{"id":71,"date":"2020-08-19T16:53:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T06:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=71"},"modified":"2021-10-26T14:57:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T04:57:07","slug":"spotlight-on-touchpoint-cleaners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/newsletters\/news-at-the-royal\/2020\/08\/spotlight-on-touchpoint-cleaners","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on: Touchpoint cleaners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>There\u2019s no doubt that over the past six months you would have seen our incredible touchpoint cleaning team around the hospital keeping everything sparkling clean and COVID-safe! Not only have they been playing a vital role in infection control, but they\u2019ve been doing so with a smile on their face and some friendly banter. We sat down with PSO and touchpoint cleaner Deb Connor to find out what she loves most about her job.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_72\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72\" class=\"wp-image-72 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/08\/touch-cleaning-p-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Deb Connor\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/08\/touch-cleaning-p-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/08\/touch-cleaning-p-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/08\/touch-cleaning-p-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/08\/touch-cleaning-p-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/08\/touch-cleaning-p.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-72\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RBWH touchpoint cleaner Deb Connor<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>What drew you to your role at RBWH?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My career to date has been varied, which I love. I\u2019ve worked as an advertising executive for Channel Nine, a teacher\u2019s aid and now here! I initially applied for the job because it provides me with work\/life balance so I can be there for my young family, but have continued in the role for the love of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What has it been like working in such a vital role during a global pandemic?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been so rewarding to be able to put my hand up and help out during a crisis. As a team, we all had a shared vision we were working towards which kept us motivated. I loved being able to continue to come to work during lockdown \u2013 it kept me distracted from what was happening across the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your favourite part about your job?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Definitely the people. From the day I walked through the door, my manager Gordon has shown me the ropes and been patient, kind and professional leader for the entire team. I also love being at the entrances providing hand sanitiser to staff entering and exiting the hospital. It\u2019s a nice opportunity for me to interact with people I see around a lot but haven\u2019t had a chance to talk to before.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our touchpoint cleaning team have been doing an incredible job keeping RBWH sparkling clean and COVID-safe! We sat down with PSO and touchpoint cleaner Deb Conner to find out what she loves most about her job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":73,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-71","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-at-the-royal","tag-rbwh"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2599,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions\/2599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}