Nursing Seminar

Sue Quarmby

Sue is a Registered Nurse and Learning & Development professional who has been developing and delivering learning programs for health professionals and others for the majority of her career. She is currently working with the Lifeline Tasmania Training & Support team as a Training Facilitator and volunteering with ANZBA as a L&D consultant.

Carolyn Hynes

Caz Hynes, director of We Speak Kid, is a Child Play Therapist with a background in both psychology and nursing. She holds a Bachelor of Psychology and a Bachelor of Nursing from Queensland University of Technology, along with a Master’s in Child Play Therapy from Deakin University. Caz brings over 17 years of health experience.

 At We Speak Kid, Caz offers a variety of services tailored to meet the needs of children and their families.  Caz named her business as such due to the realisation that a part of her role as a therapist is to translate between children and the important adults in their lives.  Caz is passionate about advocating for children and being their voice.  

John Wright

John is a proud palawa man from the trawlwoolway tribe of North Eastern lutruwita/Tasmania. He is married and a father of two. He has lived in the Northern Suburbs of nipaluna/Hobart for most of his life with short stints in Launceston and the UK.

John has worked with Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations, starting at the tender age of 15 with the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre in areas such as resource management, finance, youth work and child care. Most recently John worked with Karadi Aboriginal Corporation in their Integrated Team Care program as a Care Coordination Registered Nurse. John has also delivered online workshops for the Indigenous Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach’s (IPEPA).

John had over 15 years of experience as an RN  and has worked in the THS on the Paediatric and Oncology Wards. He has recently returned to the THS, spending time across Hospital@home and Mother Baby Unit.

Professor Bronwyn Griffin

Bronwyn is an internationally recognised leader in paediatric burn care and one of Australia’s leading paediatric emergency nurse researchers. As the Deputy Head the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Griffith University and the Chair of the ANZBA Research Committee, she advances research across Australia and New Zealand, focusing on improving clinical practices, health equity, and outcomes for children with burn injuries. Her success in securing grants reflects her commitment to building research capacity and fostering excellence in multidisciplinary care.

Lewina Schrale

Lewina has had a long career in Paediatric Physiotherapy and Education. She graduated in 1991 from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) degree and completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Continence and Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation at the University of Melbourne in 1999. She has worked in many settings but settled on the paediatric specialty and has worked in Australia and the United Kingdom across all areas of paediatric care. She was the first Physiotherapist in Tasmania to be recognised by her professional body, the Australian Physiotherapy Association, as a titled Paediatric Physiotherapist. Lewina is also a member of the College of Physiotherapists.