2022
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Are you the new Peer Supporters?
Northern Health’s Wellbeing team is calling for staff interested in supporting their colleagues and creating a mentally healthy workforce, to become new Peer Supporters and help launch the new Peer Support Program. Casey O’Brien, Wellbeing Project Psychologist, explains this is an opportunity to be part of a multi-disciplinary team assisting colleagues to cope with typical
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Celebrating new mums on Mother’s Day
Yesterday, we celebrated Mother’s Day, a day to give thanks for our mothers, or anyone in our lives who fulfills that role. At Northern Health, we had many new mothers who spent their special day in hospital with their newborns. These mums were treated to a very special surprise. Thirty beautiful hampers, hand-packed and decorated
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The EMR team is recruiting EMR Trainers
The Electronic Medical Record (EMR) team is looking to recruit 12 EMR trainers to join the team from August 2022 to May 2023. Northern Health’s EMR will be going live in April 2023. At this stage, the EMR analysts are working with our Accountable Leaders and SMEs to validate the remaining workflows that are to
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Happy International Day of the Midwife!
Today, we acknowledge the incredible impact our midwives have on the lives of women and families, as we celebrate International Day of the Midwife. Held annually on 5 May, International Day of the Midwife (IDM) celebrates the midwife profession and recognises the integral role midwives play in listening, advocating and supporting women through pregnancy, birth
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Farewell John Snowdon
After more than 50 years of practising law, John Snowdon has called it a day. John’s career in law began in private practice, working in the sector for many years until one day, he received a call from Monash Health with an offer to be their Senior Lawyer. “I spent 13 years in that job
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Dr Jasmina Kevric wins AMA Junior Doctor of the Year Award
Dr Jasmina Kevric, Northern Health’s trainee surgeon has won the prestigious Junior Doctor of the Year Award at the Australian Medical Association Victoria Awards (AMA) held last Friday. The AMA Victoria’s Award Night showcases the contribution of the medical profession to the community, and supports the work of its members and the broader medical profession.
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Detecting lung cancer earlier
Northern Health’s Endobronchial Ultrasound Service (EBUS) is helping to detect, diagnose and stage lung cancer at a quicker rate. The service, which launched four weeks ago, is a type of advanced bronchoscopy and uses two different types of scopes to diagnose and stage lung cancer. Funds for the service were successfully raised by Northern Health
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Celebrating Patient Experience Week
As we celebrate Patient Experience Week 2022, we acknowledge the incredible care provided by our staff that impacts patient experience every day. Today, we are sharing feedback sent in by our community on the exceptional care they received while at Northern Health. “To the Progressive Neurology Disease Clinic at Bundoora – we truly want to