{"id":8810,"date":"2021-11-11T10:54:30","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T00:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=3558"},"modified":"2021-11-11T10:54:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T00:54:30","slug":"andrea-hudson-sixolisile-mpofu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/newsletters\/coh-express\/andrea-hudson-sixolisile-mpofu","title":{"rendered":"Embedding positive change in aged care \u2013 Andrea Hudson and Sixolisile Mpofu \u2013 Highly Commended\u202f"},"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_3518\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3518\" class=\"wp-image-3518 size-fusion-400 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/11\/sixi-photos-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Embedding positive change in aged care \u2013 Andrea Hudson and Sixolisile Mpofu \u2013 Highly Commended\u202f\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/267;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Congratulations to Andrea Hudson and Sixolisile Mpofu for their highly commended award in the leadership category of the Community and Oral Health Staff Excellence Awards for 2021. They are pictured with Melissa Dundon (left) and Glynis Schultz (second left).<\/p><\/div>\n<h4><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Both\u00a0residential aged care\u00a0n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">urse\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">u<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nit\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">m<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">anagers<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0have been demonstrated stronger leadership in a challenging environment. This has included being super responsive to COVID and ensuring all staff have been vaccinated.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Residential Aged Care Director Belinda Sawtell said not only has COVID been a focus,\u00a0both have\u00a0been responsive to the ever-charging landscape of aged care including leading the team to change practices in response to the Royal Commission.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\"The NUM role in\u00a0aged care is complex and never ending,\" she said.\u00a0\"Both have been able to maintain a strong team focus and work towards changing the culture within both facilities.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\"They have embedded positive changes that empower the team and are the driving focus in displaying the\u00a0values in actions.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\"They lead at the\u00a0bedside\u00a0and this has enhanced the resident experience at both facilities.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\"Due to the enhanced compliance requirements in aged care, both NUMs maintain effective safety and quaintly standards and are accreditation ready every day while maintaining focus and resilience.\"\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both residential aged care nurse unit managers have been demonstrated stronger leadership in a challenging environment. This has included being super responsive to COVID and ensuring all staff have been vaccinated.  <\/p>\n<p>Residential Aged Care Director Belinda Sawtell said not only has COVID been a focus, both have been responsive to the ever-charging landscape of aged care including leading the team to change practices in response to the Royal Commission.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":3518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coh-express"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Embedding positive change in aged care \u2013 Andrea Hudson and Sixolisile Mpofu \u2013 Highly Commended\u202f - 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=\"Embedding positive change in aged care \u2013 Andrea Hudson and Sixolisile Mpofu \u2013 Highly Commended\u202f - Staff Extranet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Both residential aged care nurse unit managers have been demonstrated stronger leadership in a challenging environment. 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