Leadership Team

Sue-ellen began her nursing career in the early 1990s at St Vincent’s Public Hospital in Darlinghurst, and held numerous middle management positions within private health care before moving in to the position of DON at Castlecrag and Mosman Private Hospitals. After relocating to the Hunter Valley with her family Sue-ellen was appointed as DON at Cessnock’s Northern Coalfields Community Care Association (NCCCA).

In February 2015, Sue-ellen joined Maitland Private Hospital as Director of Clinical Services. Her contribution in this role was pivotal in the expansion and establishment of Maitland Private’s first class rehabilitation service. Her strong clinical background and fiscal management was further recognised in September 2016, when she was appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer of Maitland Private Hospital.

Sue-ellen believes her success can be attributed to her talent for harnessing the energy of a team and creating a dynamic, positive environment for all staff.

With a clinical background as a Nurse Unit Manager for 15 years Rose leverages her comprehensive clinical background including roles as CNS (acute care), clinical and academic Nurse Educator (undergraduate and postgraduate curriculums).  Completing her PhD Thesis in 2017 following on from GradDip Health Service Management and GradCert Critical Care (ICU/CCU/ED), Rose continues to participate in Nursing and clinical practice research focussed on improving clinical outcomes, with published work in the British Bone and Joint Surgery and the Journal of Clinical Nursing. Rose’s ongoing focus is on demonstrating the importance of clinical leadership, embedding evidence based practice into patient care, with nurse led interventions.

Georgina joined HCA in 2010 as NSW Commercial Manager. She has worked across many of the NSW sites and is currently based across Lingard and Maitland Private Hospitals as Commercial Finance Manager. Georgina is a CPA with over 20 years accounting and finance experience with 15 of those within the Healthcare Industry.

With a background in HR and Recruitment in publicly listed organisations, Jacqui joined Healthe Care Lingard Private Hospital in 2010 in a part time role. Following completion of her MBA in 2015, Jacqui relocated to Maitland Private Hospital to take on the full time Executive Assistant position where she supports the CEO and DCS, as well as providing HR support to the management team as a whole.

Carl  has  extensive  experience  in  the  perioperative space  in  particular,  having  been  a  territory manager in Trauma/Orthopaedics for Medartis and Stryker for the past 3 years. 

Prior to this, Carl ran his own private Exercise Physiology practice for nearly 15 years on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, providing EP and Physiotherapy services focused on complex metabolic and musculoskeletal dysfunction. Carl also has extensive experience delivering corporate health solutions.