2023
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Get to know: Vanessa Reid
For today’s ‘Get to know’ profile, we caught up with Vanessa Reid, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Informatics Officer. Firstly, what’s your coffee order? Latte. Tell us about your Northern Health journey. I have been at Northern Health for 5 years now in the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Informatics Officer role. What do
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A year in review for 2022
It is hard to believe another year has come and gone, and we’ve now entered into 2023 with a renewed sense of enthusiasm for the months ahead. The Foundation takes this opportunity to express gratitude for all those who have contributed to our fundraising efforts in the past year. For our team, we are fortunate
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XRef: Northern Health’s new online referencing system
Northern Health has teamed up with XRef to create an online referencing system to improve the time efficiency, effort and stress associated with reference checking. XRef is an online referencing system that will reduce time to hire and help secure top talent faster by making informed and compliant hiring decisions with XRef’s automated reference checking
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Happy Lunar New Year from Northern Health staff
Yesterday, Sunday 22 January, marked the beginning of Lunar New Year, starting on 22 January 2023 and ending on 9 February 2024. It marks the transition of the Chinese zodiac sign from one animal to the next. After the first new moon of the Lunar calendar each year, communities around the world put up decorations,
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Welcome back volunteers!
After a well-deserved three-week break from supporting our health service, our dedicated volunteers have returned to duty for 2023. Henni Wade, Manager of Volunteer Services, said there was much excitement in the volunteer room this week, with volunteers sharing their holiday adventures, showing off new hair-cuts, and catching up on news. “It was like the
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Racing for Northern Health cancer services
Northern Health Foundation Patron, Bev Carman, is a passionate fundraiser. She is passionate about making a difference to the Northern Health community and she loves nothing more than bringing together a great bunch of people in support of a terrific cause. She is well known for hosting an annual race day, one of the highlights
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Drop in at the library – online
The Northern Health Library has recently launched a twice-weekly virtual drop-in service via Microsoft Teams. The online sessions provide an opportunity for staff to easily communicate with library staff about a simple question they may have, or a complex query about library resources. This means regardless of where you work, you can easily access library
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Digital health study recipient of major grant
Kirstin Tirant, Northern Health’s Pleural Clinical Nurse Consultant, has been awarded the Victorian Nurses and Midwives Trust Major Grant 2022. This $100,000 grant will help fund the project ‘Digital Health to Extend Victoria’s First Specialised Ambulatory Pleural Service: A Proof-of-Concept Feasibility Study’. This project is an extension of the Northern Health Respiratory Department’s Specialist Ambulatory