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Janice Fernandes

Divisional Director, Perioperative & Specialist Services at Mercy Health; Executive Healthcare Leader, Clinical Governance & Change Management Expert in Public & Private Sectors

Brief info

With 17+ years’ leadership in Australia’s most complex clinical environments, Janice brings deep regulatory fluency and health system strategy to boardrooms. Alongside managing $52M+
surgical divisions and scaling governance frameworks across 25+ clinics under multimillion-dollar change initiatives, she is best known for spearheading the COVID-19 crisis response, where she developed Australia’s first Virtual Triage system, and securing $1.25M+ in DoH funding for innovative models of care.

Janice is a respected leader who unwaveringly focusses on enabling her teams to succeed, developing their resilience and capability. She provides an equal measure of challenge and support to her leaders, while keeping purpose and values alive. Her strategic and operational leadership is exemplary as is her drive for continuous improvement.