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Caring together for 30 years
Caboolture Hospital – 30th Birthday wrap-up
1 November 2023Wow, what a month October was for Caboolture Hospital! We certainly turned 30 in style. Thank you to everyone who shared your stories as part of our ‘30 Stories for ...Norm Stevens, Patient Support Officer
30 October 2023
I was born in Atherton Tablelands and we moved around because my dad was a cane cutter. We spent a lot of time in Mossman as my mum is a ...Kathie Powter, Clinical Nurse Consultant for Heart Failure Service
29 October 2023
My nursing career started in 1979 at Parkes District Hospital in NSW. My hometown is famous for the movie ‘The Dish’ and the annual Elvis Presley birthday celebrations.Robyn Alexander and Emma Cooper
28 October 2023
Before starting at Caboolture Hospital, I worked in Private Practice Law as an Executive Assistant/Legal Secretary. When I commenced with Caboolture in 2020, I started as an Administration Officer in ...Robyn Alexander and Emma Cooper
27 October 2023After leaving school, I did my nursing training at the Royal Brisbane Hospital from 1978 to 1981. Then I did my midwifery training at Royal Women’s Hospital in 1983-84. I ...Caboolture Hospital Chapel
26 October 2023
The Caboolture Hospital Chapel started from a project led by Mr Martin Jonkers, a Caboolture man and member of the local Rotary Club. Mr Jonkers’ aim was that the Chapel ...Paul Bryden, Consumer Representative
25 October 2023
My wife Christine and I lived and worked in Canberra for many years. Christine was diagnosed with early onset dementia at 46 years old and over the years became a ...Marilyn Umney, Clinical Nurse Consultant (Gastroenterology)
24 October 2023
I have been nurturing a dream to become a nurse since I was seven. This journey kicked off when my mum took me to our local hospital and I, a ...Connie Gray, Assistant Nursing Director Ambulatory Care and Education
23 October 2023
I trained in-hospital at Ipswich Hospital in 1987, straight out of school. When I got my registration, I moved to Redcliffe and worked in the Paediatric Unit. Wanting to I ...Helen Edwards, Clinical Lead Gynaecology Physiotherapy Screening Clinic + Physiotherapy Pelvic Health Service
22 October 2023
I did my physiotherapy training in the UK and for the first few years I loved working in the respiratory area. However, after moving to Australia and returning to work ...Michelle Kilah, Clinical Nurse Paediatric Outpatients
21 October 2023
I completed my training at St Andrews Private Hospital in Brisbane in 1986. We were the final group of hospital-based trainees and the only hospital to still wear the good ...Desré Arnold, Advance Care Planning Facilitator
20 October 2023
I started in 3A when the hospital opened in 1993. There was a small estate starting to be built in what is now Central Lakes but the area between the ...Kay Bridges, Administration Officer Outpatient Services
19 October 2023
I started at Caboolture Hospital in 1994, about seven months after it opened. I was employed as the HBCIS Trainer which quickly evolved into becoming the HBCIS and software helpdesk ...Helen Corrie – Enrolled Nurse, Theatre
18 October 2023
My mother was a nurse and my sister became a midwife, so it was no surprise when I started working as an Assistant-in-Nursing at Selangor Private Hospital in Nambour in ...Ann Whalley – Coordinator, Learning and Development
17 October 2023
I started at Caboolture Hospital in January 2005 as a permanent AO2 admin reliever. I got put in everywhere and anywhere I was needed. It was crazy but a great ...Dr Thuy Frakking – A/Research Director Research Development Unit
16 October 2023
When you think of smaller hospitals like ours, research may not be the first thing that comes to mind. Within the CKW Research Development Unit (RDU), we aim to change ...Dr Tim McErlane, Intern
15 October 2023
I think everyone in my immediate family has worked or had some involvement with Caboolture Hospital. I was born at Caboolture Hospital in 1997. Mum worked here in CSSD and ...Caboolture Families: Kim, Gail and Sean Thomson
14 October 2023
Kim, Gail and Sean Thomson, another Caboolture Family, all work at Caboolture Hospital in different roles.Caboolture families: Kirsch and Kersha Jacobs
13 October 2023
We’re Kirsch and Kersha Jacobs. Yes! We have basically the same name – it’s the reason we met. We had a mutual friend who mentioned that she knew someone with ...Stella Bamaga, Indigenous Hospital Liaison Officer
12 October 2023
I am a proud Torres Strait Islander woman descendant from Saibai Island in the Torres Strait. I came from a little community known as BAMAGA in the Northern Peninsula Area ...Pat Andre – Intensive Care Unit
11 October 2023
I began my nursing career many moons ago at the Royal Brisbane Hospital. I left to have my family and then returned to complete my nursing degree.Rhemy Hinckesman Service Line Support Officer
10 October 2023
I started working at Caboolture Hospital in 2019 when I 16 years old as part of the school-based trainee program. Alongside my dream of making it into the National Rugby ...Graham Winbank – NUM Day Procedure Unit
9 October 2023
Eleven months of the year, you might know me as the NUM of the Day Procedure Unit at Caboolture Hospital. In October, you may recognise me as the six-foot bearded ...Janine O’Keefe, Nurse Manager – CHRP Emergency Department
8 October 2023
I interviewed in late 1993 and commenced employment in the Children’s Ward in 1994. I worked there for two years, then moved to the original Emergency Department with only 13 ...Dr Lindsay Cochrane – O&G Director
7 October 2023
I first came to Caboolture Hospital in 2000 as a senior registrar. I had heard that Dr Aldo Vacca, a renowned expert on vacuum birth was working in Caboolture, so ...Katrina Cook: Nurse Manager – Elective Surgery Coordinator
6 October 2023
I’ve been a nurse in Metro North Health for more than 15 years. I spent 11 years at Redcliffe Hospital before coming to Caboolture Hospital about four years ago. Between ...First Director of Nursing Jill Smith
5 October 2023
My nursing career began in September 1967 in the Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania. In 1993, I was working at Calvery Hospital Hobart as Assistant Director of Nursing – Management and ...Tash Willmett – A/NUM ICU
4 October 2023
Not many people can say they had their child and got married where they work, but I can. I was working at Caboolture Hospital Emergency Department back in November 2002 ...Children’s Nurse Unit Manager Michelle Hutch
3 October 2023
I started here in 1993, very soon after the hospital opened. It was scary. I was a newby and came here after doing one year at Redcliffe Hospital and one ...Our longest serving volunteer Lauren Lang
2 October 2023
My mum was the coordinator of the volunteer health care program at Caboolture Hospital with St John Ambulance and I used to help her out. Then I decided that I ...Original midwife Trudi Young
1 October 2023
I interviewed at the end of 1993 and started at Caboolture as the youngest midwife in the team in July 1994. The maternity ward opened in September 1994.
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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