Help shape a healthier future for Tasmania

The Tasmanian Collaboration for Health Improvement is a translational research partnership that brings together people, communities, clinicians, researchers and policy-makers to design research that tackles local health challenges.

By combining the lived experiences, knowledge, skills and resources of many, we can discover local solutions and translate them into better healthcare for Tasmanians.

The Collaboration is governed by a Board and Executive Committee with representatives from partners University of Tasmania, Tasmanian Government Department of Health, Primary Health Tasmania and Health Consumers Tasmania, health consumers and communities.

Seeking Executive Committee members

We are seeking members to join the Executive Committee to help shape, guide and direct the Collaboration’s work.

Suitable candidates must be either a health consumer or currently employed within one of the Collaboration’s partner organisations:

• Tasmanian Government, Department of Health
• University of Tasmania, College of Health and Medicine
• Primary Health Tasmania
• Health Consumers Tasmania

And have a balance of personal attributes, professional and industry skills to achieve the Collaboration’s strategic objectives.

Background

Tasmania has a population of around 525,000, of whom 4.6% identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander – a proportion second only to the Northern Territory. Tasmania has the oldest and most rapidly ageing population in Australia with a median age of 42 years. Socioeconomic disadvantage is greater in Tasmania than Australia overall and health status is more typical of populations in Australia’s regional areas than its major capital cities.

Tasmania faces some important regional health challenges, including poorer health outcomes due to chronic disease and an ageing population. There are marked differences in many key health indicators including more avoidable deaths, poorer self-rated health, poorer oral health, higher prevalence of chronic conditions, and higher prevalence of risk factors for chronic disease.

The Collaboration was formally established in 2018 to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for all Tasmanians through locally relevant research that informs the development and delivery of a well-integrated, people centred, and effective health system.

The Collaboration is governed by a Board and Executive Committee with representatives from partners University of Tasmania, Tasmanian Government Department of Health, Primary Health Tasmania and Health Consumers Tasmania, health consumers and communities.

How to submit your application

1. Read the Terms of Reference, Governance Skills Matrix and Strategic Plan
2. Complete the Application Form
3. Email the Application Form and your resume to tchi.admin@utas.edu.au by 6 March 2023 (date extended). Include “TCHI Executive Committee Application” in the subject line.

Applicants will be advised of the outcome of their applications by 24 March 2023.

Please direct enquiries to the Manager, Tasmanian Collaboration for Health Improvement by calling 03 6226 7785 or email tchi.admin@utas.edu.au