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The event is a fantastic networking and knowledge sharing opportunity for operating room management & perioperative professionals. The conference provides a platform for helping perioperative nurses address some of the challenges of management, effective ways to implement change, improve efficiency, enhance teamwork and communication, and improve knowledge for theatre management professionals.
The audience for this event is made up of operating room management and perioperative professionals, including operating room/perioperative managers, operating room nurse managers, clinical nurse educators, directors of surgical services, perioperative services managers, directors of clinical services and perioperative quality and safety managers.
What’s included for conference attendees:
- Insightful keynote presentations with nuggets of wisdom to take back to your organisation
- A balanced agenda with a variety of perspectives and expert speakers to learn from
- The change to benchmark your organisation’s theatre practices, strategies and processes against others
- Bounce ideas off your colleagues and peers from across the country as you mingle in the networking breaks
- Networking drinks reception – continue your discussions over a glass of wine!
- Engage in lively panel discussions and Q&A
- The opportunity to enhance knowledge and improve skills for theatre management professionals
Keen to attend but require your manager’s approval? Download our Approval from manager template to make the process easier for yourself.
Speakers

Charmayne Thompson
Director of Operations - Clinical, Adeney Private Hospital

Rebecca East
Nurse Practitioner, CEO and Founder, The Holistic Care Collective

Ruth Melville
CNC Perioperative Patient Safety & Quality, Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service

Deborah Burrows
District CNC Perioperative Services, Southern NSW LHD

Dr Paula Foran
Unit coordinator CNA802 & CNA803, Coordinator Clinical Nursing Master, University of Tasmania

Aimee Todd
Perioperative Nurse Educator, Metro South’s Princess Alexandra Hospital and Project Officer – SWAPNET, Clinical Excellence Queensland

Seun Idowu
Partner, Hall & Wilcox

Alicia Green
District Perioperative Nurse Educator, Division of Surgery, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District

A/Prof Matt Rickard
Colorectal Surgeon, Macquarie University Hospital and Concord Hospital

A/Prof Chrys Hensman
Advanced MIS Hernia, Robotic research, Benign Foregut, Bariatric and Robotic specialist Surgeon, CEO, LapSurgery Australia, University of Adelaide

Indra Jolayemi
Clinical Nurse Specialist (Perioperative Nursing), Monash Health, Monash University & sub-committee member, Victorian Perioperative Nurses Group

Kate Gibney
CNC Reprocessing, Safety, Quality and Improvement Unit | Sunshine Coast Health, Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service

Elke Koslowski
Nurse Manager Peri-Operative Services, South East Regional Hospital, Southern NSW LHD

Cora Conneely
Perioperative Clinical Nurse Educator, Orthopaedic CNS, St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney

Sally Sutherland-Fraser
Facilitator and Consultant - specialising in perioperative patient safety and healthcare standards

Phyllis Davis AM
Perioperative Consultant (RET)

Jessica Pougnault
Deputy Director of Nursing, St John of God Subiaco Hospital

Sharna Hendrickse
Nurse Unit Manager for Robotic surgery, St John of God Hospital, Berwick

Nicola Isles
National Infection Prevention, Control and Radiation Safety Manager, Healthscope

Erin Wakefield
Perioperative Lead and PhD Candidate, Monash Nursing and Midwifery

Zvisinei Juliana Zvavanjanja
Clinical Nurse Consultant, Orthopaedics, The Sutherland Hospital, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District

Nakita Magua
Nurse Educator for Perioperative Services, St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney
Event Code of Conduct
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Sustainability
Our Commitment to Sustainability
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We recognise that it’s not just about the way we produce our events and products but recognising that we have a role to play in providing a space to work in partnership together with our markets to inspire the sustainable development of the industries we serve.
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when & where
21 - 22 Aug 2024
Aerial UTS Function Centre, Sydney
Building 10, Level 7/235 Jones St,
Ultimo NSW 2007
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contact
Still have a question?
Frankie Brewer
General Manager – Health & Life Sciences, APAC
Francesca.brewer@informa.com
Danielle Newman
Senior Business Development Manager
+61 2 9080 4318
Danielle.Newman@informa.com