November 2021
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Kindness from Kyneton
Nurses on the frontline at Northern Health recently received gift boxes with this message: “Hi, we are Alison, Janice, Angela and Katy, four sisters who live in Kyneton, Victoria. Please accept these gifts, collected and created by our regional community, as a token of appreciation for all you have done and continue to do throughout this pandemic. We are thinking of you, we support you, we see you.” Katy is a nurse and midwife and says, “This started as a small family project and has grown tremendously.” She explains, “During my career I have worked in Melbourne and abroad in…
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Q&A with Richard Laufer, Chief Legal Officer
In this week’s ‘Q & A with…’ we chat with Richard Laufer, Northern Health’s Chief Legal Officer. What’s your coffee order? If I trust the place, a long macchiato, if not, drown the coffee with milk. Tell us about your career at Northern Health? I started in 2015 as a lawyer with a mainly medical portfolio. Now as Chief Legal Officer, I am responsible for the entire legal and FOI function of the health service. What does a typical day look like for you? Some form of exercise at 5:30 am and am usually at my desk around 8 am.…
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Rapid Antigen Testing Team
Northern Health’s Rapid Antigen Testing Clinic has been up and running for a month, seeing around 90 patients per day. With the working hours now extended to 24/7, the team is expecting to see even a larger number of patients. Dr Victoria Madigan, Infectious Diseases Physician, together with Clare McCarthy, Director Quality, Safety and Patient Experience, were asked to set up the team and get the clinic running. The clinic has already made a big difference for the Emergency Department, in terms of identifying COVID-19 positive patients faster and getting them access to treatment. “This is also helping the whole…
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Q&A with Dominic LaCaze: Working in Supply and Procurement
In this week’s Q&A, we spoke to Dominic LaCaze, Supply Manager, about the work of Supply and Procurement at Northern Health. What is your coffee order? Medium triple shot flat white, no sugar. Tell us about your Northern Health journey? Back in 2015, I was employed on a 12 month contract for a project to convert manual ordering to a semi-automated order system, Imprest, which uses barcodes and scanners to create orders. Seven months into the role, I was employed full time and took over the Supply team and then also managed the car fleet. As the hospital grew and…