2021
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Learn about training for EMR
A large part of the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) implementation across Northern Health is ensuring staff are adequately trained using the new system and are confident using it. Navigating Northern Health through EMR training is Cliff Wiltshire, our new EMR Training Manager. Prior to joining the Northern Health EMR Project, Cliff worked at Austin Health,
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50,000 reasons to celebrate!
We are pleased to announce our COVID-19 Vaccination Program has hit a mighty milestone this week – 50,000 vaccines have been administered since the rollout began. Siva Sivarajah, Chief Executive, visited our COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic at the Plenty Ranges Arts & Convention Centre (PRACC) in South Morang this week to thank the hardworking staff and
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A tale of two sisters at Northern Health
On orientation day last month, 56 new graduate nurses and midwives began their Northern Health journey. The orientation consisted of a two day program, containing a mixture of theory and practice, covering important aspects such as occupational health and safety and wellbeing, infection prevention, safe patient handling, recognising the deteriorating patient, medication safety and basic
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Siva Sivarajah: NAIDOC Week
Wominjeka. NAIDOC Week recognises the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This year, NAIDOC Week will be celebrated from 4 to 11 July. The theme this year is ‘Heal Country’. It calls for all of us to continue to seek greater protection for our lands, waters, sacred sites and our
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Volunteers helping to protect our community
Northern Health’s dedicated volunteers have been helping out at our new COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic site in South Morang since it opened on Friday, 7 June. Enduring the colder weather, volunteers greet community members as they arrive and assist them with checking in and directing to where they need to go. “Some people don’t know how
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Ward 15: When “cleared” is your favourite word
For Margaret Ash, Patient Services Assistant (PSA) on Ward 15, Northern Health’s ward for suspected COVID-19 (SCOVID) patients, one word has become a favourite in the last four weeks – ‘cleared’. “We had many high-risk and quarantine patients since Ward 15 re-opened again. Hearing the word ‘cleared’ just brightens up my day,” she said. At
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NAIDOC Week: Heal Country
NAIDOC Week recognises the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This year, NAIDOC Week will be celebrated from 4 to 11 July, with the highly topical theme of ‘Heal Country’. It calls for all of us to continue to seek greater protection for our lands, waters, sacred sites and our
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Health navigators helping promote COVID-19 vaccination
Since December 2020, Northern Health has been working with Melbourne Polytechnic to improve understanding of our health system among students enrolled into the English As An Additional Language (EAL) program. Morteza Fayyazi and Fatima Ait Bela Ouali are new migrants to Australia and EAL students, curious to learn more about the Australian health system and