One Health Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode of the One Health Podcast, Dorian Broomhall, Manager of Culture & Wellbeing, gets to know Professor Dinesh Arya, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Psychiatrist and Deputy Secretary for Clinical Quality Regulation and Accreditation.

In our conversation, Dinesh speaks about being inspired to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps and become a psychiatrist when he was growing up in India. 

He talks about being a lifetime learner and about the importance of putting the proper time into developing one’s skills. 

He speaks about realising that in order to be effective in his role, he needed to develop his skills in many areas, and so has conducted study across academia, practice, management, administration, law, data science and more. 

He argues that understanding our environments when managing systems is just as crucial as developing our associated skills. 

Dinesh talks about how he views leadership and management as being just as scientific as medicine, and that our practices therefore should be guided by evidence.  

He also shares his thoughts on how we can consider trauma in our workplaces and suggests appropriate ways in which we can offer support – starting with caring. 

Note: Since recording, Policy, Purchasing, Performance and Reform and been renamed System Management and Reform.

In this episode of the One Health Podcast, Dorian Broomhall, Manager of Culture & Wellbeing, gets to know Sally Badcock, the Acting Deputy Secretary for Policy, Purchasing, Performance and Reform.

During our conversation, Sally speaks about growing up on the North West Coast and working in law in Paris and Brisbane.

She talks about the benefits of having people with both generalist and specialist skillsets on our teams, and the value that comes from developing, coaching, and mentoring staff.

She talks about how taking on challenges with the right amounts of stress and risk can drive us forward.

She also explains the function that Policy, Purchasing, Performance and Reform serves within Health.

In this episode of the One Health Podcast Wellbeing Series, Dorian Broomhall gets to know Cat Schofield, Executive Director of Nursing and Director of Services for Statewide Mental Health Services.

Cat says that when working in Health, we have a responsibility to look after our own mental and physical health.

She shares how she learnt to not act like she is irreplaceable, and about how difficult it can be to break habits.

Cat talks about how the decisions we make about our own wellbeing can influence the wellbeing of those around us.

She also speaks about finding connection through singing in choirs, including our Department’s own Rainbow Choir.

In this episode of the One Health Podcast Wellbeing Series, Dorian Broomhall gets to know David Carter, Manager of Physiotherapy Services at the North West Regional Hospital.

David speaks he speaks about finding value in taking a detour and reward in stepping out of habits.

He talks about learning how to be a manager to his team and shares how he thinks about what sort of boss he is to himself.

He talks about the importance and difficulty of exercising after a taxing day at work, and how that fits into his own NEWSTART wellbeing strategy.

In this episode of the One Health Podcast Wellbeing Series, Dorian Broomhall gets to know Dr Erica Kreismann, Executive Medical Director at Ambulance Tasmania.

Erica tells us how she has learned to look after own wellbeing, and how that understanding has changed since she was an intern on 9/11.

She talks about advocating for yourself and having the kindness for yourself that you already have for others.

Erica also speaks about meeting people where they are, and modelling the behaviours you want to see in your teams.

In this episode of the One Health Podcast Wellbeing Series, Dorian Broomhall gets to know Andy Boote, Senior Project Manager at Health ICT.

Andy talks about finding the right balance at different stages in his working life.

He speaks about finding fulfilment, being a lifelong learner, and accessing support through our Employee Assistance Program. 

Andy also talks about the things he currently does for his own wellbeing, and about the things he knows he could or should be doing.

In the second series of the One Health Podcast, Dorian Broomhall, Manager of Culture & Wellbeing, speaks with people from across the Department of Health about the things we can do as individuals and an organisation to improve our wellbeing.

In this episode, Jess Nunn, Nurse Unit Manager of Paediatric Services at the RHH, and Zeph Lyne-Spink, Coordinator of THS Interpreter Services, go through their personal plans for wellbeing.

These wellbeing plans are based on “The Six Pillars of Wellbeing” - Sleep, Light/Dark Exposure, Movement, Nutrition, Social Connection, and Stress Regulation.

You can find information on the six pillars as well as a wellbeing plan worksheet on the Department of Health’s new Wellbeing Hub. The Hub has been designed with our people and environment in mind, and provides useful, accessible, and actionable wellbeing information and resources.

This was recorded as a live webinar and you can watch a video recording here.

In this episode of the One Health Podcast, Dorian Broomhall gets to know George Clarke, Chief Executive Public Health Services in a conversation recorded when George was Acting Deputy Secretary Community, Mental Health and Wellbeing. 

George talks about taking a non-linear career path and finding fulfilment by straying from our life plans. 

He speaks about how important it is as a leader to be surrounded by experts. 

And he shares his thoughts on where our health service is headed over the next few years. 

That’s the end of the first series of the One Health Podcast. We’ll be back soon with season 2, which will focus on what we can do individually and as an organisation to support our wellbeing.

In this episode of the One Health Podcast, Dorian Broomhall gets to know Francine Douce, Chief Nurse and Midwifery Officer in a conversation recorded in 2023.

Francine speaks growing up and starting a career in West and North West Tasmania, and she explains the role of the Office of the Chief Nurse and Midwifery Officer.

She shares stories of her own mistakes and demonstrates the importance of accountability.

Francine also tells us how important the North West Maternity Services Transition Project is to both her personally and to women on the Coast.

In this episode of the One Health Podcast, Dorian Broomhall gets to know Andrew Hargrave, Deputy Secretary Infrastructure.

Andrew speaks about his career has taken him from working on bridges in New South Wales to a heath infrastructure in Tasmania.

He talks about being his genuine self and shares his thoughts on the importance of creating a safe environment in which different views can be shared.

Andrew considers how we can make our CARE Values part of business as usual, and about what he does after having a difficult conversation.