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A ‘deep dive’ with the RBWH hyperbaric medicine team
RBWH’s Hyperbaric Medicine Service team recently performed their 50,000th treatment, as part of helping patients recover from much more than just the bends!
Think twice before turning to Dr AI
Metro North Chief Digital Health Officer Dr Jason Brown weighs in on risks and benefits of using Dr AI.
TPCH Clinical Trials Centre opens with pioneering pulmonary fibrosis research
New state-of-the-art clinical trial facility opens its doors at The Prince Charles Hospital to provide greater care for patients.
Therapeutic meal ordering improves patient’s meal choices with a side of speech therapy
A new interprofessional clinical assistant role is providing therapeutic meal ordering for patients at STARS with difficulties with communication.
Events
Allied Health Research Symposium
Date: 17 February 2026
Time: 8:00am-4:00pm
Venue: Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Education Centre, Herston, Queensland, 4029
Metro North Health and Metro South Health are pleased to invite you to its second Allied Health Research Symposium.
Advanced Life Support - Level 2
Date: 19 – 20 February 2026
Time: TBC
Venue: The Prince Charles Hospital
2-day course focusing on developing advanced skills in managing the deteriorating patient and cardiac arrest
Advanced Life Support - Level 1 Course
Date: 11 March 2026
Time: TBC
Venue: The Prince Charles Hospital
Level 1 courses are for those clinicians who want general competence in airway management and basic life support for a deteriorating patient and cardiac arrest. Suitable if you normally are part of team rather than the lead.
Masks are an important defence against respiratory illness and protection from dust and other airborne hazards.Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Cnr Butterfield St and
Bowen Bridge Rd
HERSTON QLD 4029
Phone: (07) 3646 8111
Feedback about your care
RBWH-PLS@health.qld.gov.au
Phone: (07) 3646 8216
/ MetroNorthHHS
Another month, another 11,000 prescriptions being dispensed throughout the RBWH this week! 😮
But the team do have two secret weapons to help them. Pharmacy Intern Jaimie explains how dispensing robots help our Pharmacy department get the right meds to the patients in a timely manner!💊🦾
Loved working for the RBWH hospital. So much experience in one place. Never found it anywhere else. Best place to learn.
Stop drugging people. Start looking at mechanical pathologies over lousy symptoms grouping, vague diagnosis like "IBS", "ADHD", "Autism" shouldn't even exist. You drug children for ailments solvable by other routes.
Nurse Lysa has been bringing love and positivity to cancer care patients and her colleagues at RBWH for nearly 30 years! 💖
It’s a role that requires someone special, recording over 89,000 cancer care visits annually – a challenge Lysa is always up for.
“It’s a special and unique team that look after you from the beginning of your journey to the end. From referrals to day therapy to recovery and transitioning back into the community, we are there to support patients for the entirety of their journey,” she said.
Great job sister 🥰
Awesome!🌻❤️🌻
That awesome 🫶❤️
Love this!
Aww that’s my amazing gal pal ! She is such a wonderful person and a caring kind lovely nurse I worked for Cancer care services at the RBWH for almost 15 years and what a privilege to work there amongst such special nurses like Lisa ❤️ plus the other many services offered to make the department run smoothly , as this reel shows 🥰
Congratulations 🙌 Great achievement 💐
Well done Lisa great achievement 👏👏
Fabulous Lisa. An Inspiration to us all. 👏❤️
Well done Lisa 👏👏👏
Go Damo 👍
Congratulations Lis! Such a wonderful achievement xx
You’re a star Lisa!
Well done 👍😁 an a big thanks to Ingrid Sharon an the team at oncology at Redcliffe hospital 🏥
Go Lisa!!!!!
Lovely to see your great work acknowledged Lisa 💐
Lovely Lisa and hi Maddy
Nice one Lisa.
The north side is definitely less prejudice when it comes to nursing care.
Evelyn Pollard
Being a member of the 'Royal Pharmily' brings responsibility and rewards, and pharmacy intern Jaimie knows there's room for more great people to join the team. 👑💊
Currently working in dispensing, Jaimie can attest to the valuable work at RBWH, encouraging others considering a career in pharmacy to join her at the upcoming recruitment expo next week.
"This is a fast paced, but very rewarding space," Jaimie shares.
