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Environmental sustainability: Our hybrid cars
As part of our contribution to environmental sustainability, Northern Health has purchased three Toyota Corolla Hatch Hybrids for the domiciliary home visit midwife (DOM) team. The DOM team have to conduct an increasing amount of home visits in the northern growth corridor and actively use Northern Health fleet vehicles. “As part of our contribution to
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Mentoring for Success launches today
If you have ever considered being a mentor to a colleague, or being a mentee yourself, Northern Health’s new ‘Mentoring for Success’ program is your chance to meet your match. The new program launching today is open to all employees. Regardless of your role, you can apply to be a mentor, a mentee or both.
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Exceptional result for Northern physician trainees
In the recent Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) Basic Physician Training (BPT) clinical examinations, our Northern Health physician trainees (current med reg group) performed exceptionally well, with an overall pass rate of 88 per cent (37 out of 42 candidates) and a 91 percent pass rate for first time sitters. This compares with the
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R U OK? Day
Today marks R U OK? Day, coinciding with Northern Health’s week of ‘Conversations on Mental Wellness’. R U OK? Day is a national day of action dedicated to reminding everyone to ask, “Are you OK?” and to remember that every day of the year we need to support people who may be struggling with life’s
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Shelley Sinclair: 43 years of dedicated service
Operating Theatre Floor Coordinator, Shelley Sinclair, has worked at Northern Health for 43 years. She recently made the decision to retire from what she describes as an “exciting career where every day is different.” Prior to her current role as floor coordinator where she manages the emergency theatre booking system, Shelley spent most of her
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Education sessions for first time parents
Taking care of a newborn can be difficult, especially for first time parents. Our neonatal team has developed education sessions focusing on educating and empowering parents to look after their newborns in hospital and to help them have a smooth transition to home. In these sessions, parents, carers and family members can learn the standard
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Conversations on Mental Wellness launches
Today marks the start of ‘Conversations on Mental Wellness’ at Northern Health, with the OHS & Wellbeing team officially launching the week this afternoon across all sites. Our lives can get busy juggling very fast paced working environments, family, friends and interests outside of work. That is why we need to stop, take a break
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Northern Health Foundation launches major raffle
It’s that time of year again. Our Northern Health Foundation major raffle launched yesterday and this year it’s bigger and better than ever! This year, funds raised from the raffle will support the purchase of additional emergency accommodation for patient families who travel from rural and regional Victoria to be close to their loved ones
