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Lyndoch Living has appointed Jamie Brennan as Acting CEO, effective today.
Mr Brennan joins Lyndoch Living on secondment from South West Healthcare and brings a wealth of experience in delivering healthcare and aged care services to the Warrnambool community.
Mr Brennan will be supported by additional South West Healthcare team members. These team members have strong and extensive aged care leadership, with clinical, quality and accreditation process management backgrounds.
Working at South West Healthcare as the Executive Director of Service Development, Mr Brennan has more than 15 years’ experience in senior management and executive roles within public healthcare agencies across Victoria.
Mr Brennan’s aged care experience is extensive. He was appointed as the Victorian Aged Care Response Centre (VARC) COVID-19 lead for the South West Region, where he assisted aged care providers to prepare for – and coordinate responses to – COVID-19 outbreaks in facilities.
He has also led several successful aged care accreditation processes within the South West region, most recently against the new Aged Care Quality Standards.
As a values-based leader, Mr Brennan has a strong track record of working collaboratively with staff to develop their skills and is focused on improving healthcare delivery across the region.
“I am looking forward to meeting as many staff and residents today as possible, to understand where things are at. My first priority will be to ensure staff have the support they need to provide outstanding care to residents,” he said.
“There is a lot of work to be done but I am completely focused on putting residents first and ensuring they receive the care they deserve.”
Susan Cassidy, Board President for Lyndoch Living, said she appreciated the flexibility offered by South West Healthcare for Lyndoch Living to second one of their senior Executives and leading aged care experts.
“We are pleased to have Jamie join our team and lead our mission of providing quality care for our residents at Lyndoch,” she said.
“It’s important we have stability and Jamie’s appointment provides us with that. It will allow our staff to focus on what truly matters.”
“We thank each and every one of our staff members for their dedicated service.”
Lyndoch Living will continue to provide updates to the Warrnambool community in the coming days.
