{"id":12361,"date":"2022-12-21T11:34:39","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T01:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/?p=12361"},"modified":"2022-12-22T12:34:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T02:34:55","slug":"ed-tpch-20221222","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/facility-messages\/ed-tpch-20221222","title":{"rendered":"Message from TPCH Executive Director"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Tami

Tami Photinos, Executive Director, The Prince Charles Hospital<\/p><\/div>\n

This will be my final message for the year and I would like to thank everyone for their contributions and hard work throughout 2022. What another big year we\u2019ve had!<\/p>\n

On Tuesday we held the judging for our annual Christmas Decoration Competition. We had many creative entries and our teams certainly went to a great deal of effort to make their areas festive for our patients and families. I was surprised I didn\u2019t get a lot of offers of dark chocolate although someone did hand me a little chocolate and another area gave me a big bag of white chocolate. \u00a0Lucky chocolate wasn\u2019t one of the judging criteria! Joking!\u00a0 For the judging, our Executive team had the pleasure of being joined by Metro North\u2019s Deputy Board Chair, Dr Kim Forester who took the opportunity to meet with staff and thank them for their hard work throughout the year.\u00a0 Along the way, we also spoke with a number of patients who commended our staff and expressed their gratitude for the care given to them.<\/p>\n

The winners are:<\/p>\n

Overall winner:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Ward 2E<\/p>\n

Traditional<\/strong>
\nWinner: Safety and Quality Unit
\nHighly commended: Cardiac Rehabilitation<\/p>\n

Aussie Christmas<\/strong>
\nWinner: Thoracic Ward
\nHighly commended: Ward 2D<\/p>\n

Most Unique<\/strong>
\nWinner: Cardiac Sciences Unit
\nHighly commended: Ward 2C<\/p>\n

People\u2019s Choice:<\/strong> Nursing Education and Nursing Workforce<\/p>\n

Executive Director Festive Fun Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Children\u2019s Ward<\/p>\n

Congratulations to our winners and thank you to all areas for your efforts in making the stay of our patients during the festive season, a much brighter one. As a Christmas Grinch, (not really) even I was impressed, so well done everyone! \u00a0I even gave out an Executive Director Festive Fun Award! Some photos are at the end of my message.<\/p>\n

During the last year, we\u2019ve continued to achieve a lot as a team, especially considering a notable part of this was spent in various tiers of our COVID response. \u00a0I\u2019ve continued to meet and get to know many staff across TPCH and have had the opportunity to see many of our teams in action. \u00a0As I\u2019ve said before, for me, it\u2019s not about the position titles we hold; it\u2019s about the actual people who perform the roles and how we each do our part in supporting the delivery of great care to our patients. We have many excellent people at TPCH who give their best each day to make sure our patients receive first class care.<\/p>\n

TPCH has had many notable achievements this year, which include (but are certainly not limited to):<\/p>\n