March 2019

Today is International Women’s Day – a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. International Women’s Day (IWD) has occurred for well over a century, with the first​ ​IWD gathering occurring in 1911, supported by over a million people across Europe. Today, IWD belongs to all groups collectively everywhere, and is not country, group or organisation specific.​ This year’s campaign theme is ‘a balanced world is a better world’ – #BalanceforBetter. The theme focusses on celebrating women’s achievements, helping to forge a more…

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Yesterday, Northern Hospital Epping welcomed Associate Professor Rajesh Subbiah and his team of cardiologists from St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney. The group met with Associate Professor Uwais Mohamed and Northern Health cardiologists to observe and learn about ‘His Bundle Pacing’ – a revolutionary new pacemaker technique performed as a Melbourne-first by Dr Mohamed at Northern Hospital last year. This technique has been attracting nation-wide attention, with Northern Health hosting Channel 9 in December last year to share a remarkable story about the impact this technique has already had on the lives of patients. The new procedure, only performed on a…

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In this week’s Get to know: Q&A with… we catch up with Shiraz Lubke, Northern Pathology Victoria Operations Manager. Get to know her: What’s your coffee order? Long black! I started off half strength and have now worked my way up to full strength. Could you tell us more about your Northern Health journey? I started in April 2017 – I moved down from Cairns for the job. It sounded exciting and it’s been very challenging. It’s been a lot of fun, a lot of hard work, a lot of laughs, but I’ve enjoyed my time here. I was managing…

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Recently, we welcomed our new students completing their Certificate II in Community Services and Business Administration to Northern Health. Northern Health Chief Executive Siva Sivarajah, and Executive Director People and Culture, Michelle Fenwick, would like to personally welcome the new students and wish them exciting times ahead at Northern Health. “It’s great to welcome these new students to Northern Health and see their eagerness to learn everything there is to know about business and community,” Michelle said. “This program delivers real time business administrative experience, and provides recognised business experience and qualifications for one of the largest employers of Melbourne’s…

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During the four weeks in February, Northern Health’s ‘Smart Eating Staff Challenge’ motivated some of our staff to make healthier, smarter choices. At the start of the campaign, Dietitians, Amy Castelli and Cliona Twohig, emphasised the idea behind the campaign was to motivate our staff to look after themselves. The main goal was to encourage staff to make simple and small changes every day, which would lead to developing healthy long-term habits. The staff shared their February healthy eating photos through the dedicated Intranet page, with the photos ranging from dinners on the balcony after work to staff team lunches.…

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Last night, the Northern Health Foundation held their annual ‘Thank You’ event, acknowledging the continued and generous contributions of Foundation supporters and their families. Held at The Mail Exchange Hotel, a historical Melbourne venue owned by Foundation patron Alex Robertson, the evening was filled with great food and networking, and was a wonderful way to personally show our supporters the difference they have made to Northern Health. Andrew Williamson, Executive Director Public Affairs and Foundation, opened the event by highlighting how the contributions of our donors has helped to improve and upgrade several areas throughout Northern Health, including the Children’s…

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