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Caring Together Update
Staff News
Caring Together Update
September 2022
June 2022
Message from the Acting Executive Director
We are growing bigger and expanding. Who is moving to a new place soon?CHRP regular update
Let the countdown begin – it’s just 11 months until forecast construction completion.Strengthening culture for our First Nations people
The Caboolture Hospital Redevelopment Project (CHRP) is just one way that Metro North Health is helping to close the gap of health inequities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...Celebrating 10 years and four births together!
Most women never forget the day they give birth to a new baby, but Rebekah White has a more dramatic recollection than most from the arrival of her second child, ...Inaugural appeal focusing on children’s ward
The Common Good (an initiative of The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation) has launched its first fundraising appeal at Caboolture Hospital, focusing its efforts on the children’s ward to provide both ...Caboolture Hospital helps Lyn quit!
Caboolture is known for having some of the highest rates of smokers in the Metro North community, but a team of Caboolture Hospital staff and consumers are committed to turning ...Do you know how to recognise, respond, refer?
The health system is often a first point of contact for people who have experienced domestic and family violence (DFV) but do you know how to recognise, respond and refer ...‘Walk a mile in my thongs’ continues to take off!
Three years on and the ‘Walk a mile in my thongs’ initiative is still going strong in its aim to collect and distribute new thongs to the people who need ...Navigating patients through their health journey
Caboolture Hospital’s team of nurse navigators are using community partnerships to make a world of difference for patient’s navigating the public health system.Our new team is always ‘REDy’ to go!
Social worker Jeanne Tedge and her team of allied health professionals are always ‘REDy’ to go, even on the weekends!Helping the wellbeing of pregnant women and new mums
Around three million Australians experience post-traumatic stress disorder at some stage in their lifetime.News in brief
More news from Caboolture and Kilcoy Hospitals and Woodford Corrections Health Service.
May 2022
Message from the Executive Director
Metro North Health is committed to providing equity of access to high quality health care services and building relationships based on inclusion with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and ...Metro North Health launches Health Equity Starts with Me campaign
Metro North Health has unveiled a bold new campaign – Health Equity Starts with Me – to drive health equity and eliminate institutional racism across the health service.Longreach the right prescription for Belinda
Caboolture Hospital Pharmacy Director Tim Dunn received a mayday call from friends at Central West HHS on Friday 1 April, flagging a critical shortfall in their pharmacy workforce due to ...New website built by young mothers for young mothers
The Caboolture Young Mothers for Young Women (CYMYW) program recently launched a new website to ensure young women are in control of their pregnancy.CHRP regular update
Metro North Board Chair Jim McGowan AM and State Member for Morayfield Mark Ryan MP joined the Caboolture Hospital Redevelopment Team in April for a site tour of the ...Upcoming changes to the Wellness Centre
The Caboolture Hospital kitchen refurbishment project is now well underway and making good progress.Kilcoy Hospital Auxiliary fete returns!
It’s on! The Kilcoy Hospital Auxiliary Fete will make a welcome return to the events calendar next month, promising to be bigger and better than previous years.RIPE program embeds strong research culture
The Research in Practice (RIPE) program was developed to address a gap in research skills and experience among the prevocational doctor workforce at Caboolture Hospital.Study makes positive difference in the workplace
Caboolture Hospital’s Senior Health Information Manager Leonie Beakey is using knowledge gained through study to make a positive difference in the workplace.Virtual reality helping young patients
It’s amazing how much good a jar of pasta sauce can do to help sick kids!News in brief
More news from Caboolture and Kilcoy Hospitals and Woodford Corrections Health Service.
March 2022
Message from the Executive Director
The CKW Directorate is full of wonderful people who share a strong commitment to care for patients and improve the health of our community.Caboolture Hospital Redevelopment Project update
Construction activities on the up and up: Clinical services building Level 4 concrete pours underway.Ready, set, move!
Planning is underway to move to the new Clinical Services building.Now the garden isn’t the only thing that’s green!
It’s been said that working outdoors keeps you fit and in a much healthier, clearer state of mind.Celebrating 25 years of chaplaincy at Caboolture Hospital
Caboolture Hospital chapel is celebrating 25 years of service to the hospital community.Community craft donation improves women’s health
Women having breast surgery at Caboolture Hospital are benefitting from the kindness of local crafters.Have Your Say – You said, we are doing….
