Suzie Ristevski

Suzie has over 22 years of healthcare experience in clinical, quality and improvement and leadership roles at Western Health and other tertiary paediatric health services in Melbourne.

She is a Registered Nurse with a clinical specialty and extensive experience in paediatric nursing. Suzie also worked as a sessional academic at the Australian Catholic University for over five years teaching the Child and Adolescent Health Unit.

Suzie brings clinical operational management experience and well-developed leadership skills. She is dedicated to the delivery of service provisions that are committed to providing high quality, safe patient and family centred care, she is committed to Best Care. Suzie thrives in the constantly changing healthcare environment and embraces change with positivity and enthusiasm. Suzie’s previous experiences leading teams has demonstrated the delivery of successful service provisions and positive outcomes for patients and the community of the Western Region more broadly.

Suzie has a Bachelor of Nursing (Distinction), Graduate Certificate in Management and Nurse Immuniser Qualifications.

Best Care is important to Suzie because … it supports us to demonstrate the Western Health values in everything we do and ensures the provision of the right care to the right patient at the right time by the right people, delivering our organisational purpose of working collaboratively to provide quality healthcare for people of the West.

Portfolios/Committee Representation …Person Centred Care Committee