{"id":15392,"date":"2023-07-04T09:24:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T23:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/?p=15392"},"modified":"2023-07-07T15:06:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T05:06:15","slug":"ed-ckw-20230704","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/facility-messages\/ed-ckw-20230704","title":{"rendered":"Message from the Acting Executive Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1352px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div id=\"attachment_12547\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12547\" class=\"wp-image-12547 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/alanna-geary-2023-p.jpg\" alt=\"Adj. Prof. Alanna Geary, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/alanna-geary-2023-p-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/alanna-geary-2023-p.jpg 200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 200\/300;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adj. Prof. Alanna Geary, Acting Executive Director<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>I started yesterday as Acting Executive Director of Caboolture Hospital, Kilcoy Hospital and Woodford Corrections Health while recruitment for a new Executive Director is underway.<\/h4>\n<p>I have always enjoyed coming to Caboolture Hospital, so it\u2019s great to get to know you better and be more involved. I&#8217;m doing my best to get around the directorate and touch base with staff to learn more about the great work you\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n<p>As many of you know, I am a nurse and midwife by background and normally hold the role of Metro North\u2019s Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer. I am always proud of what I do and what the 9500 nurses and midwives across Metro North do whom I work alongside and provide professional oversight for.<\/p>\n<p>I am so grateful for the other health professionals that I work with and acknowledge the unique perspective that each and every discipline brings to the table.\u00a0 I very much believe in team work and acknowledging the unique contribution that each and every one of us brings to the table.<\/p>\n<p>We have a lot to get done together. The Caboolture Satellite Hospital opens next month. The multi-storey car park and the new clinical building at Caboolture Hospital are also nearing completion and will come online over the next few months.<\/p>\n<p>I feel very fortunate to be offered the opportunity to work alongside you for the next few months while we open these exciting new facilities.<\/p>\n<p>People have asked me why come to CKW to be acting Executive Director when I already hold a senior role in Metro North. The answer is fairly simple.\u00a0Sometimes walking in someone else\u2019s shoes gives you a very different perspective and actually assists you to do your role better.<\/p>\n<p>While my role of Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer brings me to CKW regularly, I have never actually worked here. Therefore, this is a wonderful opportunity to understand the machinations of this amazing facility and get to know you all a bit better.<\/p>\n<p>If you see me around, please stop and stay hello.<\/p>\n<p>Your hard work and dedication to the Metro North values continues to improve the health of the Caboolture and Kilcoy communities. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>Kind regards,<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:15px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><strong>Alanna.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:50px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started yesterday as Acting Executive Director of Caboolture Hospital, Kilcoy Hospital and Woodford Corrections Health while recruitment for a new Executive Director is underway. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":12547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[160,196],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facility-messages","category-ed-ckw"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Message from the Acting Executive Director - Staff Extranet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Message from the Acting Executive Director - Staff Extranet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I started yesterday as Acting Executive Director of Caboolture Hospital, Kilcoy Hospital and Woodford Corrections Health while recruitment for a new Executive Director is underway.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/facility-messages\/ed-ckw-20230704\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Staff Extranet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-03T23:24:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-07T05:06:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/alanna-geary-2023-p.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"nealeian\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/facility-messages\/ed-ckw-20230704\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/facility-messages\/ed-ckw-20230704\",\"name\":\"Message from the Acting Executive Director - Staff Extranet\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/facility-messages\/ed-ckw-20230704#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/facility-messages\/ed-ckw-20230704#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/alanna-geary-2023-p.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-03T23:24:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-07T05:06:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/#\/schema\/person\/724a09d5ca3dcb195fea4b9f1e29d77c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/facility-messages\/ed-ckw-20230704#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/facility-messages\/ed-ckw-20230704\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/facility-messages\/ed-ckw-20230704#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/alanna-geary-2023-p.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/alanna-geary-2023-p.jpg\",\"width\":200,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Adj. 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