July 2021
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EMR: Designed by our clinicians for our clinicians
A key aspect of the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Project at Northern Health is to ensure the needs of clinical staff are met. Meeting these needs means our patients will receive the safest, most efficient care. Here we chat to some of the staff members working on this goal from areas such as the Emergency Department (ED) and Surgery. Stacey Williamson, whose role in the project is Clinical Lead – Emergency, has a wealth of experience from working as a Clinical Nurse Educator in the Emergency Department. Bringing with her extensive clinical and working knowledge of the ED and previous…
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Dr Leonie Griffiths awarded grant for Outstanding Women
The Melbourne Medical School’s Strategic Grants for Outstanding Women, offered biennially, is designed to assist high-performing, early to mid-career women in academia, negotiate some of the challenges faced as they pursue career progression towards senior academic and leadership roles. This year’s recipients include Dr Leonie Griffiths from the Department of Medical Education, Melbourne Medical School and Northern Health. Leonie is Chair of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Clinical Placements Committee, and a member of the Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Portfolio. In granting the award, Melbourne Medical School recognized that through her work, Dr Griffiths ‘facilitates curriculum design…
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PSA’s shine in latest award ceremony
You see them cheerfully going about their work, which includes ensuring our health service complies with the Department of Health, Cleaning Standards for Public Health Facilities. COVID-19 further underlined the importance of the role they play in keeping our patients and community safe. See our story here. They also assist in other ways such as transferring patients, equipment, urgent bloods, mail, and medical records. They are our Patient Services Assistants (PSA’s). Earlier this week a handful of them follow Wendy Nicol, Operations Manager, PSA and Cleaning Service Contracts, to the courtyard near Allied Health unsure of what to expect. Seeing…
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A new honour for Wanda Stelmach
Wanda Stelmach, Chief Medical Officer, has been promoted to Honorary Clinical Associate Professor with University of Melbourne. Wanda said she was honoured to be promoted. “I think it’s a recognition of our health service and its engagement in teaching and training. Also, where it is going in the future, whether it’s education or research.” Wanda’s teaching journey at the University of Melbourne began in 1983, when she got into the Surgical Training Program and continued in 1993, after she received her Fellowship as a Consultant. Wanda is a general and breast surgeon, who commenced as VMO surgeon at Preston and Northcote…
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Northern Health is Dry this July!
Team Northern Health is showing great momentum in our 2021 Dry July Campaign. Last year was the first year Northern Health participated in Dry July. This year, Northern Health is once again taking part to raise important funds for cancer patients in our northern community. In 2020, Northern Health launched the chemotherapy in the home service – ‘Northern Oncology and Haematology at Home’ (NOAH@Home). The service provides oncology patients the opportunity to receive certain chemotherapy treatments in the comfort of their own homes. This means patients no longer have to travel for appointments and there is less stress on the…
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Name change to reflect Ian Brand residents
Ian Brand Nursing Home has officially been changed to Ian Brand Residential Care. The name change was presented to and endorsed by the Northern Health Board in early 2021, with the change formally taking place on 1 July. Kirralee Jensen, Site Operations Director and Director of Nursing at Bundoora Centre, said the name change was influenced by the residents and their families. “We consult residents and their families on changes within Ian Brand. There was a survey done a couple of years ago and then we did it again late last year about the name change,” Kirralee said. “Nursing home…
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Dancing and fundraising for cancer services
Put on your dancing shoes and support our cancer services here at Northern Health. Long-time Northern Health Foundation Patron, Josie Minniti’s annual Dinner Dance Cancer Fundraiser is on Saturday, 31 July, at the Ferraro Reception Centre, 14 Onslow Avenue, Campbellfield. The event, which has been running for 25 years, 13 years of those for Northern Health, raises money for vital equipment in our Oncology Unit, so cancer patients are comfortable while they are receiving treatment. Josie Minniti said the event promises to be a fun-filled evening. “The guests can expect a fun-filled evening with lots of food, drinks, dancing, followed…
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Why Acknowledgement of Country matters to me
As we conclude NAIDOC Week, Briana Baass, Chief Allied Health Officer and Partnerships, reflects on the significance of ‘Acknowledgement of Country’ and why we do it. I love my job. I feel really blessed to get to work with the variety of teams within this Division at Northern Health. There is such a rich and diverse pool of knowledge across the Division and I find myself learning new things from these teams every week. One area I find particularly rewarding is working with Narrun Wilip-Giin, Aboriginal Support Unit. They have been extremely generous with their knowledge in educating me about…