Geoff Grima, A/Executive Director, Redcliffe Hospital
More than 60 nominations were received for this year’s Redcliffe Hospital Staff Excellence Awards. Thank you to everyone who took the time to submit nominations across the eight different award categories.
The awards will be announced on Monday 28 August. Everyone is invited to watch the presentation live on Teams – the appointment should be in your Outlook calendar.
Thanks again to our award sponsors, QSuper, part of Australian Retirement Trust.
#IamRedcliffe Soup-er staff lunch
Our #IamRedcliffe staff thank you lunch was a bit different this week, with delicious soups instead of the usual BBQ options.
The change was welcomed by many, with hot chicken and pumpkin soups both available. The chicken soup was the more popular choice on the day, with bread rolls and fruit juice available too.
Thanks again to our Facility Services, Kitchen, and Operational Teams for making it all possible.
Our next #IamRedcliffe Staff Lunch will be a BBQ on Monday, 9 October.
Deprescribing Action Week
This week is Deprescribing Action Week, which aims to raise awareness of polypharmacy and deprescribing.
Polypharmacy occurs when patients are taking five or more regular medicines. Deprescribing means discontinuing medicines (in a supervised way) that patients no longer need and for which the risk of harm outweighs the benefit to the patient.
Reviewing and working with prescribers to optimise patient medications are part of the important work our hospital pharmacy team does every day.
Redcliffe Pharmacy provides a variety of inpatient and outpatient medication review services – our pharmacists regularly review all inpatients and see over 70 patients in outpatient clinics daily.
Talk to the pharmacy team if your patient would benefit from a medication review and find out more about polypharmacy and deprescribing.
REDDY Fun & Fitness ping pong tournament
There’s more #IamRedcliffe fun next week, with the REDDY Fun & Fitness ping pong tournament.
Come along and join the fun next Wednesday from noon in the Rose Garden. There will be a sausage sizzle for participants and supporters.
If you’d like to play, you can nominate your team of two by emailing REDDYfunandfitness@health.qld.gov.au.
Thanks again to our REDDY Fun and Fitness team of Rhonda, Brooke and Matt for arranging the fun.
Medical Leadership Intensive Program
Metro North has recently launched a new Medical Leadership Intensive Program to enhance the leadership skills of senior medical staff across the organisation.
The program provides comprehensive knowledge to help medical leaders navigate the challenges of the complex and changing environment within healthcare and influence positive change. The program is initially available to Clinical Directors and Medical Directors within Metro North. It is delivered in three individual sessions over 12 weeks.
To find out more, please email MedicalLeadershipIP_MN@health.qld.gov.au.
Lastly this week, a quick thank you to David Thompson, who will be acting as Allied Health Director for the next six weeks.
See you all at the ping pong table next Wednesday.
Geoff.