Quality and Risk Manager, QEC; Australia

Kristy Sealby is the Quality and Risk Manager at QEC, a registered public hospital and Victoria’s largest Early Parenting Centre. She commenced work as Quality and Risk Manager in the community health sector, where she worked for 12 years before moving to QEC five years ago. Kristy worked for many years as an assessor, working on accreditation teams and assessing various health services. Her formal education includes an advanced diploma in Governance, Risk and Compliance as well as post graduate studies in health service management (safety and quality), completed in 2022. Kristy developed and implemented the Consumer Engagement Framework at QEC from 2018. One favourite part of her current role is listening to and learning from consumer representatives who continue to amaze and inspire her with their insights. In her life outside of work, Kristy is a volunteer pastoral care worker and enjoys swimming in Port Phillip Bay.