building high-performing teams.
Todd holds a Bachelor of Law from the University of Sydney, Cardiac and Respiratory Technologist (DIP ASCT) qualification from Auckland Greenlane Hospital, and Associate of Cardiopulmonary Technology from Greenlane Hospital/Massey University. She also has a Diploma in Personal Training from Les Mills Academy of Personal Trainers and a Diploma of Teaching from Otago University/Dunedin Teachers’ College.
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Christy Thiel
Senior Director, Clinical Affairs
Christy Thiel has been managing clinical affairs for APAC and has completed both my Master’s Degree in Public Health and Master’s Degree in Health Law through the University of Sydney. She started her career as a diagnostic radiographer for nine years before moving into a clinical research coordinator role at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. Thiel then joined corporate life with Stryker in their orthopaedic research department. After two years, she moved to Smith + Nephew, where she worked for over seven years, gradually moving into the role of regional clinical operations manager for the ANZ, JAPAC and emerging markets region. Thiel's medical background assisted her in better understanding the environment in which we conduct our clinical trials and interacting with medical staff and personnel.
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Christy Thiel
Gold Coast Hospital & Health Service (GCHHS) delivers a wide range of hospital and community health services across more than 20 facilities in the Gold Coast, including Gold Coast University and Robina Hospitals. With more than 11,000 employees, GCHHS is the Gold Coast’s largest employer.
GCHHS is committed to:
“From our wineries and operational sites to our corporate offices and beyond, we want everyone at Accolade, regardless of their gender, to have equal opportunity to realise their potential”
Anjanette Murfet,
Accolade Wines
James Barrett
Director, Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies
Maneesha Pillay
Director, Regulatory Affairs
Polo Guilbert-Wright
Director, Government Affairs
Simon Williams
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James Barrett started his career in sales in the pharmaceutical industry and progressed to hold positions in finance and marketing, before moving to medical devices, which he has been in for the past 16 years across large multinationals and local distributors in a range of roles, including sales and marketing management, business and therapy development, country director and finally business unit director across both Australia and New Zealand. Barrett holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Lincoln University.
Director, Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies
James Barrett
Maneesha Pillay brings over 16 years of extensive experience in regulatory and quality, dedicated to ensuring compliance, and contributing towards making innovative technologies available to patients in a dynamic and evolving industry.
After completing her studies in public relations, she embarked on a marketing career with a decade-long tenure in broadcasting. Following this, she shifted her career trajectory towards regulatory affairs in the medical device industry, obtaining qualifications in Regulatory Affairs, Quality Management System Requirements (ISO 9001), Certified Lead Auditor (ISO 13485), Health Science – Nutrition, and an Executive MBA.
Maneesha is driven by commitment and passion in advancing healthcare and improving patient outcomes through regulatory excellence, with a demonstrated history of regulatory success.
Director, Regulatory Affairs
Maneesha Pillay
Polo Guilbert-Wright has over 17 years of experience working in government relations, public policy and communications in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. He has worked for and with state and federal governments throughout his career across a range of sectors, including within the medical technology sector, which has been involved in some of the most challenging reforms in the past decade.
Prior to Edwards Lifesciences, Guilbert-Wright worked for MTAA, and the UK government and Home Office. He holds a Master’s in Public Policy and Administration from the London School of Economics and degrees in Arts/Law from the University of New South Wales.
Director, Government Affairs
Polo Guilbert-Wright
Kimi leads the Estate Planning and Wealth Protection team and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She understands the complex and delicate nature of family estate planning, the technical requirements around probate and estate administration, and the importance of preserving wealth for future generations. Her advice is accurate, commercial, strategic and tailored to each situation.
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Kimi leads the Estate Planning and Wealth Protection team and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She understands the complex and delicate nature of family estate planning, the technical requirements around probate and estate administration, and the importance of preserving wealth for future generations. Her advice is accurate, commercial, strategic and tailored to each situation.
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Kimi Shah
Kimi leads the Estate Planning and Wealth Protection team and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She understands the complex and delicate nature of family estate planning, the technical requirements around probate and estate administration, and the importance of preserving wealth for future generations. Her advice is accurate, commercial, strategic and tailored to each situation.
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Kimi Shah
Straying away from traditional approaches to performance management, Accolade Wines seeks to enable employee performance through continuous, meaningful conversations and clear sprint objectives.
“These help to keep our people focused on the work that matters most in a fast-paced, ever-changing industry. Accolade Wines offers continuous development projects so our people can continue to grow,” says Murfet.
In a standout feat, Accolade has drastically reduced its gender pay gap to just 0.9 per cent. Through rigorous benchmarking and data-backed decision-making, the firm has plans of hitting zero.
Murfet explains, “From our wineries and operational sites to our corporate offices and beyond, we want everyone at Accolade, regardless of their gender, to have equal opportunity to realise their potential.”
To promote employee engagement, Accolade’s leadership team recognides the hard work its people put in through peer-to-peer recognition programs, wellbeing subsidies, exclusive discounts and savings, bonus incentives for high performance and monetary rewards.
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GCHHS’s vision is to have the best health outcomes in Australia, based on being a leader in sustainable, compassionate and highly reliable health care. The purpose of GCHHS is to provide excellence in sustainable and evidence-based healthcare that meets the needs of the fast-growing Gold Coast community.
The organisations ‘Always Care’ philosophy underpins its values of integrity, ‘community first,’ respect, excellence, compassion and empowerment. ‘Always Care’ is the commitment every employee makes every day to ensure person-centred care is at the heart of everything they do, based on the belief that the simplest acts of compassion can have the greatest impact.
· Global Office – work up to two weeks from anywhere in the world
· Loyalty Leave – earn an additional leave day for every year of employment
· Go Beyond Day – a day for employees to donate time to a charity of their choice
· Enhanced Parental Leave – updated parental leave policy including six weeks of secondary carers’ leave
· Accolade Birthday – a day off to celebrate each year an employee spends with Accolade
· building a diverse workforce
· creating sustainable capability
· being an equal opportunity employer
· valuing and empowering people to enhance culture and improve efficiencies
· recognising its peers
· creating a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors
GOLD COAST HEALTH