Health chief starts in role

Rural Northwest Health’s new chief executive Ishbell Reid has started in the position and will oversee campuses at Warracknabeal, Beulah and Hopetoun.

The service’s three campuses provide a range of acute, aged and primary health services to the community.

Mrs Reid brings a wealth of experience in the health-care sector, as both a chief executive and a registered nurse in Western Australia and South Australia.

She is an accomplished executive manager with seven years’ experience as a chief executive in residential aged care and retirement living and more than 15 years in executive management positions in both aged and acute care.

Mrs Reid took over from acting chief Jodie Cranham, who was seconded from Ballarat Health Services.

Mrs Reid said she was pleased to be in north-western Victoria and thanked Ms Cranham for so capably steering Rural Northwest Health through the transition period.