Biography

Professor Denise has a unique blend of expertise with a clinical, academic and a health service and regulatory background.  She has lived and worked in all three regions in Tasmania and has been in Launceston for over twenty years.  In her current University role she is living and working in both Launceston and Hobart.

Denise Fassett is a Registered Nurse and the Dean of the Faculty of Health at the University of Tasmania. Her role in the University includes strategic and operational leadership and responsibility for the Faculty which includes the budget and the disciplines of: Psychology; Pharmacy; Medicine, Nursing and Midwifery, Rural Health, Exercise and Sport Science and the Biomedical Sciences. The Faculty also includes Health Service Innovation Tasmania and the Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre. Denise was the former Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Health Science and Head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery.

Denise was a member of the Tasmanian Health Organisation - North (THO-N) Governing Council (GC) and Chair of the THO-N GC Quality and Safety Sub-Committee. She is a current member of the Tasmanian Health System (THS) GC and the THS GC Quality and Safety Sub-Committee.

More recently Denise was appointed to the position as the inaugural Chair of the Health Council of Tasmania with responsibility for planning, stakeholder consultation and engagement and providing high level strategic advice to government.  

Denise was the former Chair of the Nursing Board of Tasmania from 2006 until the Board transitioned into the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme. She is a current member of the Australian Institute of Health Service Management (AIHSM) Board and the Tasmanian Practitioner member on the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA). She is also the Chair of the NMBA Registration and Accreditation Sub-Committee.

Qualifications

• PhD, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, 2004
• Master of Nursing, University of Tasmania, 1996
• Bachelor of Health Science, University of Tasmania, 1989
• Graduate Diploma in Aged Care Nursing, University of Tasmania, 1989
• General Nursing Certificate, Royal Hobart Hospital, 1977

Memberships

Committee associations

• Health Council of Tasmania (Chair)
• THS Governing Council (member)
• THS GC Quality and Safety Sub-Committee (Chair)
• Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (member)
• NMBA Registration and Accreditation Sub-Committee (Chair)
• Australian Institute of Health Service Management Board (member)
• Menzies Institute for Medical Research Board (member)
• University of Tasmania Senior Management Team (member)
• Faculty of Health Management Team (Chair)
• Academic Senate (member)