2023
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Get to know: Eve Kodermann
#WeAreNorthern Meet Eve Kodermann, Occupational Violence and Aggression Coordinator, OH&S. Q: You’ve been with Northern Health since PANCH. Tell us about your journey? A: I started as a student nurse – School ’54 on 30 July 1984. It was a hospital-based training that provided me with great foundations into nursing. As a new student, we
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STAIRway to safe manual handling
The nature of the work performed in a hospital environment often involves transferring patients, with an increased risk of staff sustaining an injury due to hazardous manual handling. Hazardous manual handling is often the cause of workplace injuries known as Musculoskeletal Disorders. Manual handling accounts for almost half of all workplace injuries at Northern Health
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Northern Health Mental Health Unit welcomes patients
Today, Wednesday 16 August 2023, we officially welcome patients into the Northern Hospital Mental Health Unit. With 30 acute inpatient mental health beds and a contemporary and modern design, this building encompasses technologically enhanced sensory rooms and courtyards with in-built exercise equipment. The patient rooms and communal spaces are light, supportive and flexible so the
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We are Northern: This is the Referral and Intake team
The Outpatient services at Northern Health are vital in providing and accessing timely healthcare for the community in the north. The Referral and Intake team, which is based at the Northern Hospital Epping, is one of the busiest components of the Outpatient division. The team receive approximately 15,000 referrals per month across 34 specialties. It
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Eye-opener into the Ophthalmology and Orthoptic departments
The Northern Health Ophthalmology and Orthoptic departments have expanded to full-time to cater for an increase in referral demands. Based at Broadmeadows Hospital, the Ophthalmology department provides specialists ophthalmology care to patients in the northern catchment. It can provide assessment, diagnosis, prevention, medical and surgical management of various eye conditions in adults. The main ophthalmology
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Get to know: Daniel Crompton
#WeAreNorthern Meet Dr Daniel Crompton, Director of Emergency Services, Northern Hospital Epping. Q: Tell us about your new role at Northern Health? A: I’m a Director of the Emergency Department (ED), responsible for service delivery and governance of the ED at Northern Hospital Epping and following the expansion of services at the Craigieburn and Whittlesea
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Vascular Surgery Unit first to use the INARI ClotTReiver on east coast
Northern Health’s Vascular Surgery Unit, led by Mr Iman Bayat, Clinical Lead for Complex Venous Service, is the first vascular team on the east coast of Australia to use an innovative new device to perform deep venous thrombus (DVT) removal in a patient. Mr Bayat says he is delighted by the outcome and has been
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Northern Health and Kilmore District Health Boards approve potential merger proposal
Over the past few months, Kilmore District Health and Northern Health have worked together to explore the potential benefits of a better connected health service. After extensive consultation with staff and the community, the boards of the two health services have endorsed a proposal to formally merge to create a new health service for the