2021
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Safety first for Graham Wilson
This week, we caught up with Northern Health’s new Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Director, Graham Wilson. What’s your coffee order? A double espresso. I’m a coffee nerd and I will do pour over at home in the morning. I grind my own beans. I have an absolute ritual of how I make coffee in
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Our Allied Health Graduate Program begins
Ten Allied Health graduates are making the journey to becoming a professional Allied Health Practitioner. The Northern Health Allied Health Graduate Program was introduced in 2004, and this year’s program kicked off in February. The program is designed to assist Allied Health Practitioners make the transition from student to professional. Program participants are Allied Health
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CARE Record – learning more about patients
Hannah Conrick, Associate Nurse Unit Manager on Ward 16, looks after 32 patients on the ward, and oversees bed flow. As a surgical ward, Ward 16 also oversees patients coming from the Emergency Department, as well as elective surgery patients. “That is why it is really important that we do CARE Records, as we do
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A new chapter for Natasha Bradley
We caught up with Northern Health’s new Library Manager, Natasha Bradley. What’s your coffee order? I don’t drink coffee, I drink tea, chai tea. Tell us about your Northern Health journey. I started at the very end of June last year, just before lockdown two. So it was a pretty interesting time to start at
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Get to know the EMR team
The journey of Northern Health’s Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Program took off in February with nearly 40 staff members embarking on a two to three year project to implement EMR across Northern Health. The EMR will be a fully integrated digital patient record that will provide clinicians help to support high quality care for our
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Standard 5: What you need to know
In the lead up to organisation wide Accreditation from 24-28 May 2021, each week Northern Health will be focusing on a different Standard. You will hear from the Chairs of each Standard Committee on what you need to know. This week we spoke to Debra Bourne, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, about Standard 5: Comprehensive
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ED Wellbeing Week starts
This year will the third year that our Emergency Department is holding ED Wellbeing Week. Dr Kirin Channa, Emergency Physician and Quality Lead, said this year, wellbeing week is more important than ever. “We may have gone through the worst of COVID-19 last year, but this year we have ongoing challenges, such as the increasing
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New SPF Podcast: Our COVID-19 year
Northern Health’s Safe Practice Forum is back, but with a twist. Because of the pandemic, the traditional forum had to be put on hold, but is now returning in the form of a podcast. Topics and guest are still relevant, timely and offer our staff a chance to share patient stories, and personal experiences. Together