2020
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Jillian Wilkes: Patient Journey
Just six months after receiving a double lung transplant, Jillian Wilkes, 70, is keen to show off her cycling skills to Maureen Goodwin, Respiratory Clinical Nurse Consultant at Northern Hospital. This doesn’t concern Maureen, after all the two have been on this journey together for some time now! Jill’s first visit to the Northern Hospital
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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