{"id":8560,"date":"2021-03-29T14:10:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T04:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=2610"},"modified":"2021-03-29T14:10:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T04:10:12","slug":"coh-news-in-brief-mar-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/newsletters\/coh-express\/coh-news-in-brief-mar-2021","title":{"rendered":"News in brief"},"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\"><h2>A number of warm welcomes<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Welcome to Dr Mario de Silva who joins us as our new Director of Operations, Oral Health Services. Dr de Silva joined us from Metro South\u2019s Community and Oral Health Service, where he held a series of senior and leadership positions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mario has also worked clinically at The Prince Charles Hospital, the Royal Brisbane and Women\u2019s Hospital, and several regional Queensland hospitals and holds qualifications across dentistry, medicine and public health.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, we welcomed Michelle Stute as our new Senior Director Clinical Operations. Michelle&#8217;s background is in home visiting services, National Disability Insurance Scheme and the COVID-19 Vaccination Program.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:5px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:2px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h2>Closing the Gap<\/h2>\n<p><strong>There was a very inspirational Closing the Gap Day event at Brighton Health Campus recently.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Francis Nona, our guest speaker, opened up about the hardships he and his family faced, and the inspirational journey he is taking to ensure that all Australians are working together for a stronger and more inclusive future.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:5px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:2px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h2>Staff Expo comes to Brighton<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The Brighton Health Campus auditorium played host to Metro North\u2019s first Staff Expo of 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Around 80 clinicians and staff took advantage of the Expo, finding out more about everything from defence force opportunities to salary sacrificing and novated leasing options.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:5px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:2px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-fusion-400 wp-image-2672 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/09\/brighton-vaccination-clinic-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Brighton vaccination clinic\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/267;\" \/>Vaccination Clinic opens its doors<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The Brighton Vaccination Clinic opened it&#8217;s doors this month, with Horace Nona one of the first staff to get the guns out for a jab.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thank you to all of the staff behind the scenes who have contributed to getting the clinic up and running.<\/p>\n<p>It was in no way an easy undertaking, but our Community and Oral Health staff always come up trumps, and get the job done.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to all of our staff who have come together to run the clinic &#8211; clearly an awesome effort.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:5px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:2px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2671 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/09\/take-a-breather-winner-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Take a breather winner\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 200\/300;\" \/>Flashback \u2013 Take a Breather<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Each year, we host the Take a Breather competition, and hopefully in November this year we will get back to the bowling green.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But, let&#8217;s give a big round of applause to our 2020 winners \u2013 Pharmacy, who came up with the best COVID News front page.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry about the delay, but we made some modifications to the trophy and the communication guy took a break.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:2px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><h2>Leadership Essentials for Managers<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/qheps.health.qld.gov.au\/metronorth\/hr\/organisational-development\/developing-you\/leadership-essentials-for-managers\">Metro North&#8217;s Leadership Essentials for Managers<\/a> is a two-month program of training designed to improve and expand the skills Community and Oral health staff who are looking to enhance their leadership skills or build a solid foundation to be a future leader.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:5px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:2px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More news from Community and Oral 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