August 2018
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Celebrating 30 years of Home Care Packages
This year marks a major milestone for Northern Health Home Care Packages (NHHCP). The program will be celebrating their 30 year anniversary of providing in-home support to older people and people with disabilities, with the aim of assisting them to remain in their homes and chosen community for as long as possible. It all began
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Chief Executive Message
Quarterly Staff Recognition Awards Northern Health is introducing a new Quarterly Staff Recognition Awards program designed to formally recognise outstanding contributions by our employees and celebrate staff excellence. The Quarterly Recognition Awards will be an opportunity for us to reward teams and individuals in a wide range of areas, who have demonstrated commitment to high
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Bill Shearer: Trusted care to our community
High Reliability Organisations are those which maintain a high level of safety in dangerous and complex environments. In 2017, Northern Health began a journey towards becoming a High Reliability Organisation in partnership with Johns Hopkins Health. This has allowed us to learn from the experience of one of the top three hospitals in the world
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Audi Raffle Ticket No. 37 – Basil, our CFO
Foundation’s Audi raffle ticket sale is in full swing, with our staff members making sure not to miss out on the opportunity to win the fabulous sporty A1 looking for a new place to call home. Basil Ireland, our CFO, bought ticket no. 37 this year, inspired by the efforts the Foundation is putting into
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Northern women, let’s chat about your health
Northern Health is celebrating Women’s Health Week by holding a fabulous event for its female staff and women from Melbourne’s northern suburbs, with the aim to empower women and improve their health. Women’s Health Week will be held from 3-7 September 2018 at Northern Hospital Foyer, with the drop-in sessions running from 8.30-9am, 10-11am and 1-2pm. This
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Mental Wellness: Start the Conversation
From 10 – 13 September, Northern Health will be holding a week of ‘Conversations on Mental Wellness’ as part of our Psychological Wellbeing Strategy. The program focuses on three main areas; protection, prevention and intervention, as an initiative to protect the mental health of Northern Health staff, promote wellbeing, and intervene to address mental health concerns.
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Mark Tacey, Biostatistician returns to Northern
Northern Health’s research team has just become stronger, having Mark Tacey, Biostatistician returning to work for us. Mark had spent two years with Northern Health in the past, then moved to Monash University and decided to come back and work on exciting projects with Northern’s researchers. “I’ve chosen Northern because it’s a great research community.
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Join the competition to be part of Northern Health’s future
In early 2019, Northern Health will be implementing a powerful new Learning Management System (LMS) as an integrated and collaborative online learning space for the future. The system will provide an exclusive learning environment for all employees and allow those within our community to connect with the traditional delivery of training in a digital form.