2021 has thrown us its fair share of challenges, but the CKW Directorate has tackled every one of them. Through perseverance, we have found opportunities in every difficulty we have faced and now we can look back on our resilience and success and celebrate all that we have achieved.
Assistant Nursing Director Emergency Operation Centre Connie Gray worked closely with Kilcoy Global Foods management to set up several opportunities for staff at the large facility in Winya to be vaccinated with Pfizer.
Our shining star Aimee Brooks was officially recognised for her dedication to the Metro North values as part of the annual Staff Excellence Awards held earlier this month.
The 2021 Caring Together Staff Excellence Awards, proudly sponsored by QSuper, recognised staff excellence and achievement either individually, in teams, or through partnerships across all facilities, services and streams, and with community partners.
Did you know that the Caboolture Square Shopping Centre vaccination hub has delivered more than 32 000 vaccinations since it opened to the public in August?
Assistant Nursing Director Emergency Operation Centre Connie Gray worked closely with Kilcoy Global Foods management to set up several opportunities for staff at the large facility in Winya to be vaccinated with Pfizer.
At Caboolture Hospital, we value our volunteers enormously and we are incredibly grateful to have Audrey Choo as part of the volunteering team.
Caboolture Hospital’s new Occupational Violence Prevention (OVP) Officer, Hapafila Liu, is passionate about assisting staff to manage challenging behaviours in the workplace while ensuring patients can receive the care they need.
Isabella, born prematurely as an emergency c-section at Caboolture Hospital, was an unexpected early arrival for first-time parents Lisa and Ken Heffernan.
Caboolture Hospital Dietitian Stacey O’Donnell has led the charge on an adult eating disorder project to ensure patients who need specific or additional healthcare never slip through the cracks.
The walls of the Caboolture Hospital’s maternity ward have recently been transformed through the generosity of local creative and photographer, Kaylah Josephine.
Congratulations to Caboolture Hospital Occupational Therapist Caitlin Garamy, who received a Metro North Health Allied Health – Translating Research Into Practice (AH-TRIP) grant to research neurological rehabilitation.
Congratulations to Caboolture Hospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Staff Specialist Dr Mahesh Ramanan, who was recently published in the Intensive Care Medicine journal.
The inaugural CKW Research Symposium held recently was a great success.
The Metro North Health ‘Way to Go’ portal provides a central point of useful information to help prepare patients and visitors for their visit to Caboolture Hospital.
Caboolture Hospital Day Procedure Unit Nurse Unit Manager Graham Winbank’s mission to raise money and awareness by participating in Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation’s annual Frocktober campaign was an outstanding success!
The Richardson and Wrench Caboolture team recently donated toys to Caboolture Hospital Paediatrics Ward. The local real estate agency raises funds for a charity each month and recently hosted a toy drive for Caboolture Hospital’s Paediatrics Department.
More news from Caboolture and Kilcoy Hospitals and Woodford Corrections Health Service
New community service supports healthy ageing, hospital avoidance and early discharges. An enhanced community healthcare service will improve the care provided to the elderly, reduce hospital presentations and ensure faster patient discharges from hospital. Community and Oral Health Acting Nursing Director Vicky Sinclair said the Post-Acute Care Service (PACS) had introduced a geriatrician-led model of care that would enhance the care available to the elderly and support healthy ageing. “Demand for care that is accessible and convenient for our elderly patients in their home or in the community is increasing,” Vicky said.
It is very important that we spend some time acknowledging our nurses for their inspirational work caring for our most vulnerable during the COVID-19 response. International Nurses Day 2022 saw some great, award-winning nurses recognised and as an added bonus we reveal why they received awards!
The enhancement of our Post Acute Care Service is an important milestone for the directorate and reflective of the demand for accessible and compassionate care that supports the needs of our community. The introduction of a geriatrician-led model of care will enhance the care that Metro North Health delivers to the elderly and will support healthy ageing. This model of care wasn’t something that was implemented overnight and involved a lot of planning and behind the scenes work by many across our service.
Another year has come to a close and yet again we have seen our community staff rise and shine across our service pitching in with the COVID-19 response while delivering quality care to our residents and patients.
Words are not enough to express how Andrea, Suzanne and I feel about the amazing resilience, the team had showcased over the weekend, when the whole of South East was facing an extreme weather condition.
The busier our hospital gets, the more important it becomes for us all to remember to celebrate the good things, the small things, and the big things. They all matter, especially when we’re under pressure.
ICU refurbishment officially opened by Queensland’s Health Minister who joined our ICU clinicians to celebrate the refurbishment of our Intensive Care Unit.
Joel's Ride for Redcliffe has so far raised more than $10,000 toward a new research position at Redcliffe Hospital.
The Emergency Department’s winning display
More than 200 Redcliffe Hospital staff have been recognised in this year’s Length of Service Awards.
Acting Nursing Director for Access and Redesign, Darren Apps
Part of the new collection in the MBICC garden
Dear colleagues, Our Metro North fit testing program has exceeded 7400 tests, including Metro North staff and our frontline COVID-19 response colleagues such as Queensland Police Service. Thank you to our great Clinical Skills Development Service team who have been coordinating most of the fit testing. I’d like to [...]
Sometimes it seems like a day is a long time in health and we had a few of them in the last month, and expect more in the coming weeks. I am inspired by the Community and Oral Health team’s ability to take action when required, to take on something new, meet tight time frames and to maintain and increase the commitment to service delivery.