More than 50 per cent of CKW staff completed the Have Your Say survey in 2021. Teams have been busy working on their action plans and it’s great to see ...Charging stations now on the RADAR at Caboolture Hospital
Caboolture Hospital now has two charging stations to cater for the increasing number of electric vehicles in the Metro North Health car fleet.Sundae sales help our Eat Walk Engage patients
With the Brisbane Ekka cancelled for a second year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Caboolture Sports Club Group stepped up and became a regional re-seller of The Common Good’s ...More than 12,000 people catch a lift with the Red Rocket!
Since its maiden voyage almost ten months ago, Caboolture Hospital’s Red Rocket has helped transport almost 12,000 patients and visitors safely around campus.What to do if you see someone smoking
Smoking is banned at public and private hospitals, schools, aged care homes, public health facilities and within five metres of their boundaries? This includes e-cigarettes and vaping, and in cars ...News in brief
More news from Caboolture and Kilcoy Hospitals and Woodford Corrections Health Service
Previous years
December 2021
Refresh your OVP training
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 ...News in brief
More news from Caboolture and Kilcoy Hospitals and Woodford Corrections Health ServiceMessage from the Executive Director
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 ...Caboolture Hospital Redevelopment Update
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 ...Shining star Aimee Brooks lights up at awards night
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.Staff excellence in the spotlight!
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 ...Community hub delivers more than 32,000 vaccinations
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?Vaccination team protects Kilcoy meatworkers
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 ...Meet our Chaplain, Audrey
At Caboolture Hospital, we value our volunteers enormously and we are incredibly grateful to have Audrey Choo as part of the volunteering team.Little fighter Isabella celebrates first birthday
Isabella, born prematurely as an emergency c-section at Caboolture Hospital, was an unexpected early arrival for first-time parents Lisa and Ken Heffernan.New guidelines for managing adult eating disorders set to save lives
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.Portrait donations brighten up the walls
The walls of the Caboolture Hospital’s maternity ward have recently been transformed through the generosity of local creative and photographer, Kaylah Josephine.Congratulations, Caitlin!
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.Our ICU research captures world attention
Congratulations to Caboolture Hospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Staff Specialist Dr Mahesh Ramanan, who was recently published in the Intensive Care Medicine journal.Inaugural Research Symposium a great success
The inaugural CKW Research Symposium held recently was a great success.Way to Go portal goes live!
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.Frocking up for a good cause
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!Thanks for the donation for our young patients!
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 ...
September 2021
Message from the Acting Executive Director
I want to take this moment to thank our Caboolture community for your ongoing commitment to our patients. It has been a very busy time of late for many reasons ...Operational Commissioning underway
The Caboolture Hospital Redevelopment (CHR) continues to take shape, with both the construction and Operational Commissioning activities tracking well.Deadly Start Trainee wins Student of the Year prize
Congratulations to Caboolture Hospital Deadly Start Trainee Maddy Wiggs who won the Queensland Training Awards 2021 North Coast region award for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year ...Bev driving sustainability message
Metro North recently became the proud owner of Queensland Health’s first battery electric vehicle. Fondly known as ‘Bev’, it is the first of eight electric vehicles (EV) that Metro North ...Vaccinations made easy
A new vaccination hub at Caboolture Square Shopping Centre is making it much easier for the Moreton Bay community to be protected against COVID-19.Running with a cause
Meet Redcliffe-Caboolture Mental Health senior social worker Michelle, who’s running a half marathon almost every fortnight to raise awareness and funds for those sleeping rough.Tim is building our future
If you haven’t already crossed paths with Tim, we’re proud to introduce him! Tim’s been working as Caboolture Hospital’s project manager for more than 10 years.Small recycling makes big difference to marine life
Have you seen the containers around Caboolture Hospital to recycle small plastic items such as bread tags and plastic lids?Red Rocket takes off at Caboolture Hospital
Forget Jeff Bezos’s space trip, we have our very own lift off! If you’ve been at Caboolture Hospital lately you might’ve spotted the brand-new Red Rocket blast past you ferrying ...Research focusing on critically ill patients
Congratulations to several Caboolture Hospital researchers who presented at the fourth annual Queensland Critical Care Research Network (QCCRN) Annual Scientific Meeting.Kilcoy Wellness Centre reduces travel time
The Somerset Regional Council has opened its first Wellness Centre on the grounds of the Kilcoy Hospital, aimed at providing residents with a range of services they need closer to ...Chair donation bringing comfort for patients
Our thanks to the Kilcoy Hospital Auxiliary which generously donated six deluxe chairs for patients recently.News in brief
More news from Caboolture and Kilcoy Hospitals and Woodford Corrections Health Service
July 2021
Executive Director message
Welcome to another edition of the Caring Together newsletter. It’s a great way for everyone to see what’s been happening across our three facilities in the past month.One step closer towards Closing The Gap
A dedicated Indigenous Hospital Liaison Officer (IHLO) in the Emergency Department (ED) is another way that Caboolture Hospital is working towards Closing The Gap.Doctor uses experience to inform patient care
Melbourne expat Jack Cooper is one of 17 new medical interns who has launched his career as a doctor at Caboolture Hospital this year, moving to the Sunshine State from ...Celebrating friendship… 27 years of it!
