Emergency physician, story teller and health reform advocate.
About
Dr Clare Skinner is a specialist emergency physician with interests in leadership, advocacy, workplace culture, quality and safety, clinical redesign and health system reform. Her current areas of focus include transformation of the emergency department workforce, improving care of people with mental health symptoms, building positive culture in hospitals, and fostering diversity and inclusion in health services. Clare works as a clinician, manager and educator. She is a frequent contributor to academic journals, mainstream media and medical blogs on topics related to hospital practice and culture. Clare is a regular speaker at emergency medicine and leadership conferences. She was selected in the Top 50 Public Sector Women NSW in 2018.
Roles
Immediate Past President
Australasian College for Emergency Medicine
Senior Staff Specialist in Emergency Medicine
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
Northern Sydney Local Health District