Our innovative and somewhat unique approach to methodology is based on a solid bedrock of expertise in traditional workforce planning methods. Our unique approach is:
If you want more details about HCA’s capacity in the health workforce area than that provided below, download our HRH Capability Statement. This provides a comprehensive list of more than 50 research projects covering over a dozen health workforces.
HCA’s Health Workforce resources
The workforce team is lead by HCA’s Director Lee Ridoutt . Lee entered health workforce research in 1986 when employed by NSW Department of Health to study the supply and demand of four allied health professions. He was later in 1987 appointed to the role of Director of the Health Workforce Planning Unit within the Department of Health and continued in that role until 1990 when he formed HCA. Lee is supported by HCA staff members and key associates.
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The Health Workforce Planning Team
Lee Ridoutt
Lee is a health information workforce planner & developer, and expert in evaluation framework design. He is the director of HCA.
Susan Nancarrow
Susan is a health services researcher with 20 years international experience (UK and Australia) in health workforce reform, service delivery and organisation with particular expertise in allied and community health, regional and rural health issues, new models of care and capacity building.
Rob Curry
Rob works as an independent consultant. With experience as a health professional and a programs manager with the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT), Rob’s work and thinking have been influenced by the international philosophy of Primary Health Care and the Australian model of Indigenous Australian community controlled health service delivery.
Bin Jalaludin
Professor Jalaludin is a health physician, epidemiologist and biostatistician. He has substantial experience in air pollution epidemiology and is the Chief Investigator in the Centre for Air Pollution, Energy and Health Research.
Kevin Hummel
Kevin has consulted in the skills and competencies field for forty years, developing skills and competency standards as well as delivering training and conducting assessments in this area. Kevin has been involved in the inclusion of non-cognitive skills in competency standards and vocational qualifications. He has been responsible for identifying, and mapping, non-cognitive skills in competency standards and qualifications as well as ensuring that competency standards did integrate the relevant non-cognitive skills.
Irina Bobrus
Irina is a HR generalist with a wide range of expertise across all HR functions. She approaches her HR work with a desire to create favourable environments for efficient workflow, active listening, communication and strategic planning. Irina has a strong belief in self-development and inspiring others to develop through effective communication.
Irina has particular expertise and knowledge of HR operational and management processes, application of tools in managerial work, experience of mentoring and coaching managers in HR and leadership competencies, as well as training of HR specialists of all different levels.