{"id":8917,"date":"2022-01-21T16:54:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T06:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=4284"},"modified":"2022-01-21T16:54:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T06:54:07","slug":"ed-tpch-20220121","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/facility-messages\/ed-tpch-20220121","title":{"rendered":"Message from TPCH Executive Director"},"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-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"31 August 2020\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/01\/tpch-banner.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-3991 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/span><\/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><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div id=\"attachment_4086\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4086\" class=\"wp-image-4086 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/01\/photinos-tami-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tami Photinos\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 200\/300;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tami Photinos, Executive Director The Prince Charles Hospital<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Thank you to everyone for your continued efforts and hard work in supporting our current <a href=\"https:\/\/comms.health.qld.gov.au\/ch\/92002\/62j9x\/2578\/NwgpjsE7LU.nOZatA3VVYh2810FWd8QroxRQAarY.pdf\">Tier 4<\/a> COVID-19 response. It has certainly been another huge week and everyone has stepped up again to ensure we can meet the demands on our services. So well done!<\/h4>\n<p>A few updates today:<\/p>\n<h2>COVID-19 Patient Transport Service<\/h2>\n<p>Today, TPCH commenced a COVID-19 Patient Transport Service. This Service will be utilised to transport COVID-19 positive but clinically well patients from wards to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Isolation in private homes\/residence<\/li>\n<li>Isolation in hotels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Service will operate from 6am to 10pm daily, and can be booked via the Duty Nurse Manager. Outside\u00a0 of these hours, alternative transport arrangements will be available and areas will be advised of these.<\/p>\n<p>The commencement of this Service will help create additional bed capacity at TPCH and improve patient flow.<\/p>\n<h2>Fit Testing<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Priority staff<\/strong> &#8211; TPCH Fit Testers are continuing to work though high priority staff which are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>new starters and staff who have not been fit tested<\/li>\n<li>staff entering clinical areas<\/li>\n<li>staff who have been fit tested to a single mask that may be in short supply.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please wear the mask you have been fit tested for, and if that mask is not available, please escalate to your line manager.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hours of operation<\/strong> &#8211; To support as many TPCH staff as possible to get fit tested, TPCH\u2019s fit testing service will run:<br \/>\nMonday to Friday &#8211; 7.45am to 8pm (booking service)<br \/>\nSaturday and Sunday \u2013 7.45am to 4pm (walk-in service at Education Centre, Room 13)<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to book your fit test<\/strong> &#8211; Staff can continue to use the online booking if they are not identified as priority as per the above criteria. Staff who meet the above criteria are advised to discuss with their line manager, who will then email their details to <a href=\"mailto:Bradley.Maunder@health.qld.gov.au\">Bradley.Maunder@health.qld.gov.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Details should include: employee name, availability and contact details so a convenient time can be coordinated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Fit Testers needed<\/strong> \u2013 Staff interested in becoming a fit tester should email <a href=\"mailto:Darren.Stead@health.qld.gov.au\">Darren.Stead@health.qld.gov.au<\/a>. Clinical and non-clinical staff are invited to express their interest.<\/p>\n<p>For any queries about fit testing, please email: <a href=\"mailto:Bradley.Maunder@health.qld.gov.au\">Bradley.Maunder@health.qld.gov.au<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Returning COVID-19 impacted staff to work<\/h2>\n<p>We still have a large number of TPCH staff who are furloughed due to being COVID-19 positive or a close contact. To allow us to support these impacted staff to return to the workplace in the required timeframes, we ask that staff and\/or line managers email the <u>name and contact number<\/u> of the relevant staff member\/s to: <a href=\"mailto:TPCHContactTracing@health.qld.gov.au\">TPCHContactTracing@health.qld.gov.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Important points:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Staff should wait to be contacted by TPCH\u2019s Contact Tracing Team to receive formal advice on their return to work.<\/li>\n<li>If a staff member is a close contact and is asymptomatic, they must escalate their request to return to work through their line manager, who will then escalate to TPCH\u2019s Incident Controller for approval. Staff must not return to the workplace until approval from the Incident Controller has been granted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>My quote for today<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe most effective way to do it, is to do it\u201d \u2013 <em>Amelia Earhart<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Keep up the great work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tami Photinos<br \/>\n<\/strong>Executive Director<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you to everyone for your continued efforts and hard work in supporting our current Tier 4 COVID-19 response. It has certainly been another huge week and everyone has stepped up again to ensure we can meet the demands on our services. 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