Join our Community Advisory Council

If you are passionate about improving health outcomes for women, infants and their families, applications are now open to join our Women and Newborn Health Service Community Advisory Council. We are currently recruiting for two available positions.

The WNHS CAC is a formal partnership between consumers and carers, the North Metropolitan Health Service (NMHS) and WNHS Executive Committee that embeds the voice and perspectives of consumers, carers and families in decisions and processes that impact their healthcare experience and journey.

The WNHS CAC contributes to improving health outcomes by ensuring that the health experience and journey of consumers, carers and their families is person-centred.

The WNHS CAC:

• Represents the equality and diversity of consumers, community, carers and families and provides a mechanism to work in partnership for positive solutions that are meaningful and impactful.
• Brings lived and living experience of the health system that can shape how the system functions to be more person centred.
• Contributes to change in a range of ways from providing feedback to participating in the design and evaluation of policies, programs and services.
• Promotes wellness, partnership, equity, learning and growing, mental health and safety, care, trust and modelling these in our work.
• Advocates for engagement and recognition of the value of lived experience and the importance of capacity building and development so that health service providers and consumers, carers and families can work together more effectively to improve health outcomes.

If you are a consumer or carer who is passionate about improving health outcomes for the community, solutions oriented and interested in shaping health care experience and journey at our hospitals, we encourage you to complete the online application form (external site) to become a member.

Alternatively, you may wish to download and complete the application form (Word) and email it to: WNHSCLS@health.wa.gov.au

If you have any questions or wish to discuss the application process please call Jon Day, Manager Consumer Liaison Service on (08) 6458 1576 or email your enquiries to WNHSCLS@health.wa.gov.au.

Applications close on Monday 25 August at 5pm.