Tanya Beaumont, Acting Executive Director
The staff awards and celebrations continued this week with our Length of Service Awards at Brighton and local Shining Star Awards at Aspley Community Health Centre.
It is always wonderful to be able to acknowledge the great work and commitment of our teams.
Firstly, I want to thank everyone who has been involved in supporting the Metro North Clinical Governance undertaking a Peer Review in Community and Oral Health (COH) which appears to have run very smoothly.
This has provided us with a great opportunity to continue to understand areas of concern, along with showcasing all of the great work that you undertake each and every day.
Thank you again for providing kind and safe healthcare every day to our patients and consumers.
Length of Service (25 – 40 year) milestones
A total of 940 years of health care service were recognised in the Brighton Health Campus Auditorium this week.
While not everyone could attend it was great to be part of the ceremony with members of QSuper.
Please take the time to congratulate the following length of service recipients.
25 Years
Graeme Anderson
Amanda Barnett
Catherine Barrett
Robyn Fraser
Tania Goodman
Helen Kane
Anita Keightley
Louise Lynch
Toni Marshall
Craig Webster
30 Years
Tania Anderson
Ciro Caiazzo
Kathryn Coleman
Tracy Conley
Rodney Cummings
Natasha Eaton
Keren Harvey
Simon O’Keefe
Leanne Ward
Rick Ward
35 Years
Mark Bill
Malcolm Burgess
Tania Cahill
Cindy Hayes
Kathryn Hurree
Sandra Jeremy
Leonie Lucas
William Lukin
Raymond Mutze
Christine Spohr
40 Years
Louise Cummings
Some of our amazing LOS recipients at the special 25 year plus ceremony!
Anita Keightley – 25 years
Leanne Ward – 30 years
Kathryn Coleman – 30 years
Please note. 10,15 and 20 year certificates and badges are being circulated by internal mail across the directorate to additional staff.
Congratulations to everyone who has reached such an important milestone in 2024!
Acknowledging our Aspley Shining Stars
We finally had the chance to head out to Aspley and congratulate some of our monthly Shining Stars – one of the first awards for the year.
Congratulate to all of our winners and nominees. Winners of our monthly shining star awards at Aspley Community Health are:
Elly Thompson and some of the Rapid Access to Community Care team.
Elly Thompson, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Rapid Access to Community Care – For being a truly consumer-centred clinician, but also a fair, equitable and approachable line manager who has true passion for healthcare.
Rapid Access to Community Care, and in particular Emily Merton, Clinical Nurse and Alyce Halverson, Occupational Therapist
“Emily exemplifies person-centred care by assessing clients in their own home and utilise here extensive knowledge to get the best outcomes.”
“Alyce fiercely advocates for her consumers and is not afraid to put in the extra effort to ensure the right person gets the right care at the right time, in the right place.”
Central Patient Intake Unit
Avicia Lupson, Acting Senior Administration Officer – For her positive infectious attitude and open management style that creates a great team vibe.
Central Patient Intake Unit – For their dedication and commitment, putting our patients first and managing incoming referrals and keeping them in check even when there are significant external challenges.
Our next shining star awards will be at North Lakes so please get your nominations in via COH-Communications@health.qld.gov.au – more detail will be provided soon.
Things we missed – TMS phone support option
The People and Culture TMS phone support pilot is still running for COH staff and there has been a very positive response so far.
Staff who have used this service have been pleased with the zero-wait time and having their queries resolved in an average of six minutes!
If you have a TMS enquiry you can still log a ticket via IT Support, however, I encourage you to call the support line on 1800 275 275 in the first instance and trial this new service. Your experience and any feedback you have will help inform if, and how, this service might be rolled out across Metro North once the pilot ends on 30 June 2024.
A show of appreciation – Children’s Oral Health Service
We receive many compliments each year about the services provided across our directorate, and many for our great oral health teams.
Recently, one of our oral health parents brought in some lovely flowers for the team to just say thank you.
The flowers were on behalf of their 17-year-old daughter, who required complex treatment in preparation for orthognathic surgery.
Well done to the orthodontic team who provide exceptional service at the Children’s Oral Health Service
Please don’t forget your flu shot
Tanya.