Louise Oriti
As you may have seen on the coffee cups at Zouki or from the cupcakes Barb Williams has been handing out – it’s DonateLife Week.
Right now, there are more than 1,700 Australians on the organ transplant waitlist. One person’s donation can take as many as seven people off that list. If you haven’t already, please consider taking one minute to register as an organ and tissue donor. If you are already registered, talk to your family and let them know as well. DonateLife Week is the perfect time to have those conversations.
Code Yellow
We called a Code Yellow on Monday after some water pipes that supply our fire systems were damaged. The pipes were unexpectedly damaged during minor earthworks for the Emergency Department’s paediatric upgrade.
The situation was very well handled by all involved, and in particular by our BEMS, Infrastructure, and Facility Services teams. Water supply was restored to the fire hydrants in short order, and by Monday night, the sprinkler system had water again too, allowing us to stand back from a Code Yellow on Tuesday. Looking back on the response, it’s another great example of how we are stronger when we work together.
July #IamRedcliffe Team of the Month
Congratulations to this month’s #IamRedcliffe Team of the Month, the Nursing Support Unit. The Nursing Support Unit received this month’s award for the way they have helped clinical teams across the entire facility.
Congratulations also to our other nominees this month, including Louise Watkins, the Transit Lounge, the Nurse Education Team, and the SOPD Gastroenterology team.
Nominations are now open for the August Team of the Month award.
COVID-19 update
We’re still seeing lots of staff unable to attend work each day for COVID-19 reasons. To help everyone understand their obligations if they are a close contact or test positive, we now have easy to follow fact sheets available:
These two fact sheets include QR codes and links to important and useful information.
If you’re in any doubt about how to follow these sheets, please talk to your line manager.
Psychological safety and wellbeing
This month’s HR Forum featured another session on psychological safety and wellbeing, led by
our Staff Psychologist Andrew Craker. These sessions are in response to what we heard in the Have Your Say Staff Survey, and are designed to improve our understanding of how we can all make our workplace safer for everyone. If you missed it, the session was recorded and is available now on the HR Forum QHEPS page.
Lastly this week, some good news about next Thursday’s Yarning Circle. The event will be going ahead, but this time we’ll be asking everyone to join us on Teams. Look for the invitation in your Outlook calendar. The Yarning Circle is essential business for us because we listen to understand, so we make the best decisions. #IamRedcliffe.
Louise Oriti
Executive Director
Redcliffe Hospital