2020
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Get to know: Q&A with Jenny Christof
In this month’s Get to know: Q&A with…we catch up with Jenny Christof, HARP Care Coordinator from Bundoora Centre. What is your coffee order? I have become a tea drinker of late – so I normally order an English Breakfast or Earl Grey – white with one. What does a typical work day look for
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A great place to work: Unit 3 Broadmeadows
Unit 3 at Broadmeadows Hospital manages aged care patients with acute medical issues, as well as dementia and delirium and gets them back to a stage where they can go back home or into Residential Aged Care. Lucia Bento, Nurse Unit Manager explains how Unit 3, a  28 bed ward has implemented a quality improvement
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Mother and daughter graduate nurse duo in Northern Health first
It’s a family affair this year at Northern Health with the first ever mother and daughter starting their careers together as graduate nurses in 2020. Rina and Shivani Buldaho were two of the 52 excited graduate nurses and midwives welcomed to Northern Health in January. Rina tells us she decided to pursue a career in
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Caring for children closer to home
A new partnership between Northern Health and The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) has proven an outstanding success, with local parents giving the new scheme an average satisfaction rating of 9.2 out of 10. The partnership, developed jointly by the Heads of Paediatrics and Nurse Unit Managers at both Northern Hospital and the RCH, is designed
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Specialist Clinics: Celebrating success in a time of change
The Specialist Clinics across Northern Hospital, Broadmeadows Centre and Craigieburn Centre had a very busy and successful year in 2019. Last year, Specialist Clinics managed 135,641 referrals, and the number was up from 130,800 in 2018. The number of attendances in clinics was 198,000 in 2019, up from 189,100 in 2018. Fail to attend rate
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LGBTIQA+ Better Together Conference: A space for voices to be heard
“We don’t have all the answers but we are creating a space to ask the questions” – Better Together Conference Electra Ulrich, Co-chair of the Northern Health LGBTIQA+ Working Group, shares key learnings from her recent attendance to the LGBTIQA+ Better Together Conference – facilitating conversations about LGBTIQA+ rights in Australia. Better Together explores issues
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Northern Pathology turns one
Northern Pathology Victoria just completed one year of service – a year in which it processed over 1.3 million tests and 400,000 patient requests, and received accreditation from the National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia (NATA). As the first public pathology service in 40 years, it offers Gene Xpert testing for Flu/RSV, a Complex Coagulation
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Ivanna wins the car
The Northern Health Foundation Major Raffle, drawn in December 2019, had ticket holders gathered in anticipation in Northern Hospital foyer to find out who would be the winner of a brand new Hyundai Kona. The Kona was on display in the foyer for the last few months of the year, creating a lot of buzz