The Metro North Staff Excellence Awards is a signature event on our calendar each year, celebrating staff who make a significant contribution to our organisation and demonstrate a strong commitment to our values.

This year, we received over 170 nominations highlighting some of the fantastic initiatives and achievers across our facilities. We are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2022 Metro North Staff Excellence Awards across nine categories:

People Focus

• Post-acute care service, Community and Oral Health
• Grand-friends intergenerational care project, Metro North Mental Health and The Prince Charles Early Education Centre
• Pharmacy technician-led counselling, Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service
• Way to go project, Health Excellence and Innovation and Metro North Communication
• Victoria Sinclair, Community and Oral Health

Innovation

• Dietetics and food service model of care, Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service
• The short stay pathway, Metro North Mental Health
• Nurse-led overdose prevention training, Metro North Mental Health
• Commissioning simulations, Caboolture Hospital Redevelopment Project
• Tailoring content manager, Metro North Corporate Business Services

Excellence in Performance

• Going above and beyond, Metro North Travel Service
• Emma Glenn, Community and Oral Health
• STARS Pharmacy Pre-admission Clinic Team, Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service
• Samantha Cullen, Redcliffe Hospital
• Secure Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit, Metro North Mental Health

Leadership

• Margherita Chiavone, Metro North Mental Health
• Dr Hamish Pollock and ICU intensivists, Redcliffe Hospital
• Dr Elizabeth Marsden, Metro North RADAR Rapid Response
• Kellie Stockton, Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service
• Dr Barry O’Loughlin, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital

Values in Action

• Allied Health, Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service
• Immanuel “Maney” Toafa, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
• Surgical Ikigai – the journey, The Prince Charles Hospital
• Patrick Doyle: Our Hero, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
• Dr Petrina Duncan, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital

Excellence in Integrated Care

• Providing choice at end of life, Community and Oral Health
• The security team, Redcliffe Hospital
• Supporting patients transition home with complex challenging behaviours, The Prince Charles Hospital
• Rheumatology service – an integrated approach, The Prince Charles Hospital
• Co-responder service, Metro North Mental Health and Queensland Ambulance Service

Excellence in Training and Education

• Dr Nathan Peters, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Clinical Skills Development Service
• NeoREST – Neonatal Regional Education in Stabilisation, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
• UP LATE – delivering high quality clinical care after hours, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
• Let’s learn together, Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service
• Improve outcomes for patients with vascular access devices, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital

First Nations Staff

• Layla Scott, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership Team
• Richard Abednego, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership Team
• Advocacy for Health Equity, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership Team
• Natalie Fraser, Deadly Start, Office of the Chief Executive
• Carl Francia, The Prince Charles Hospital

Improving First Nations Health

• Metro North Palliative Care Equity Working Group
• Ngarrama Royal, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
• Women’s Business Service, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
• Tamaya – Tago Magul Yadeni, Metro North Heart and Lung Clinical Stream
• Better Together, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership Team

Join us at the Gala Dinner on Friday 9 December at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre to come together and reflect on all that Metro North Health has accomplished this year and celebrate the finalists and winners of the Staff Excellence Awards.

Tickets include a four-hour food and drinks package, awards​ ceremony, live band and a beautiful night with your colleagues!

Tables of 8 are $560 including GST, credit card fees may apply. Tickets are on sale now and are selling fast!

Thank you to our award sponsors QSuper, RemServ and QBANK.

For more information about the awards and the Gala Dinner, visit Staff Excellence Awards | Metro North Health

Congratulations to all the finalists, we’re looking forward to celebrating on 9 December!

Kind regards,

Jim McGowan AM, Board Chair

Adj. Assoc. Prof. Jackie Hanson, Chief Executive