Our Team
Chief Executive Officer
The Chief Executive Officer leads and manages the operations of Hospice. This includes ensuring excellence in governance, strategic engagement and maintaining organisational sustainability. With a focus on ensuring that Hospice will continue to offer a place of peace, acceptance and safety where everyone is supported and cared for with dignity through their end-of-life choices.
Clinical Nurse Manager
The Clinical Nurse Manager’s role is to lead clinical activities to ensure that Hospice remains true to its values and continues to be a leader in the provision of specialised palliative care, end-of-life choices, support, and education so our community members can experience death with dignity in a manner and place of their choice.
Clinical Team
Clinical, Registered and Enrolled Nurses, Patient Care Assistants and our Support Coordinator provide all person-centred care 24 hours a day, working under the guidance of a patient’s GP, or medical practitioner as well as recommendations from the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT).
Regular, ongoing education and training in palliative care ensures that the clinical team deliver evidence based best practice care in partnership with the patient and their families/carers.
Support Services Team
The Support Services Team is a dedicated diverse group overseeing administration, finance, cleaning, catering, communications, engagement, and volunteer management. By working closely together, they ensure Hospice operates efficiently and effectively, supporting clinical teams to provide compassionate, high quality care to patients and families/carers.
Palliative Care Consultant
Our Palliative Care Consultant oversees the care of patients following referral from their GP or medical practitioner. The Palliative Care Consultant attends weekly Multi Disciplinary Team meetings, which are held at Hospice to review the care and management of each admitted patient, looking at the person from a physical, emotional, psychospiritual and practical perspective, and making plans to address symptoms causing the most distress and affecting that person’s quality of life.
The Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT) consists of the Palliative Care Consultant, the MDT Medical Coordinator, the patient’s own GP or medical practitioner, Clinical Nurse Manager, Support Coordinator, Registered Nurses from Hospice, The Great Southern Palliative Care Team (which is part of the WA Country Health Service) and its community team, Psychiatry Registrar and Spiritual Care Coordinator. Other specialities can be invited to attend to bring a broader perspective to patient care, including representatives from Clinical Oncology and Neurological Nurses.
Support Coordinator
The Support Coordinator acts as a liaison and advocate, providing families/significant others, and carers with social, emotional, practical, and psycho-spiritual support as needed and can link them to resources available to provide support in the community.
Volunteers
Volunteers are a treasured and dedicated part of the care team. They donate their time, skills, effort, and love to provide support and companionship to our patients and families. They assist in all areas of operation including the Board of Management and its supporting committees, clerical work, fundraising, reception, catering support, patient support and gardening.
Hospice is powered by over 100 volunteers contributing over 150 hours per week - we are very grateful for all our volunteers and the contributions they make to making a difference in our community.
