{"id":10194,"date":"2025-11-12T08:06:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T22:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/?page_id=10194"},"modified":"2025-12-04T11:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T01:43:17","slug":"executive-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/about-us\/executive-team","title":{"rendered":"Snapshot of the executive team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Snap shot of the executive team<\/h1><\/h1><\/div>
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Glynis Schultz<\/h2>\n

Executive Director, Community and Oral Health<\/h3>\n

Led by Glynis Schultz, Community and Oral Health (COH) delivers oral health services and integrated multidisciplinary models of care across 37 locations including bedded facilities, two residential aged care facilities, clinics, dental vans, home-based environments and the Halwyn Centre which operates under the National Disability Insurance Scheme standards to provide long-term care for clients with both intellectual and physical disabilities and complex health conditions.<\/p>\n

Across these settings, care types include acute inpatient care in the home environment as well as care to medically stable, highly complex patients requiring chronic disease management.<\/p>\n

To avoid emergency department presentations and hospital admissions, COH has partnered with the Queensland Ambulance Service, to provide a paramedic and allied health practitioner response when people fall at home. Through the Access to Community Care (RACC) program people are accessed with an acute exacerbation of a chronic condition, an acute illness or injury in their own residence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\"Mario<\/span><\/div>
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Mario de Silva<\/h2>\n

Senior Director of Operations Oral Health<\/h3>\n

Led by Mario de Silva, Metro North Oral Health Services (MNOHS) provides public oral health services to eligible adults and children. Services are provided through a network of facilities including hospital (and satellite hospital) based clinics, community dental clinics, school dental clinics and mobile dental vans.<\/p>\n

MNOHS is committed to providing excellent, multidisciplinary oral healthcare, which is evidence based, safe, effective and patient-centred. There is a strong focus on research and education for both staff and students on clinical placement at the various MNOHS facilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Jayne Stevenson<\/h2>\n

Senior Director Clinical Operations<\/h3>\n

Led by Jayne Stevenson, the Senior Director Clinical Operations is responsible for fostering a strong operational and performance focus within clinical management teams across the community directorate, demonstrating excellence in strategy and planning, and leading by example.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Clinical Operations within the community health directorate includes the service lines of: Rehabilitation, Extended Care, Home Hospital, Specialised Residential Care and Referral, Access and Navigation. The role develops and promotes innovative, accountable and continuously improving operating strategies, and ensures robust safety, quality and governance frameworks are in place.<\/p>\n

The Senior Director Clinical Operations responds proactively to health environment trends and provides expert operational advice. The role fosters strong stakeholder relationships, ensuring their needs are included in health service planning and evaluation.<\/p>\n

Working with the Executive Director, the Senior Director Clinical Operations ensures that clinical operations within the community directorate align with the Metro North Health services strategy and health reform priorities<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Tim Moran<\/h2>\n

Director of Performance and Planning<\/h3>\n

Led by Tim Moran, Planning and Performance provides leadership and support for managing COH long-term strategic goals, ensuring alignment between service lines, Community and Oral Health (COH) and Metro North.<\/p>\n

He leads COH in developing and implementing strategic and operational planning. This involves collaborating with different areas and functions to create and assess service planning with a strong emphasis on the needs of patients, community, families, staff and the organisation. Planning and Performance supports future service developments with modern contemporary models and service delivery.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Dr Stephanie Hadikusumo<\/h2>\n

Director of Medical Services<\/h3>\n

Led by Dr Stephanie Hadikusumo, Medical Services encompasses several specialised medical disciplines, including rehabilitation, geriatrics, palliative care and Hospital in the Home, each of which is overseen by a dedicated clinical director.<\/p>\n

Our medical team comprises consultants, principal house officers, registrars, resident medical officers and interns, all working collaboratively to deliver comprehensive medical services. Additionally, COH is committed to supporting the education and training of future healthcare professionals by providing learning opportunities for medical students.<\/p>\n

Beyond subacute hospital-based care, COH extends its expertise to aged care facilities, where General Practitioners (GPs) and Nurse Practitioners play a pivotal role in patient care. These services are available at facilities such as The Halwyn Centre, Cooinda House and Gannet House, ensuring accessible, high-quality care for the aging population.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\"Mary<\/span><\/div>
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Mary Wheeldon<\/h2>\n

Director Innovation and Research<\/h3>\n

Led by Mary Wheeldon, Innovation and Research progresses innovation, and sustainability priorities, and initiatives in consultation with the Executive Director, Community and Oral Health, Senior Director Clinical Operations, and other members of the\u00a0Executive Leadership Committee.<\/p>\n

The role collaboratives with operational leads of COH to achieve innovation, sustainability and excellence for the multidisciplinary workforce through contemporary evidenced-based standards, effective change management and leading-edge practice in line with Metro North Health strategic directions.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Lainie White<\/h2>\n

Manager, Corporate Services<\/h3>\n

Led by Lainie White, Corporate Services plays a crucial role in providing professional and operational management for a wide range of non-clinical support services. This includes overseeing the governance, accountability and management of 33 buildings, staff accommodations and the largest fleet of government vehicles in Metro North, in collaboration with the Facility Manager.<\/p>\n

Lainie drives the development and execution of strategies that oversee the Corporate Services daily operations. This leadership ensures the seamless integration of non-clinical and clinical teams, supporting the delivery of safe, high-quality services.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Claire Harrison<\/h2>\n

Manager Consumer and Community Partnerships<\/h3>\n

Led by Claire Harrison, COH Consumer Engagement provides mechanisms to engage consumers to both inform and respond to service delivery. Its purpose is to establish and maintain systems, processes, tools, resources, education and evaluation methods, for consumers and staff to work collaboratively for service improvement.<\/p>\n

It focuses on supporting diversity of voices and co-design at all levels of the organisation, embedding opportunities for improved health literacy, creating networks for integration across the continuum of care, providing navigation to health and wellbeing services, and leading the implementation of NSQHS Partnering with Consumers Standard 2.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Katherine Schultz<\/h2>\n

Director of Allied Health<\/h3>\n

Led by Katherine Schultz, the Community and Oral Health (COH) services consists of a diverse allied health workforce providing care practice across a range of non-hospital settings including residential aged care and disability care, community health centres, satellite hospitals, inpatient subacute facilities and in patient\u2019s homes.<\/p>\n

Our workforce includes over 350 Health Practitioners across 15 disciplines and 150 clinical assistants across five roles.<\/p>\n

As Director Allied Health within COH, Kate oversees the professional governance of allied health practitioners and assistants ensuring the delivery of integrated safe and quality care and a culture of continuous improvement. As an Executive Leader, Kate leads the Disability, Culture and Wellbeing, Workforce and Clinical Communications portfolios across COH.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Michelle Kane<\/h2>\n

Director, Safety and Quality<\/h3>\n

Led by Michelle Kane, the Safety and Quality Unit has a directorate-wide function in developing and maintaining:<\/p>\n