February 2020
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CE Forums: Our performance, achievements and future
This week, we hosted the first of our Chief Executive Staff Forums for 2020. These quarterly forums provide us with an opportunity to share news and highlights about Northern Health’s performance, achievements and plans for the future. I encourage you to attend an upcoming forum if you have not yet done so, and look forward to answering your questions and hearing your feedback. Please click here for forum dates and times. As most of you will be aware, 2020 has been declared as the International Year of Nursing and Midwifery by the World Health Organisation. During the year there will…
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Growing your career at Northern Health: Learning Labs
The Organisational Capability team at Northern Health is launching a refreshed learning and development program – Learning Labs and Learning Hubs. “Learning Labs are our face to face learning offering for 2020, and include one day workshops, open to all staff, at different levels,” Emily Dawson, Director Organisational Capability, explained. They are workshops covering core soft skills, leadership training and Northern Health specific knowledge, and encompass four levels; Tool Lab, Manager Lab, Leader Lab and Leadership Masterclass. “Our Tool Lab is open to all staff members. Topics include emotional intelligence at work, resilience, communication skills, RISSN, LISN and much more.…
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Maternity Hospital in the Home program
The Maternity Hospital in the Home program, launched in December last year, provides midwifery care to mothers in the comfort of their own home. The program provides a safe alternative to hospital based care for medically stable women who wish to go home between six and 24 hours of their baby being born. One such beneficiary was Laxmi Thapa, who not more than six hours after delivering her daughter Liana at Northern Hospital, was back at her home in Lalor as part of the Maternity Hospital in the Home program. Says Laxmi, “I was feeling good after my delivery and…
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Focusing on quality and safety – new members join the HRO committee
Three new members have joined the HRO (High Reliability Organisation) steering committee this month – Nicholas Romeo, Head Respiratory Scientist; Kelly Suber, Consumer and Paula Kuder, Nurse Unit Manager, Renal Services. Paula joined the committee as she was motivated to play a pro-active role in shaping our health service as a strong foundation for the wellbeing of everyone in the area now and for generations to come. “I first heard of HRO in one of our Northern Health leadership workshops. The concept of a high-reliability organisation that draws on safety inspirations from other industries such as the airline industry genuinely…
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Postcard to My Younger Self: ‘Luma’ Gashi
To celebrate the International year of the Nurse and Midwife, we asked a selection of staff who exemplify the key qualities of a nurse/midwife to write a ‘postcard to their younger self’ and offer insight and advice to their younger self. We begin with Lumnise ‘Luma’ Gashi, Nurse Unit Manager for Short Stay Unit/Clinical Decision Unit. Here’s what she had to say to her younger self: I know you’re only 15 but you’re coming to a brand new world. Don’t be frightened – don’t be scared – this will be the beginning of a fantastic new life. Right now you…
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Northern Health Foundation says Thank You
On Wednesday, 19 February 2020, Northern Health Foundation hosted their annual Thank You Evening, to celebrate and thank our wonderful donors for their ongoing support. “We were delighted to celebrate the fundraising efforts of our supporters and donors, and their generous contributions to the Northern Health Foundation,” said Andrew Williamson, Executive Director, Public Affairs and Northern Health Foundation. “Through the amazing support from the community, our recent Defibrillator Campaign raised over $300,000 to purchase state-of-the art defibrillators for all Northern Health sites, along with implementing many other improvements and upgrades across the health service.” Northern Health Foundation Board Chair, John…
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Mentoring for Success: Grant and Karen
The ‘Mentoring for Success’ program launched in September last year, attracting 69 mentoring matches across Northern Health. One of these matches is Grant Taylor, Site Director of Broadmeadows Hospital and Craigieburn Centre with Karen Barnett, Deputy Director, Finance. Grant, who is mentoring Karen, said he had previously participated in mentorship programs at other health services and has always found these programs to be of great personal and professional benefit in terms of growth and development. “It is through participating in these programs, I have been able to achieve my career goals and furthermore have enabled me to work towards my…
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Pride in the North
Northern Health was proud to march with partners in the north at the 25th Anniversary Midsumma Pride March on 2 February – in recognition of our support for the LGBTQIA+ community. As a collaboration between Northern Health, DPV Health, Nexus Health and Hume-Whittlesea Primary Care Partnership, staff and their family and friends marched with the banner ‘Pride in the North’ to a crowd of over 45,000 people lining the streets of St Kilda. “Amongst the bright colours and rainbows, marching as a health service sends a strong message to our community. It says we are willing to change our practice…