January 2020
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Lending a helping hand to bushfire communities
With ongoing bushfires threatening large areas of our community, this is a challenging time for Australians, and many of us have been, or continue to be affected by the bushfire emergency. Many of our staff have generously donated their time to help the bushfire communities in the best way they can. Here are three of their stories. Jason Amos, Manager, Emergency Management Jason joined the CFA when he was only 16, initially with the Macedon Fire Brigade. Since then he has held a number of roles, from firefighter to Lieutenant. He has assisted in many incidents ranging from car accidents,…
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Intern Valedictory Night 2019 : Celebrating achievements, large and small
The year for 2019 Interns ended well with a valedictory celebration, where everyone received a chocolate rose in recognition for their amazing year. This year they return as HMO2s at various health services. Awards were handed out for: Intern of the Year, Overall /Â Intern of the Year, Medical: Jack Anstey; Intern of the Year, Surgical: Tie – Shubham Joshi, Margaret Shi and Danielle Sabella Intern of Year, ED: Tie – Margaret Shi and Gavin Wayne Intern of the Year, Subspecialty/Psychiatry: Tie – Yasmin Shah and Elisabeth Clinch Intern of the Year, Allied Health/Nursing: Kate Shearer Intern Choice: Tie – Priyanka…
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Monica Dowling: Innovation Award Winner
Monica Dowling, ICU Liason Nurse and Organ Donation Nurse Specialist, won the Innovation Award at the latest Staff Recognition Awards. She was nominated by two of her colleagues – Ashley Shea and Bridget Walters, who said it was difficult to choose which award category Monica belongs to, as she has elements of each category in her workplace. “Monica continually finds new ways to improve and build upon our current practices to ensure that patients have good end of life care as we only have one opportunity to make it right”, Bridget said. “She identified that end of life care in…
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Keeping safe and supporting bushfire communities
I would like to wish all of our staff and volunteers a very Happy New Year. For those returning to work this week, welcome back. I hope you all had some time to rest and recover during the holiday period. For those of you who have been working over the festive season, thank you once again for your ongoing dedication to caring for our patients and community. As you are aware, last week, Victoria declared a State of Disaster for six local government areas as a result of the ongoing bushfires threatening large areas of our community. This is a…
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Melissa Taylor: Going beyond the call of duty
Melissa Taylor (Brunet) is an Associate Nurse Unit Manager in the Birth Suite at Northern Health. She has been with Northern Health since 2005 and her role involves caring for women and their families in labour and birth, supervising and supporting staff in the busy Birthing Suite. However her commitment to patient care does not stop with Northern Health. Melissa is also a member of the Australian Medical Assistance Team (AUSMAT). The team is drawn from state and territory health services to deploy at short notice. AUSMAT is one of just a few World Health Organisation (WHO) globally-verified Type-2 Emergency…
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New pulmonary rehab group at Broadmeadows Hospital
Broadmeadows Hospital recently commenced a pulmonary rehab program for clients with lung disease. Prior to this, the service was only offered at Northern Hospital and Craigieburn Centre. Craig Whitbourne, Senior Clinician Exercise Psychology explains the waiting list for this service was very long and patients usually don’t like to travel very far for service. “As a result, we have commenced a pulmonary rehab program at Broadmeadows Hospital to service the clients living closer to us. Now with three sites offering the service, we can get through the waiting list quicker,” he said. In association with DPV Health, the hospital offers…
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Michelle Morrow: Excellence in Safety
At the Q4 Staff Recognition Awards for 2019, Michelle Morrow was awarded the prize for Excellence in Safety and recognised as ‘an individual who has assisted in making Northern Health safer for patients, visitors or staff’. Michelle, the Nurse Unit Manager of Maternity, recognised that there were a core number of mothers whose cultural background support co – sleeping with their babies – and education alone was not going to overcome their desire to do so. She actively researched interventions that could prevent neonatal falls in this situation and discovered that infant mortality rates have been falling in New Zealand…