Message from the Executive Director

Glynis Schultz, Executive Director

The months of May and June are always a busy period for celebrations, acknowledgements and events. This year is no different, with many activities coming up including our Nursing, Length of Service and many other awards which we are looking forward to.

With Administrative Professional Day 2024 next month we are also asking everyone to nominate an amazing administration staff member.

On Friday 3 May 2024, the A/Executive Director, Tania Beaumont will be holding a celebration at COH facilities with the awards ceremony between 1.30 and 2.30 pm via TEAMS.

Award Categories:

Early COH career Administration Officer of the Year
Values in Action – Respect
Values in Action – Integrity
Values in Action – Compassion
Values in Action – High Performance
Values in Action – Teamwork.

Please take the opportunity to nominate one of our amazing administration professionals at https://forms.office.com/r/xJf1G1Ai9B

Nominations close 5:00 pm Friday 26 April 2024.

Shining Star Awards kick off at Aspley!

Our first major monthly Shining Star Award this year will be focused on Aspley Community Health Centre staff alongside an executive visit on Tuesday 14 May.

We encourage all Aspley staff to nominate a colleague for the May Shining Star Award by sending a 50-100 word submission to COH-Communications@health.qld.gov.au

Nominations close Friday 3 May.

Winners will be announced at a morning tea on Tuesday 14 May.

The Shining Star Award

For staff or teams who excel at their job and who are doing great things to support the care we provide. For staff who are compassionate, look out for others, who go above and beyond, and play an important role in our great teams.

The Shining Star Award is primarily for peers to nominate their colleagues or other teams and are for the quiet achievers who excel, but don’t ask for recognition but usually they deserve it.

COH Shining Star – Sarah Scott, North Lakes Health Precinct

While we have a taken a little while to kick off our Shining Star awards at Aspley this month – I just want to highlight one of our shining stars who has been great things this year.

“A special shout out to Sarah Scott, who deserves some recognition for the amazing work she has done in the months leading up to (and during) the ESM rollout.

“Sarah’s commitment and hard work, particularly in the earlier stages when she first came into the Principal ESM Advisor role, has been pivotal and I honestly believe that without her expertise, organizational skills and leadership we would not have been in a position to go live with ESM when we did.

“I have watched Sarah lead the way with building relationships, establishing processes and empowering her peers in that space. I’ve witnessed her publicly take ownership of other people’s mistakes on more than one occasion and I think that is a rare quality.

“Sarah is a very genuine person with fabulous leadership skills who has gone above and beyond to prepare COH for ESM.

“I see her continue to work hard on a daily basis without looking for accolades; which is why I wanted to give her a special mention.”

Our journey toward Health Equity funding

Our Journey Towards Health Equity, Metro North Health Equity Strategy 2022-2025 provides the pathway for cultural change and consists of five priority areas for inclusion in our local strategy:

Actively eliminate racial discrimination and institutional racism within the service.
Increasing access to healthcare services.
Delivering sustainable, culturally safe, and responsive healthcare services.
Influencing the social, cultural, and economic determinants of health.
Working with First Nations peoples, communities, and organisations to design, deliver, monitor and review health services.

Our Chief Executive has committed an annual allocation of funding to strengthen our efforts towards Our Journey Towards Health Equity.

All services are encouraged to put forward a funding application that align to priority principles of eliminate institutional barriers, re-shape the system, transform care and strengthen the workforce.

You can find information on how to apply and the criteria online or contact the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership Team.

Important staff movements

I will be acting in the Chief Operating Officer role from Wednesday 24 April through to Wednesday 22 May 2024.

Following this time, I will be taking a few days leave and returning to the Executive Director role on Monday 27 May 2024.

In the meantime, I want to thank Tanya Beaumont who will be Acting Executive Director from Wednesday 24 April to Sunday 26 May 2024.

Michael Bishop will be acting in the Director of Nursing from Wednesday 24 April 2024 to Sunday 26 May 2024.

A final shout out

For many of us the job we do and how we respond to challenges on a day-to-day basis can become second nature and easily navigable.

Over a 30-year oral healthcare career, it has become clear that Belinda Klumpp is one of those people who has innate organisational ability, as well as very strong (but understated) planning skills and knowledge.

Belinda, who is a Senior Dental Assistant at the Kallangur Dental Clinic located at the Satellite Hospital, was a key player and seamless operator in the transition of the clinic from the Pine Rivers Community Health Centre.