Deanne Emmerson
BN FQSA Registered Senior Auditor
Position: Risk and Systems Specialist
Deanne's consulting approach incorporates the intellectual rigour of addressing the substance and intent of risk and compliance issues, as well as a practical depth of understanding of management system requirements, workplace and consumer needs. Deanne’s experience is extraordinarily broad with specialist experience in the health sector.
Qualifications and Training
- Certificate of Nursing, Alfred Hospital 1988
- Bachelor of Nursing, Latrobe University 1991
- QSA/RCA-Registered Auditor 1996-
- WorkCover Safety MAP Auditor Training 1996
- QSA Registered Senior Auditor 2000
- Post graduate studies in Risk - Swinburne University
- Graduate Certificate of Business Administration
Experience
- Risk Management – AS 4360
- Compliance Management – AS 3806
- Management Systems - Integrated
- Corporate Facilitation
- Risk Based Audit
- Lecturer – Risk Management
Professional Affiliations
- Fellow of the Quality Society of Australasia
Consulting History
Deanne works in organisations at the strategic management level to improve organisational profitability and performance. This embraces management systems development, audit and improvement support to client organisations. The focus is on minimisation of organisational systems risk exposure as well as strategic development, alignment and deployment of organisational objectives.
Deanne works across a broad range of manufacturing and service industries. Her two key areas of emphasis are on the links between risk management and management systems. Through the development and application of Advent Manager®, the Organisational Systems Risk Model, Deanne assists clients in the deployment of organisational and systemic risk management strategy across all facets of the organisation. She has also developed the intellectual property that comprises Advent ManageR Risk and Compliance Management Software.
Deanne is a competent and experienced auditor of management systems at certification level with a strong focus on strategic organisational outcomes and risk control. She has co-developed and teaches the advanced risk-focused internal auditor training course and is a Sessional Lecturer in the Master of Engineering (Quality), teaching Risk Management. Deanne is also a senior certification auditor with a JAS - ANZ accredited Certification Body.
Publications
- Contributor to "Accreditation As A Means of Ensuring Quality in Healthcare Organisations", The Victorian Healthcare Association Ltd. 1997
- "ISO 9000 and Health" - paper presented at the Health and Hospital's seminar Melbourne 1997
- "Document and Data Control"- Special Healthcare edition, QMS Certification News 1997
- "ISO 9000 and Health" - Special Healthcare edition, QMS Certification News 1997
- Contributor to "Making Quality Certification Work", Information Australia 1999
- Key Note presentation – Non-financial Auditing Skills - 12th Annual Conference, Australasian Association for Quality in Healthcare (2001)
- Systems Risk as a key to Adverse Event Prevention - May Edition Journal, Australasian Association for Quality in Healthcare (2001)
