September 2018
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Put on your dancing shoes for our Annual Dinner
Northern Celebrates, a month dedicated to Northern Health’s events, awards and celebrations kicks off with our Annual Dinner on October 6. It’s time to get your colleagues, staff and family together, put on your dancing shoes and celebrate collective achievements of Northern Health. During last year’s annual dinner, over $100,000 was raised for our Emergency Accommodation Relief Appeal, helping our Foundaton team build a home for families travelling long distances with loved ones receiving care in our Intensive Care Unit. This year, the funds raised would be going to the Children’s Ward for the purchase of medical equipment and to…
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Racing for Research
On Saturday 8 September, Northern Health Foundation Patron Bev Carman hosted the annual Northern Health Foundation Race Day at the Kilmore Racing Club. As a long standing supporter of Northern Health, Bev is passionate about improving the health of her community and has a circle of dedicated supporters who assist in setting up the event. 140 guests were invited to wear their best race day attire and they didn’t disappoint. The room was filled to the brim with fascinators and fancy frocks. Attendees included the Chairman, several members of the Foundation Board, our Chief Executive, Siva Sivarajah and Executive Director…
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R U Listening?
“When someone asks you how you are, instead of the trite answer ‘fine how are you?’…stop, pause and reflect on how you are really.” – David Paterson, Pastoral Care, Northern Health. Conversations on Mental Wellness continues tomorrow on R U OK DAY, with Dr Eric Levi speaking at NCHER at 8 am. “This time the spotlight is turned on us, the Medical Community, on how we care for each other. Our patients deserve to be cared for by mentally and physically healthy clinicians, working in safe workplaces,” says Dr Levi. In the afternoon at 2 pm at the same venue, Sonia…
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And the winner is…
Ladies and gentleman, we have the winners of our first Great Northern Bake Off! Our award winners in each category have been announced, after our dedicated judges had the serious task of rewarding the ‘best of the best’. Chief Legal Officer, Mr John Snowdon, said judging the bake off was an amazing experience – “the contestants had all gone to a huge amount of trouble to produce stunning results”. “This was truly an occasion which brought the whole Northern Health family together!” he said. Another of our esteemed judges, Emily Dawson, Director, Organisational Capability, said “I was so impressed with…
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The Great Northern Bake Off: Baking the world a better place
The Great Northern Bake Off has just kicked off – with a display of cakes and muffins any Master Baker would be jealous of – complete with visual and even sound effects! Our staff’s efforts are definitely not going unnoticed, with Vinod Chellarm, Deputy Director Pharmacy, saying “the Hospital should maybe look at opening a bakery.” Drew Aras, Associate Director of Research said, “our staff’s talents are lost in healthcare”, with Will Halpin, OHS and Wellbeing Associate Director, adding “they should all be on Master Chef!” Our judges, Chief Executive, Siva Sivarajah, Chief Legal Officer John Snowdon, Director Organisational Capability, Emily Dawson and…
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Big group hug for our social workers
This week marked National Child Protection Week, an opportunity for everyone in the community to consider how we can work together to keep all children safe. The initiative’s motto for this year, Stronger Communities, Safer Children, reflects the importance of building strong communities and environments, to keep children protected and help them thrive. Northern Health’s social work team organised a cake stall in recognition, with the aim to donate all proceeds to Big Group Hug. Big Group Hug, a volunteer-driven not-for-profit organisation based in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, provides support to vulnerable families with children aged 0-12 experiencing situational hardship or disadvantage that…
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Mental Wellness: Kicking off the conversation
“Conversations build empathy, and empathy becomes the glue that binds people in healthy work environments together” – Layne Stretton, Roses in the Ocean. ‘Conversations on Mental Wellness’ kicks off next Monday on 10 September. James Malachi, R U OK? Ambassador, will be speaking at the Northern Health Bundoora Conference Room at 2 pm, the same time Layne Stretton will be speaking at NCHER Lecture Theatre. James’ presentation aims to strengthen our sense of belonging, “because we know people are there for us”. Layne will look at the impact that suicide can have on families, communities and individuals. He will do so through the lens of personal…
