The College is proud to be represented on hundreds of policy and health service forums across the country, providing a vital voice for our members.
Representative roles are filled by the College President, members of the Board and Council, senior staff, and members as appropriate to the nature of the appointment and include state, territory, and national bodies such as clinical advisory groups; project advisory committees and consultative committees.
We also participate in a range of stakeholder liaison groups with organisations such as the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the Migrant and Refugee Health Partnership. This enables us to contribute a rural and remote perspective and ensure we can communicate relevant and timely information to our members.
Due to the resignation of one of our current representatives, ACRRM welcomes expressions of interest from Fellows who are interested in joining the GPMHSC Steering Committee.
The GPMHSC Committee is the body responsible for overseeing and providing expert advice and consultation on the development, monitoring and promotion of quality standards for general practitioner (GP) education and training in primary mental health care.
More information about the GPMHSC is available here.
The Committee Terms of Reference are available here. This is a remunerated role and meetings are generally held bi-monthly.
If you are interested in this position, please email policy@acrrm.org.au by Friday 21 March, including a current CV or summary of relevant qualifications and experience and an indication of your availability to attend Committee meetings.
ACRRM acknowledges the contribution of members who take on these roles on behalf of the College.
The College has been invited to nominate a representative to the Migrant and Refugee Health Partnership, which is the national peak body representing culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in healthcare.
The current focus of the Partnership is the pursuit of goals defined in the National Preventive Health Strategy 2021-2030, and the upcoming workplan will deliver consultation papers on CALD community prioritised access challenges in healthcare and improving the quality of national health information for these communities; continue to provide community-informed policy advice to the Commonwealth and develop practical clinical guidelines and health-specific standards for the deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare settings.
This is an interesting voluntary role which involves quarterly virtual meetings of approx. 1-1.5 hr duration. There is minimal out-of-session work although some meeting preparation may be involved. The ACRRM Policy Team can provide policy information and support as required.
If you are interested in representing the College in this role, please email policy@acrrm.org.au by Friday 21 March, including a short outline of any relevant interests or experience.
The College appreciates the contribution of members who take on these roles.
ANZCA is establishing two committees to support the newly established Chapter of Perioperative Medicine. The Chapter will advocate for the integration of perioperative care within health systems and contribute to policy development to improve patient outcomes under the perioperative pathway. The committees will be made up of the multidisciplinary stakeholders involved in advancing perioperative medicine in Australia and New Zealand.
The Education and Assessment Committee will oversee the Chapter’s educational offerings and ensure the implementation of quality improvement frameworks, monitoring and evaluation tools.
The Advocacy and Policy Committee will develop and provide evidence and expert opinion in support of the professional practice, clinical quality and patient safety matters affecting specialist doctors who provide perioperative medicine services in Australia and New Zealand.
If you are interested in representing the College in either of these roles please email policy@acrrm.org.au by Friday 21 March, including a short outline of any relevant interests or experience.
The College appreciates the contribution of members who take on these roles.
The IHACPA has established a Small Rural Hospitals Working Group (SRHWG) to advise on the development of a framework for establishing an efficient cost of small, rural hospitals and to develop an understanding of the cost drivers for small rural hospitals.
The responsibilities of SRHWG members include providing objective advice based on their knowledge of classification and costing of small rural hospital activities to IHACPA; and providing timely feedback to IHACPA, both out of session and at meetings.
Meetings are usually held every three months.
If you are interested in representing the College on this working group, please email policy@acrrm.org.au by Friday 21 March, including a short outline of any relevant interests or experience.
The College appreciates the contribution of members who take on these roles.
The College is seeking nominations for a representative to the Australian Prescriber Stakeholder Network.
Australian Prescriber’s Stakeholder Network comprises a range of professional colleges and societies whose scope of work is relevant to the broad scope of the journal, which is targeted at general prescribers.
The main purpose of the Stakeholder Network is to support the development of Australian Prescriber’s content strategy, through feedback on suggestions for topics, authors and peer reviewers. Members of the Network are asked to contribute ideas for topics, authors and peer reviewers within their field of expertise. Suggestions for topics may be prompted by prescribing problems observed in practice, and new or emerging health technologies. These insights are invaluable and directly contribute to shaping the content of Australian Prescriber.
While the role is voluntary it is not onerous, with Network members contacted several times a year for feedback or suggestions as above.
More information about the Network is available here.
If you are interested in this role, please send your EOI to policy@acrrm.org.au by Monday 24 February including an outline of relevant interests and experience.