"The RBWH team is tight knit, achieving great results in a super supportive environment."
RBWH Pharmacy is hosting a recruitment expo on Tuesday 10 February, from 5:30pm, to showcase possible careers within the team. Experienced pharmacists looking at specialising in a particular area and less experienced pharmacists looking for a place to build their skills in a supportive environment are encouraged to come along!
Additionally, check the link in comments for details about the current vacancies via Smart Jobs. 👇
Would this recruitment expo be of any benefit for students in high school that are considering a career in Pharmacy?
Already the face of RBWH Pharmacy 😉 We’re proud of you Jaimie #QUT
Well done Jamie
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⬇️Recruitment Expo details
Patting our beloved pets should be an enjoyable experience - but for some stroke patients, they may experience unusual and impaired touch sensations, that can make a cuddle with your cat feel like concrete. 😕
Luckily our STARS team like Occupational Therapist Eloise are here to help, with SENSe therapy (Study of the Effectiveness of Neurorehabilitation on Sensation) assisting patients with sensory impairments.
“After a stroke, people don’t always know where their hands are in the space around them," shares Eloise.
"This can lead to being at risk of ending back up in the ED and impacts the overall quality of their life.
“SENSe therapy retrains how your brain is interpreting the feeling and the environment around the patient, affecting the nerve signals that are going to the brain.” 🧠
The new assessment and treatment kit has been introduced to aid in sensation recovery, thanks to funding from the RBWH Foundation
Amazing people 😀😀😀
Amazing !!
That is ridiculously awesome 🙌
Steven Dill
Omg superstar!!
The year was 1985 - the TV series 'Neighbours' had just launched, Simple Minds' 'Don't You Forget About Me' was sweeping the charts, and nurse Lorraine had just moved into the nursing quarters at RBWH to start her career.
That was 40 years ago now, having shaped many positive changes in that time including in clinical roles and safety and quality.
Lorraine spent 36 of those 40 years at TPCH, largely focussed on patient improvements.
"Having a ‘bird’s-eye view’ of patient care across the organisation allows us to transform information into meaningful action, ensuring lessons are learned and improvements are made to support safer care for every patient," Lorraine said.
"Reflecting on the past 40 years, I feel incredibly privileged to have been part of so many patients’ journeys and to have worked alongside such dedicated healthcare professionals."
👏 💐 Thank you for your 40 years of service Lorraine!
You’re amazing Lorraine!
Brilliant you girlfriend. So proud I could work with you xx
Congratulations!
Lorraine is the absolute GOAT, congratulations on 40 years! ❤️
Congratulations Lorraine, thank you for being my role model, my first NUM and showing me how things should be done. It’s been a pleasure! 👏🏼🥂
So proud of you Mum!
Love this Lorraine…congratulations! 😘
Incredible 40 years of service! It has been an honour to have worked with you. Congratulations on this milestone x
Wowzers!!! Congratulations Lorraine Adams. Always cool, calm and (mostly) collected!! 😉😂 Thanks for being a great mentor and lots of fun xx
Congratulations Lorraine! Loved you from our very first shift! Such a brilliant clinician, and a wonderful teacher. Think of the many thousands of people over 40 years that have suffered less, felt heard and supported, and laughed more often all because of you. What an extraordinary legacy.
Legend
Congratulations! An incredible milestone. 🎉❤️
Congratulations Lorraine, well done!!!
well done sis, very proud of you!
So good Lorraine! You are a big inspiration to me!
Congratulations . I see from above comments all the respect and high esteem your fellow staff held you in. Well done.
Well done Lorraine 😊
Congratulations Lorraine Adams - wow 40 years gone in the blink of an eye too I bet! Well done 👏🏻🩷
Congratulations Lorraine! Such a pleasure working with your in the early 2000’s on Ward 1D!
Incredible! Congratulations Lorraine 🩷
Congratulations Lorraine!!!! Huge achievement!!!
Thank you Lorraine! ❤️I can’t believe no one’s mentioned your singing!! You can’t leave just yet!
Congratulations Lorraine! TPCH is very lucky to have you. Thank you for all your knowledge and support 💐🤗
Congratulations Lorraine on 40 years- so lovely to see so many people celebrating you 💕
You are a super hero all the best
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