We are continuing to see increased activity across our facilities, including high emergency department presentations. We are implementing strategies to create capacity to manage increased demand. Thank you for your ongoing commitment to providing high quality care in line with Metro North’s values.
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community has access to an innovative new mobile oral health screening service.
This week Metro North became the proud owner of Queensland Health’s first battery electric vehicle (BEV). To mark the occasion we have wrapped the new car to promote the Green Metro North Sustainability Strategy.
A huge thank you for the tremendous service that you provide. Some of you may not actually appreciate what it means to a patient to have you attending to their needs daily. What you may consider a daily routine, is to me (and I am sure many others) a reminder of the good things in our community.
This week I had the pleasure of attending the state-wide launch of the Clinical Supervision Framework for Queensland Nurses and Midwives. I am so proud to be the sponsor of the Office of the Chief Nursing & Midwifery Officer (OCNMO) Queensland Health who funded a Clinical Supervision Project which was led by Metro North Mental Health Nurse Educators Kobie Hatch and Cathy Boyle. The project team conducted a state-wide consultation to produce this framework, and also developed a four-day education and training program to train nurses and midwives as clinical supervisors.
Community and Oral Health celebrated a very important National Volunteer Week with our cherished volunteers. Community Connections Officer Leanne Delaney said it was a very special occasion for the directorate as we haven’t been able to come together for a while due to COVID-19.
I have found throughout my career that emotional and physical wellbeing go hand-in-hand and we can better support our patients, colleagues and those we love when we are well and have a good balanced life. At Metro North we want to support you to be able to look after your entire wellbeing by making accessing gyms and facilities easy, convenient and affordable for you. Cue Fitness Passport.
Dear colleagues, Our Fit Testing staff continue to do an incredible job and cracked over 6000 tests this week. A great effort to all involved. We are in the thick of the end of the financial year with final budgets issues. We will be [...]
Hi Team Royal, I need to start with a huge thank you to everyone who took the opportunity to have their voice heard by completing the Have Your Say Survey.
The team in the RBWH ICU are often left wondering what happens to the patients they care for when they leave the ward. Were they able to fully recover and go back to the plans, hopes and dreams they had for their life? For this reason, it is all the more special when a patient returns to say thank you. Former RBWH patient Jacinta Smith did just that recently, visiting RBWH to bring a photo collage showing her journey in the ICU to where she is today, as well as a hamper of delicious treats for the staff who brought her back to life.
RBWH stole the show at the inaugural Metro North Nursing and Midwifery Awards. Each year, the Awards showcase and recognise the amazing work of our nurses and midwives across the HHS. The awards were announced in line with International Day of the Midwife (5 May) and International Nurses Day (12 May).
From 27 May to 3 June, Team Royal continued our commitment to closing the healthcare gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a range of activities for National Reconciliation Week. The week is celebrated annually across Australia, with these two significant dates honoring two momentous milestones in the journey of reconciliation - the successful 1967 Referendum and the High Court Mabo decision of 1992. RBWH Cultural Capability Officer Geoffrey Binge said that National Reconciliation Week is one of the many occasions that encourages us to forge positive and respectful relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Smoky, a tiny Yorkshire terrier and the world’s first ever therapy dog, has been immortalised with her statue opposite the Education Centre at RBWH, unveiled in 2012. Her handler and best friend, World War II Veteran Corporal William Wynne, sadly passed away on April 19 aged 99-years-old, 64 years after he lost Smoky. Read on to find out about Smokey and Corporal William Wynne’s incredible life together.
After more than a year of being locked down to visitors to keep patients safe from COVID-19, the RBWH Neonatology and Special Care Units have finally reopened to extended families. Siblings over the age of 16, grandparents, aunts and uncles are now invited back into the unit so they can meet their tiniest new family members and provide much-needed support to the parents. This meant that grandparents like Helen and Clive were finally able to visit their new grandson Charles during his stay in the unit while he grew strong enough to go home.
The countdown is on for Royal Giving Day, Wednesday June 23, the RBWH Foundation’s 24-hour fundraising appeal. The goal this year is to raise $500,000 specifically for RBWH medical and clinician-led research, staff training and education opportunities, and patient care initiatives. Royal Giving Day is shaping up to be even bigger and better than 2019 so if you have any family or friends with one or two hours to spare on Tuesday June 22 or Wednesday June 23, we would love their help!
It is with much sadness we advise Noel Muller, RBWH consumer representative, passed away on Tuesday evening after a long battle with cancer. Noel was one of the original consumer representatives appointed at the RBWH in 2012 and the longest serving consumer representative at RBWH. Noel was a smart, passionate, and effective advocate, and it was great to witness the impact he had on health services for our community and at the national level.
The Hyperbaric Medicine Service, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital turned 11 last month. The unit officially opened on 17 May 2010 and treated the first patient just seven days later. On 12 May 2021 the unit performed their 10,000th chamber compression, an exciting milestone for the team.
After 34 years working as part of Team Royal, Professor Michael Pender is farewelling his team to embark on retirement. In his work as a neurologist, Professor Pender helped establish the first Multiple Sclerosis clinic in Queensland, worked as a Clinical Fellow at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, and received multiple academic honours and awards for his research into Multiple Sclerosis.