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Senior Psychologist Melanie wears many hats, as the face behind support for paediatric patients at Caboolture as well as working with adults too! 👒

Whilst she is highly specialised in the paediatric space, Melanie also works within women`s health and inpatient areas conducting patient assessments and interventions, writing reports that support Paediatricians to decide on a diagnosis and working with patients who have complex trauma or mental health conditions.

"Each of these roles are very different, the key for me is in assisting someone to obtain their best possible life as the unique person they are," she said.

"My favourite part of having multiple roles is that it provides diversity, giving me the opportunity and space to grow.

"One of the common misconceptions I find with psychology is that people expect the psychologist to make the changes. Ultimately it is the person who creates that change, the psychologist simply provides the path." ❤️ ...

"I was born in South Sudan, into the Collo tribe. We got married in 1986 and had 6 children. I was a teacher in Arabic in primary and was promoted to secondary. We moved to Australia in 2003 where I am now a leader of the Sudanese Community Church. We always go on holiday everywhere together, never separate, we go back to Africa every few years. When we met, we always wanted to match to be one spirit."

💭 Monday Mantra, Pasquale, rehab patient at STARS with wife Jiben who are always in matching outfits. ...

Caboolture Hospital is pumping out new research and sophisticated heart imaging techniques to better identify heart failure and pulmonary hypertension. 🫀🩺

Clinical Cardiologist and Echocardiologist Dr Pyi provides both inpatient and outpatient care and his work aims to better predict patient outcomes and improve the clarity and usefulness of cardiac imaging reports so that clinicians and patients can better understand findings.

“I was inspired by how often conditions such as heart failure and pulmonary hypertension are diagnosed late, when symptoms have already progressed,” Dr Pyi said.

“High-quality imaging allows us to identify problems earlier, when treatment is most effective.

“Clearer reporting also strengthens communication, helping patients feel more informed and supported throughout their care.” ...

Sterilisation is an essential part of keeping our hospitals moving, with our busy teams in the Sterile Processing Centre working hard behind the scenes to ensure equipment is safe for patients. 🧼🪛

Clinical Nurse Kellie works at RBWH, ensuring operations run smoothly and educating staff across the hospital on equipment best practices.

"We have a high standard that we need to achieve, every reusable device should be able to be tracked back to that patient, so we know where all of our equipment is and where it has been," she said.

"I love educating, I`m currently doing a Graduate Certificate in Education, explaining how the instruments are used on patients, I get lots of questions every day.

"The team here are awesome, it`s a big place in here and we operate 24 hours a day. Not many people know about sterilising and it`s often underappreciated, the hospital will stop if we stop."

A big #ShoutoutSaturday to the Sterile Processing Centre teams at our hospitals for all their hard work. 👏🫧 ...