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Anita Pfeiffer
Clinical Midwifery Consultant - Risk and Practice Development at St George Hospital & Community Health Services

Anita is a Clinical Midwifery Consultant (CMC) at St George Public Hospital responsible for maternity clinical risk and practice development. Having worked on numerous Serious Adverse Event Reviews in NSW Health, she brings extensive experience in understanding adverse outcomes, risk management and stakeholder engagement. Anita has vast experience in clinical governance in her previous role in the St George Clinical Governance Unit, where she was responsible for coordination and standardisation of policy development. In this role she gained valuable experience in patient safety management and patient experience. As a CMC, Anita works with staff and women to mitigate and manage risks in the maternity space, with responsibility for incident management, quality improvement and the development of midwifery models of care. Anita is passionate about working with women to achieve positive pregnancy and birth experiences as well as working with maternity teams to improve services and take on any opportunity to enhance safety and quality.