2021
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Meet Dr Eda – ED Intern of the Year
Dr Eda Gungormez, last years’ intern, now a gastro HMO, has been awarded the title of ‘Emergency Department (ED) Intern of the Year’ for 2020. Her skills, and the willingness to help others, also led her to become the Intern Support Person and help the 2021 interns navigate their new roles. Eda completed five rotations
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Welcoming patients in different languages
Our patient experience team have been hard at work over the past year to develop the new Northern Health Welcome Pack. The packs are available at each bedside across our sites and available online to provide important information for patients and visitors coming to Northern Health. Included in the packs is information regarding visiting, patient
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Code Red and Code Black simulations in South East Building
Two simulations, Code Red and Code Grey/Black, were held in the South East Building at Northern Hospital Epping last week. These simulations are aimed at providing staff the opportunity to simulate potential real life incidents that they may face in a new environment. The simulations also involved our partners – emergency services, Fire Rescue Victoria
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Standard 2 – 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 Committees on what you need to know. This week we spoke to Briana Baass, Executive Director, Chief Allied Health Officer and Partnerships about
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‘Intern to Consultant’ mentoring held online
For the first time in the Medical Education Unit’s history, the mentoring program for interns was rolled out online. There was both excitement and trepidation from Dr Carol Chong, Intern Supervisor, who explained that the team couldn’t put the interns and consultants together in a room to meet each other, unlike the previous ten years
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Executive patient safety walk-arounds – Understanding what matters
Our ‘Executive patient safety walk-arounds’ are integral to improving safety and getting the feedback from the staff on the floor, patients and their families. Due to COVID-19, the walks have been slightly modified, but will continue throughout 2021, commencing from next week. Based on feedback gathered during walk-arounds, the team monitors the improvements suggested and
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First Northern Health staff receive COVID-19 vaccine
Today marked the official start of our COVID-19 Vaccination Program at Northern Hospital Epping. Among some of the first staff to receive their vaccination were Craig Field, ICU Patient Services Assistant, Rina Gaunder, ICU Nurse Immuniser, and Daniel Habteslassie, Junior Medical Officer.  These staff were nominated to represent our first high-risk staff to be
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Standard 1 – What you need to know
In 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 each Chair of the Standard Committee on what you need to know. This week, we spoke to Dr Bill Shearer, Executive Director Quality, Safety and Transformation about Standard 1: