{"id":15586,"date":"2023-07-21T13:12:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T03:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/?p=15586"},"modified":"2024-03-19T11:36:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T01:36:46","slug":"ed-rbwh-20230721","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/facility-messages\/ed-rbwh-20230721","title":{"rendered":"Message from the Executive Director"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Louise Oriti, Executive Director<\/p><\/div>\n

Thank you for continuing to go above and beyond to ensure our community receives the care they require. Please know how appreciative I am of your work and commitment to RBWH.<\/h4>\n

Building a psychologically safe Executive team<\/h3>\n

Last Wednesday 12 July, the RBWH Executive Leadership team attended an offsite workshop focused on professional development and fostering high performance. There were a number of important takeaways from the workshop, however, creating psychologically safe teams stood out as a key focus. In this context, psychological safety is when all team members feel safe to speak up about their ideas, questions, concerns or mistakes without fear of being humiliated or punished for doing so. It was revealed that building psychological safety is harder than we think, but has a bigger impact on performance than we realise. The notion of developing good psychological safety can be applied to all teams throughout RBWH, and the Executive team look forward to implementing the skills learnt in the workshop to their Executive Leadership Meetings.<\/p>\n

Winter Warmer<\/h3>\n

I spent some time serving hot soup to RBWH staff at the Winter Warmer last Thursday. The Winter Warmer is a small token of appreciation from the RBWH Executive team to our staff, as we navigate this busy winter period. It was fantastic to see so many of you coming up to get your soup, and I enjoyed meeting many new faces.<\/p>\n

Making RBWH more inclusive<\/h3>\n

Last Friday, 14 July was International Non-Binary People\u2019s Day \u2013 a day to celebrate those who are non-binary and spread awareness of the rich diversity of gender. It is a day to educate the community about the importance of using a person\u2019s correct pronouns and other issues facing the non-binary community. At RBWH, myself and other members of the Executive team have been working with members of the non-binary community to make RBWH more inclusive, such as ensuring our bathroom facilities are suitable for non-binary people. Stay tuned for more information.<\/p>\n

Recognising and responding to acute deterioration<\/h3>\n

This week, I would like to focus on Standard Eight of the NSQHS standards.<\/p>\n

To help keep yourself and your patients safe, remember:<\/p>\n