DonateLife Tasmania

DonateLife TAS coordinates all organ and tissue donation activities across the state. DonateLife medical and nursing specialists provide professional donation services within hospitals and encourage best practice to increase donation rates.

DonateLife TAS activities include:

  • raising awareness about organ and tissue donation
  • encouraging discussion about donation
  • educating health professionals about the donation process
  • offering care and support to donor families

Get involved to support DonateLife TAS

DonateLife TAS is always looking for supporters in the community.

Community supporters are integral to increasing awareness of organ and tissue donation across Tasmania. Community supporters can include:

  • transplant recipients
  • family members
  • general community members

To find out more, contact our Communications Coordinator for media and community engagement:

Contact DonateLife TAS

Media and community engagement

Davin Hibberd

Communications Coordinator

Phone: (03) 6270 2209 or 0408 296 302

Email: davin.hibberd@ths.tas.gov.au

 

Clinical Enquiries

For all clinical enquiries and referrals please contact the on-call DonateLife specialist nursing coordinator

Call (03) 6166 8308 and ask for the ‘on-call Donation Specialist Coordinator’

Donation specialists are available 24/7 to support clinical donation services

 

General Enquiries

Contact DonateLife TAS

Hobart Corporate Centre,

Level 3, 85 Macquarie Street, Hobart TAS 7000

GPO Box 1236, Hobart TAS 7001

 

Phone: (03) 6270 2209

Fax: (03) 6270 2223

Email: donatelife.tasmania@ths.tas.gov.au

DonateLife TAS team

Medical Director – A/Prof. Andrew Turner

Medical Director – Andrew Turner

Associate Professor Andrew Turner has been the Director of the Critical Care Medicine Department at Royal Hobart Hospital since 2007. He was honorary treasurer of the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) for 8 years, and has been honorary secretary since 2010. He is also a clinical lecturer at the University of Tasmania.

Andrew’s role sees him advocating for the health of Australians waiting for organ transplantation. He actively fosters a culture that supports organ donation and the families of organ donors.

Susan Towns State Manager Nursing/Operations

State Manager – Susan Towns

Susan Towns joined the DonateLife TAS leadership team as State Manager in late 2012. Susan began her nursing career in 1993 and has developed clinical and management experience across a variety of healthcare settings in acute care, women’s health and gynaecology, wound care, paediatrics and IVF. Since 2012 Susan has coordinated the successful implementation of an independent service delivery model for DonateLife TAS, which has resulted in significant growth for the statewide service.

Alex Goward

Clinical Nursing Manager – Alex Goward

Alex Goward was appointed as Clinical Nursing Manager with DonateLife TAS in early 2019. As an integral member of the team, Alex provides nursing leadership for donation casework and clinical services. Alex’s nursing career began in 1993, and has included nursing positions both interstate and internationally in Saudi Arabia. Alex has a strong focus on quality and patient safety, and the delivery of high quality patient and family care.

DonateLife TAS staff

The DonateLife TAS staff is comprised of donation specialist medical and nursing staff. The highly skilled team of organ and tissue donation specialists support the family and donation process and provide education to the community and clinicians.

DonateLife Agency staff also includes the donor family support coordinator, education coordinators, communications and media staff and administrative support.

We want all Australians to talk about organ and tissue donation. If you want to be a donor, make sure you tell your family and friends.

Registering is easy and only takes one minute. All you need is your phone, Medicare card and one minute to register.

It doesn’t matter how old you are, your medical history, your lifestyle, what country you’re from or how healthy you are — you can still register as an organ and tissue donor.

The Organ and Tissue Authority acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia, and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to them and their cultures, and to elders both past and present.

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