{"id":15965,"date":"2023-08-28T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T02:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/?p=15965"},"modified":"2023-08-28T13:59:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T03:59:27","slug":"staff-council-celebrates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/newsletters\/news-at-the-royal\/staff-council-celebrates","title":{"rendered":"RBWH Staff Council celebrates a decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 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\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div id=\"attachment_16018\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16018\" class=\"wp-image-16018 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/rbwh-staff-council-with-cake.jpg\" alt=\"RBWH Staff and Shadow Councils past and present members\" width=\"900\" height=\"348\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/rbwh-staff-council-with-cake-200x77.jpg 200w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/rbwh-staff-council-with-cake-266x103.jpg 266w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/rbwh-staff-council-with-cake-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/rbwh-staff-council-with-cake-400x155.jpg 400w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/rbwh-staff-council-with-cake-600x232.jpg 600w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/rbwh-staff-council-with-cake-768x297.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/rbwh-staff-council-with-cake-800x309.jpg 800w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/rbwh-staff-council-with-cake-1024x396.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/rbwh-staff-council-with-cake.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/348;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Past and present members of the RBWH Staff and Shadow Councils celebrated together on Friday 18 August.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>RBWH\u2019s Staff Council has just hit a 10-year milestone of advocating on behalf of staff.<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cWe are the conduit between staff and the Executive team,\u201d said Elizabeth Bennett, Chair of the RBWH Staff Council.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 10 years, staff wellbeing has meant a myriad of things and presently, the focus of the council is to include all voices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe council has continued to evolve since its first inception and now has a broad representation,\u201d Ms Bennett said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, two to three years ago it was called \u2018Clinical Council\u2019, since then we have changed the name to Staff\u00a0Council to encourage staff membership from both clinical and non-clinical streams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>RBWH Staff and Shadow Councils are an inclusive platform for all staff. The councils currently have representation from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, and staff who identify as LGBTIQ+, culturally or linguistically diverse, living with disability, and neuro diverse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur biggest achievement has been listening to staff and feeding back information,\u201d Ms Bennett said, \u201cwe are also reaching out as much as possible to RBWH staff at satellite locations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Creating greater involvement for all RBWH staff across different sites, and a sense inclusion for everyone, are among the councils\u2019 objectives for the future.<\/p>\n<p>The council has been celebrating their 10 years alongside staff with various initiatives of staff engagement.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday 18 August, past and present members of the councils gathered and reflected on their achievements over the past 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Expressions of Interest to join the RBWH are currently open until 31 August, email <a href=\"mailto:RBWH-CC-secretariat@health.qld.gov.au\">RBWH-CC-secretariat@health.qld.gov.au<\/a> for an application form or more information.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:50px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RBWH\u2019s Staff Council has just hit a 10-year milestone of advocating on behalf of staff. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":16017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-at-the-royal"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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