2021
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Celebrating International Women’s Day
‘A challenged world is an alert world and from challenge comes change. So let’s choose to challenge!’ is the theme for International Women’s Day (IWD). As we mark IWD on 8 March, we celebrate women at every level of service and discipline at Northern Health, who took up the challenge and led from the front in what has been an eventful year. Leading from the front are also our senior management team, which as Dr Sandra Brown, Acting Chief Medical Officer points out has, “a strong history of having women in leadership positions including the Chief Operating Officer, Chief Medical…
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A/Professor Lisa Hui wins top prize at RANZCOG Annual Scientific Meeting
Associate Professor Lisa Hui from our Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has won the top prize at this year’s Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) for her research on obstetric and newborn outcomes during pandemic lockdown in Melbourne. She was awarded the prestigious Aldo Vacca Award for the best free communication for her talk on the ‘Collaborative Maternity and Newborn Dashboard (CoMaND) for the COVID19 pandemic: real-time monitoring of perinatal services performance indicators in Victoria’. Her research showed that public hospitals across Melbourne observed increases in infant birthweights over the 90th…
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Accreditation: Only 12 weeks left
Northern Health’s Accreditation is scheduled from 24 – 28 May 2021. Leading up to the date, we will be sharing communication from Standard Chairs, as well as initiatives and stories that relate to the Standard. Below, Maree Glynn, Director of Clinical Practice Improvement, talks about how to prepare, what to expect during the Accreditation Week and how we are going so far. How are we going so far? From the “back of house” point of view, there is a lot of work being done to prepare for our assessment. On the Intranet and in your work area, we have resources…
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Super-user training for new South East Building at Northern Hospital Epping
Over the past week, a number of staff have been undertaking ‘super-user’ training to prepare them for working in the new South East Building. The purpose of the training was for a number of nominated Northern Health staff to be credentialed as super-users and able to train other staff in all aspects of the new areas. Director of Operational Readiness, Kathryn Bartho, explained the training super-users have undertaken to ensure they are prepared for working in these new facilities. “There have been a variety of disciplines participate in the training including NUMs, ANUMs, Clinical Educators, Ward Clerks and PSA supervisors.…
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First Shine Awards for 2021
Every quarter, we recognise staff members or teams from Support Services who actively live and role model the Northern Health Values of Safe, Kind and Together, and who go above and beyond what is expected of them in their role. Aptly called the Shine Awards, it casts a light on a staff member or a team who have excelled in any one of three categories- Safe, Kind and Together. The first is someone or a team that has demonstrated consistent safe work practices, provided suggestions for improving safety and is a role model for other staff- i.e. the Safety Award.…
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Snug as a bug in our new life-saving Panda Warmer
Thanks to the generosity of The Muriel and Les Batten Foundation, our Birthing Suite received a $25,000 grant to purchase a new, state-of-the art-Panda Warmer, an essential piece of equipment in the critical care of newborns. We were thrilled to welcome Bruce and Colleen Batten, representatives of The Muriel and Les Batten Foundation, to Northern Hospital Epping this week. Bruce, a trustee and nephew of the late Muriel and Les, placed a plaque on the Panda Warmer acknowledging the generosity and support they have shown Northern Health. Bruce and Colleen met with Pamela Doherty, Birthing Suite Acting Nurse Unit Manager,…
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New ‘HOPE’ suicide prevention service at Northern Hospital
More northern suburbs residents will get the mental health support they need, thanks to the new Hospital Outreach Post-suicidal Engagement (HOPE) service at Northern Hospital in Epping this week. Bronwyn Halfpenny MP, Member for Thomastown, announced the start of the HOPE service at Northern Hospital. “This new service in Epping means people across the North-Western region who are in crisis can receive care and support in their community,” she said. “I have no doubt the new HOPE clinical team will make a real difference to the lives of many people living in our area.” The HOPE program is a follow-up…
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Our volunteer and consumer Emel named Hume Citizen of the Year
We are delighted to announce Northern Health’s volunteer and consumer, Emel Huseyin, was awarded Hume Citizen of the Year by Hume City Council. The council explained their decision, saying, “Emel has been recognised for her passion and drive to create a better community in all facets. Emel is generous with her time, and volunteers for more than 10 community groups in Hume such as; Northern Health Hospitals, Homestead Community Centre, and Centenary of Federation to name a few. No matter what Emel invests her time and energy in, she always promises to leave it in a better place than it…