Board vacancy

4 Feb 2016

The Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation is seeking applicants for a board vacancy.
Established in 1997, the Foundation is a non-profit charitable organisation that assists the activities and services of health services across Far North Queensland.
The Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation is a non-profit charitable organisation that supports Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service, or in geographical terms – from Cardwell to the Torres Strait.
This area includes nine hospitals, two multi-purpose health services and 53 primary health centres and encompasses a population of about 270, 000 people.
Our hospital and health service primary care areas: womens, paediatric, indigenous, men's, cardiac, thoracic and mental health, orthopaedics, general, emergency and tropical medicine, cancer care, medical research, rural and remote, health education including preventative lifestyle strategies.
The Foundation direction is driven by its board members, all of whom are voluntary.
Applications close on February 29, 2016.
For further information, email ceo@fnqhf.org.au

 

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