{"id":20504,"date":"2024-05-03T12:43:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T02:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/?p=20504"},"modified":"2024-05-23T14:37:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T04:37:39","slug":"ed-ckw-20240503","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/facility-messages\/ed-ckw-20240503","title":{"rendered":"Message from the Executive Director"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Karlene

Karlene Willcocks, Executive Director<\/p><\/div>\n

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Happy Administrative Professionals Day, to all our absolutely amazing administration professionals that work with us across the CKW Directorate!<\/h4>\n

Today is a special day that recognises the invaluable contribution that our administrative professionals make every day as a key partner in the delivery of compassionate patient and family centered care.<\/p>\n

Our hospitals and health facilities could not run without administrative staff, they are the glue that keeps our system running and functioning.<\/p>\n

And, most importantly, they are most frequently the first point of contact with our health services for our patients, their families and our community partners. This first point of contact and subsequent ongoing port of call is what can make or break the experience of our patients.<\/p>\n

It is important therefore that we celebrate all of you who work with us and provide us and our community with amazing support and service.<\/p>\n

Today, to recognise our CKW Administrative Professionals Day, we will announce the CKW Administrative Professionals Day Awards. We received a very impressive 144 nominations this year, which goes to show just how much CKW appreciates our administration colleagues.<\/p>\n

Please enjoy the various events that have been organised today to celebrate your important role.<\/p>\n

Today, I want to profile four of our true administrative superheroes, just a very small group of the amazing a broad group of Healthcare Administrators we have working for us!<\/p>\n

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Hannah Wilshire<\/h3>\n

\"HannahHannah Wilshire my Executive Support Officer and if anyone is ever looking for me, she is the absolute magic that will make me appear.<\/p>\n

She makes my job possible, managing me and keeping me on track every day. Not only could I not do my job without her, it would simply be no fun at all.<\/p>\n

Hannah Wilshire\u2019s work experience at Queensland Health spans across many various administrative roles and all directorates in Metro North.<\/p>\n

\u201cI began with Queensland Health in 2007 as a temp in the Office of the Chief Health Officer, under Dr Jeanette Young, as a Communications and Correspondence Officer,\u201d Hannah said.<\/p>\n

Her previous administrative roles include:<\/p>\n