Many of us make great friends at work, but it’s hard to beat the lifelong friendship of Diane Gillan and Michelle Kilah at Caboolture Hospital! They started working together in ...My Mt Isa experience
Caboolture Hospital Eat Walk Engage Coordinator Emily Harvey helped the physiotherapy team at Mt Isa Base Hospital recently.Thanks to the Caboolture Crazy Quilters
For the Caboolture Crazy Quilters, it’s not just the camaraderie that brings them together but a shared passion for quilting and making a difference to those in need.Dignity Vending Machine for Caboolture Hospital
Caboolture Hospital is now assisting women and girls dealing with period poverty with a new Dignity Vending Machine, thanks to Share the Dignity.Latest CHRP news
Construction is on schedule and planning now underway for Operational Commissioning.
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ENCORE trial empowering nurses; Mental Health Short Stay Unit taking shape; Deadly start: Host a student; Community scores follow up indigenous touch football tournament; Get ready for the discharge lounge; Getting to the bottom of bowel preparation; Event focuses on lower limb wound care. - February (PDF 2164 kB)
A sign of good patient care; A line from Lance; Welcoming our medical interns; Our new interim ED is great!; New Indigenous Health Liaison Officer; Let’s blitz IT problems at Caboolture Hospital; Farewell Eileen; Wi-Fi now available at Kilcoy Hospital.
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Robert Thompson loves to cycle. He has been a regular rider for many years and enjoyed the fitness and good health it brings. - November (PDF 3542 kB)
Caboolture Hospital’s redevelopment is a step closer with the completion of the design optimisation process. - October (PDF 2095 kB)
Kilcoy nurses will be some of the first in the world to have constant, real-time data on their patients’ vital signs, after the hospital became the first in the world to introduce facility-wide, remote wireless vital signs monitoring (WVSM) - September (PDF 1457 kB)
The first stage of Caboolture Hospital’s Emergency Department interim expansion is now open – and it’s impressive! It increases ED capacity by more than 60 per cent. - August (PDF 1293 kB)
Several key infrastructure projects are enhancing patient care at Caboolture Hospital. - July (PDF 1414 kB)
Features: Our New Riverside office is now open, plus A line from Lance. NAIDOC Family Fun Day to showcase culture and community and Support continues with TV donations - June (PDF 7619 kB)
Features: A new start for Delish also A line from Lance. Staff Excellence Awards nominations are closing soon and don’t forget to have your say to win! Having fun with our nurses and midwives and Lots of fun at Kilcoy Fete! A helping hand to explore the NDIS also Demystifying research workshop - May (PDF 1106 kB)
Features: The Sterilisation upgrade is now complete. School based trainees hard at work at Caboolture and Kilcoy hospitals. Also leading the way for Breech Births. - April (PDF 3036 kB) –
Features: Upgrading our renal care and Visiting pharmacist helps renal clinic patients. Also celebrated our multiculturalism and had great success with Mandatory march our biggest yet with 1155 staff completing 4622 courses – that’s a 10 per cent increase on last year! - March – (PDF 948 kB) –
Features: Helping Metro North Close The Gap and It’s In Our Hands – A new campaign to improve the hand hygiene compliance of medical officers will start next month. Also an event to Help Plan Health Care Wishes in Advance. - February – (PDF 2189 kB) –
Features: Our Australia Day award winner. Also We Heard You – The annual Working for Queensland survey is part of an ongoing conversation on how we can improve things in Caboolture, Kilcoy and Woodford and across Metro North. We welcome 17 medical interns who recently started their medical career at Caboolture Hospital.
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Caring Together in Action – Staff updates
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Building a Better Hospital updates
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Caring Together in Action – Staff updates
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