2022
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New South Pod – CPEU opens at Northern Hospital Epping
Yesterday, the new South Pod – Chest Pain Evaluation Unit (CPEU) at Northern Hospital Epping officially opened. The 12-bed modular unit is located to the south of the hospital, between the back entrance and the multideck car park. The CPEU is a short stay unit to support flow, and facilitate timely access to care for
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EMR design and build is now complete!
The design and build of our own Electronic Medical Record (EMR), will finally come to an end in early August, thanks to the hard work of our EMR team, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), and Accountable Leaders. The first EMR workshop kick-started back in May 2021. During workshops one to three, the team worked closely with
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Peer support for Northern Health staff
To ensure our staff are supported, Northern Health is committed to strengthening our culture of care, and supporting the mental health and wellbeing of our staff. We acknowledge that staff have different preferences and needs for how they wish to support their wellbeing, and we understand the importance of our staff having access to a
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Get to know: Elisha O’Dowd
In today’s ‘Get to know’ profile, we catch up with Elisha O’Dowd, Nurse Unit Manager – Infection Prevention and Surveillance. Firstly, what’s your coffee order? Soy latte, IV please. Can you tell us about your Northern Health journey? Originally, way back in the day, I studied business (HR and organisation behavior!) Then, after becoming a
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Northern Nightingales shooting goals
The Northern Hospital Epping Emergency Department (ED) team have played their first games as part of a new netball tournament amongst fellow healthcare workers across Melbourne. The idea for the 2022 Inaugural ED Netball League – ‘Battle of Melbourne Metro Hospital’s Emergency Department Staff’ – was born during an ED night-shift. Hannah Downie, Nurse Unit
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Northern Health opens new Infusion Centre
On Monday, 8 August, Northern Health commenced operating a new Infusion Centre located at Epping Private Hospital. Due to the growing demand for outpatient treatments and infusions for medical patients, the team required a new space. “Ward 1 at Northern Hospital Epping was required for inpatient bed capacity, so moving over to the new space
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This is Stroke Week
The theme for this year’s National Stroke Week (8 – 14 August) is, ‘celebrating and enjoying the precious moments that you or your loved ones can continue to enjoy, during and after your recovery from stroke’. While there are some risk factors for stroke which can’t be avoided, like age, gender, family history and prior
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Have you been fit tested?
With increased patient visitation and ongoing cases of COVID-19, colds and flu, it is more important than ever for staff at Northern Health to continue wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) and N95 respirators safely. All staff required to wear N95 respirators must be quantitatively fit tested, and undergo repeat testing every 12 months to ensure