{"id":7692,"date":"2022-07-01T12:08:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T02:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=7692"},"modified":"2022-07-04T11:40:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T01:40:09","slug":"ed-coh-20220701","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/facility-messages\/2022\/07\/ed-coh-20220701","title":{"rendered":"Message from the Acting ED Community and Oral Health"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Community & Oral Health<\/p>\n

Directorate<\/p>\n

Staff Update<\/strong><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Thank you for your support as I acted in the Executive Director role over the past week. You will be pleased to know that Glynis Shultz will be back on Monday after a refreshing break.<\/h4>\n

Great news \u2013 Gannet House Accreditation<\/h2>\n

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission have completed their reaccreditation assessment of Gannet House, and they passed with flying colours\u00a0– with no recommendations required.<\/p>\n

The assessment team were very complimentary in their summation, articulating that it was clear that governance processes were well embedded.<\/p>\n

Consumers expressed to the assessors that they felt respected and loved by the staff. They found Gannet House to be a clean, safe, well-maintained environment and were impressed with the Infection Control processes with no COVID-19 outbreak in Gannet House.<\/p>\n

Well done to Belinda Sawtell\u00a0and all of the Gannet House team who have maintained accreditation readiness and ensured this wonderful outcome.<\/p>\n

Oral Health update<\/h2>\n

A big\u00a0thank you\u00a0to the CLAS team who have been able to issue a very large number of appointments and treatment vouchers this week in order to ensure our patients are provided with timely and appropriate care. Well done team!<\/p>\n

Additional movements<\/h2>\n

There will be a couple\u00a0of staff movements with Dr Craig Margetts\u00a0acting in the COH Director of Medical Services for the next two weeks.<\/p>\n

Michelle Stute has extended her leave and Dane Robinson will continue to backfill in her position.<\/p>\n

Our Acting Director of Allied Health\u00a0Ansuyah\u00a0Padayachee\u00a0is on leave until the 18\u00a0July and Katherine Schultz will be covering during this period.<\/p>\n

Places still available\u00a0–\u00a0Compassionate Lab presented by Mary Freer<\/h2>\n

I encourage as many staff as possible, especially our team leaders, clinical leads, managers and those interested, to nominate for a place in the\u00a0Compassionate Lab workshop which will be presented by Mary Freer.<\/a><\/p>\n

This workshop, is part of our directorates’ response to the BPA survey results and our obligations in relation to the Values in Action initiative.<\/p>\n

We all know that the environment we work in can be complex and high stress.\u00a0Compassion is not an emotion. Compassion is a state of mind that allows us to notice the distress in ourselves and others and to step forward with genuine understanding and a determination to do something about it.<\/p>\n

When compassion is at the heart of what we do and where we work, we\u00a0have the opportunity to\u00a0be the most vibrant version of ourselves so together, we flourish and have a positive impact.<\/p>\n

Please take the time to nominate for this important workshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Workshop details:<\/p>\n