Thank you for making me feel so welcome at Redcliffe Hospital.
Thank you also to Louise O’Riordan, who has done a great job as the hospital’s Acting Executive Director. Louise has spent the last two weeks helping me to get to know everyone better and will be taking up her new role with Metro North on Monday.
Flu vaccinations
More than 500 hospital staff, students, and volunteers have already rolled up their sleeves for a free flu vaccination.
On Monday, I was joined by Senior Leadership Team members for the launch of this year’s staf
f flu vaccination campaign. There will be more clinics over the next few weeks – click here to see times and locations.
Flu vaccinations are voluntary; no appointments are needed – just a Medicare c
ard. A free flu vaccination is one of the best ways to protect yourself, your patients, and those at home this flu season.
If you have any questions, please talk to Infection Prevention on 7300.
I am Redcliffe
I’ve joined Redcliffe Hospital at a very exciting time, with the recent launch of I am Redcliffe and the new Agreed Behaviours.
The first of the new behaviours we all should get to know is:
We respect and appreciate all individuals for who they are, and the diversity they bring.
This behaviour is associated with the Metro North Value of Respect.
Please take some time to get to know all of our new Agreed Behaviours and consider how they can help to make Redcliffe Hospital a truly great place to work.
Health Equity update
Since joining Redcliffe Hospital, I’ve been very impressed by everyone’s commitment to Health Equity – it’s something that is very important to me too.
Together with other Metro North Health clinicians and leaders, I attended the Journey to Equity community event this week with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members. Listening to their stories is the only way to achieve true co-design, make our care more culturally safe, and meet our commitment to Health Equity.
The Journey Towards Health Equity, Metro North Health Equity Strategy 2022-2025, sets out how we’ll meet that commitment. As part of that Strategy, everyone is encouraged to propose solutions to help eliminate institutional barriers, reshape healthcare systems, transform care, and strengthen the healthcare workforce. I encourage everyone to find out more here.
ieMR go-live date change – 26 June 2024
ieMR go-live at Redcliffe Hospital has been rescheduled to Wednesday, 26 June 2024. This change will allow more time for critical infrastructure uplift work, and we’ll use that time for more ieMR practice activities, walk-through scenarios, and focused skills sessions.
If you still need to complete your mandatory ieMR prerequisite or training and proficiency course/s, please arrange this with your line manager.
More information about the ieMR rollout at Redcliffe Hospital can be accessed here, and more information on training and knowledge maintenance opportunities can be found here.
If you have any questions about our ieMR implementation, please email ieMRProject-MetroNorth@health.qld.gov.au.
Meet Chelsea and Ellen
As I get to know Redcliffe Hospital better, I’ll be including in my messages a celebration of some of the people who are proud to say I am Redcliffe.
This week, I’d like to introduce two third-year nursing students, Chelsea and Ellen. Both are from UniSC and have just finished their four-week clinical placement with us.
Chelsea said her placement was a great experience and that she felt very well supported by her clinical facilitator, Renu, and all of the team she worked with in Ward 5 East.
Many of us will remember what it was like to be a new clinician and the steep learning curve of a clinical placement. Thank you to everyone who helped make their experience with us such a positive one.
Sip til Send – from next Monday
Next Monday, Redcliffe Hospital will begin a new approach to perioperative fasting for our surgical and procedural patients. This new approach is called Sip til Send.
Sip til Send means most surgical patients will now be permitted to sip on small amounts of clear fluids right up until they are called for theatre. This new approach follows contemporary international practice and should make the experience of patients easier and more comfortable – without compromising their safety.
Find out more about Sip til Send here.
If you have any questions, talk to your NUM or line manager or email the Surgical Service Line.
Car park changes
As you may have noticed, the car parking areas out the front of the hospital have now become part of the building site for the Redcliffe Hospital Expansion. With 95 fewer car spaces available each day, the multi-storey car park is now under considerable pressure.
To help make sure that there’s enough parking for everyone, we’re asking hospital day staff to consider signing up for the staff car park at the Redcliffe Showgrounds. It’s a cheaper daily rate, and there are plenty of spaces available.
If you have any questions or concerns about car parking, talk to the car park team at: RedcliffeCarpark@health.qld.gov.au.
Making it count more
We continue the campaign to improve the accuracy of our clinical records with this week’s Making it Count More tip:
Patient diagnosed with ‘new AF’?
Be sure to document if AF is paroxysmal, persistent, chronic.
If you have any questions about how your team can make it count more, talk to Health Information Services on 3883 7295.
Lastly this week, the Have Your Say survey highlighted a need for hospital leaders to be more accessible and visible. Planning and Performance have worked with People and Culture to develop a program that will see Senior Leadership Team members spend more time in clinical and work areas to have conversations about what is working well and how things could be better for everyone.
We hope that by making hospital leaders more accessible, we’ll make decisions more transparent and better informed.
Thank you again for making me feel so welcome.
Cang Dang
Executive Director, Redcliffe Hospital
Louise.