After the Easter long weekend, Redcliffe Hospital will welcome our new Executive Director, Cang Dang.  Metro North Health’s Chief Operating Officer, Jane Hancock, announced the appointment earlier this month and I encourage everyone to read more about our new Executive Director here.

I want to thank everyone for their support and collaboration during my time as Acting Executive Director.
I’m especially proud of the work we’ve achieved with Amanda Brimson and the People & Culture team in updating our I am Redcliffe Agreed Behaviours. We’ll officially launch those at a Special Staff Forum next Wednesday afternoon. The appointment for that forum should be in everyone’s Outlook calendars, please join us if you can.

Our successful hospital accreditation is another thing we’ve achieved together over the past year. I’m proud of everyone at Redcliffe Hospital for coming together to make it possible.

We held a celebratory morning tea on last Monday to mark the arrival of our accreditation certificates – which now hang proudly in the foyer of the Education Centre, and in the hospital foyer.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for that celebration, including Metro North Chief Executive Jackie Hanson and Acting Chief Operating Officer Glynis Schultz.

Jackie and Glynis were also with us for our Yarning Circle in the Staff Courtyard for National Close the Gap Day, led by Cultural Capability Officer Elwyn Henaway.

Elwyn yarned about the meaning, origins, and importance of closing the gap and how it related directly to our new Metro North commitment to Health Equity.

Acknowledging the long journey ahead, we also talked about some of the big steps we’ve already taken—like the Deadly Feet clinics, the Deadly Red Emergency Pathway, and its next stage, Deadly Steps.

Thank you again to Elwyn for his leadership of that session and everyone who made the time to join and participate.

Well done to everyone who brought their A-game during Grand Rounds’ multi-agency interdisciplinary simulation last week. That simulation included our friends from QAS, staff from the Emergency Department, Paediatrics, Pharmacy, Social Work and the PICU.

The scenario was designed to incorporate learning objectives for all the clinicians directly involved, with those in the audience taking the role of directed observers.

Grand Rounds is always an important part of our medical and clinical training, but this simulation session was really something special.

Redcliffe Hosptial welcomed the Metro North Staff Forum this week, with a range of staff service providers available with displays in the Staff Courtyard.

Alongside those banking, superannuation and salary packaging providers, we also had our Staff Wellness team and Peer Responders to talk about Peer Responder Week.

Team of the Month for March

We presented our Team of the Month at our Staff Forum on Thursday. There were 12 nominees for the March award, including: Phlebotomy, Joyce Manigsaca, Alyssa Kemp, Vanessa Collins, Shannon Henderson, Chantal Fichera, Nurse Educators, Marc Kerry, the 4 East Multi-Disciplinary Team, Anthony Behan and Edwin Cheung, and Dr Jack Graham.

Congratulations again to our winner, the Pharmacy Leadership team – for their dedication to enhancing their team’s work-life balance, listening to their team members, and working together to make the best decisions for their team.

Nominations are now open for the April Team of the Month.

Making it count more

This week’s tip from Health Information Services on how to make it count more is:

Anaemia with blood loss? – Document: “anaemia due to acute blood loss and/or anaemia due to chronic blood loss”.

If you have any questions about how your team can make it count more, talk to Health Information Services on 3883 7295.

Local Area Needs Assessment 2024

Metro North Health and the Brisbane North PHN are jointly developing a Local Area Needs Assessment for the Brisbane North region. To support this, they’re asking for our help in a survey consultation.

The LANA survey for hospital staff, community partners, and our patients will gather insights into the health and service needs of the Brisbane North community.

You can help by displaying the poster and QR code in your ward or clinical areas and by taking the survey  before Sunday, 14 April.

Lastly this week, congratulations to Dr Rabiya Farhat on her appointment as the Medical Director for the Medicine Service Line. Dr Farhat had been acting in the role following the retirement of Dr Catherine Yelland PSM. Please join me in congratulating Dr Farhat on her appointment.

Louise.