Special recognition for our oral health staff
Forty years of service is a major achievement and congratulations to Juliana Theunissen and Darren Woodward for reaching this significant milestone.
The Metro North Oral Health Service (MNOHS) held a very special celebration recently to acknowledge the work of a large group of dental care workers who combined have delivered more than 700 years of patient care.
Just over forty staff, including nurses, dentists, oral health therapists, dental therapists, dental prosthetists, dental technicians and assistants, and operational and administrative staff were among those recognised at this year’s MNOHS Length of Service Awards.
COH Acting Executive Director Jayne Stevenson said the event was for staff who had reached a service milestone of five years or above.
“Some of our best known and most respected oral health staff were among those recognised this year,” she said.
“The list of award recipients also reflects the range of work and careers that people perform across our school, mobile and community clinics and services each day.
“The Length of Service Awards included seven staff members who were celebrating a very important milestone – 30, 35 or 40 years of service to the community.
A special presentation was held recently to acknowledge the length of service of Metro North Oral Health service staff.
“Recognising the contribution of all staff across the service is critical to the positive culture and services we deliver to children, adolescents and adults.”
Jayne said MNOHS staff were eligible for recognition in the awards after serving a qualifying period of five years at Metro North Health across Brisbane North and Moreton Bay.
The Length of Service ceremony was held at MNOHS Staff Development Day recently, and also included Staff Excellence Awards.
“From all of us at Community and Oral Health, I commend our staff on their combined efforts in improving health services across our service,” Jayne said.
MNOHS offers free oral health care for tens of thousands of eligible children and adults each year at our general practice dental clinics across north Brisbane and Moreton Bay.
The service includes the Child and Adolescent Oral Health Service which also provides general and emergency dental care for eligible children at the Children’s Hospital.
We also support corrective dental care for children with cleft palate conditions, treatment for trauma and other conditions requiring a highly specialised oral health team, as well as general dental check-ups for adults, adolescents and children.
In addition, there have been more than 1,300 oral health appointments since August 2023 across new oral health clinics at the satellite hospitals at Caboolture and Kallangur.
Congratulations to all of our oral health staff who have reached a length of service milestone in 2024.