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Charlies Respiratory team recognised with rare double honour at national meeting 16 June 2021 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital's Respiratory Department achieved a rare double recognition of excellence at the recent annual Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) meeting. Professor Gary Lee was awarded the TSANZ Research Medal for sustained outstanding contribution to respiratory medicine and science. Gary’s research is internationally recognised and has contributed significantly to scientific and clinical advances in pleural medicine across the world. Emeritus Clinical Professor Martin Phillips was awarded the TSANZ 50th Anniversary Medal for outstanding contribution and sustained excellence in respiratory education and training in Australia and New Zealand. Martin has an international reputation in interventional bronchoscopy and further contributed to establishing the Lung Foundation Australia more than 30 years ago. Gary and Martin join an esteemed list of pre... -
Art inspired by hope 14 June 2021 The talented Charlies staff from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and General High Dependency Unit (GHDU) have created a beautiful artwork that takes pride of place in the entrance of the ICU. In May 2020 when COVID-19 was globally taking hold, Jing (Cherry) Ning, Research Nurse ICU & GHDU and Aisling McDonald, RN ICU developed a wellness initiative to engage staff and create a work of art inspired by hope. “We thought the idea of joining puzzle pieces together to form a lovely picture symbolised each of us as individuals of both ICU and GHDU, working together as a wonderful team. Individual strength and team spirit were much needed during that time and were indeed what got us through,” said Cherry. “We needed a theme, a shared vision, and we thought of 'hope'! We thought no matter what challenges we were facing - we needed to have hope. We wanted people to portray the... -
Shiftmatch Cohort Model - Congrats Naomi Parkins! 11 June 2021 Congratulations to Naomi Parkins, SCGOPHCG Nurse Manager, Patient Flow Unit, for presenting her Innovative Future project at the 10th International Congress on Innovations in Nursing (external site) in May 2021. Naomi, along with Michael Stuart and Keren Smith applied to the Innovative Future (IF) program in round one, to address the problems they were experiencing with managing casual staff shifts. The booking system at the time was administrative intensive, had a high risk of error, and was fraught with inconsistencies across different areas. To improve the process, a system needed to be implemented that was transparent, dynamic, efficient, user friendly, consistent, and allowed ease of communication. Enter Shiftmatch Cohort Model Shiftmatch is a web-based rostering system that automatically matches suitably qualified staff to roster shortages, and communicates the shortage to them via... -
Celebrating our dedicated staff! 21 May 2021 Congratulations to our March Employee of the Month Award winner, Kirsty Vella, Theatre Clerk at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Kirsty was nominated for this award by Robert Scullen, Administrative Officer Surgical Services, who said Kirsty is a loyal, dedicated and reliable employee who consistently provides an exceptionally high level of service. Kirsty has a calm, mature personality and regularly receives excellent feedback. During the past 12 months, Kirsty has provided leave cover for most of the Administrative Assistants in the department and learned a variety of new skills. Her performance has been nothing short of outstanding which has enabled each department to continue to maintain their excellent service, and heads of departments and clinicians to devote more time to clinical rather than clerical issues. Kirsty lives the NMHS values of Care, Respect, Innovation, Teamwork and In... -
Collaboration brings new meal options to the table 21 May 2021 To improve the patient experience at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Catering Services has been working closely with Dietetic and Speech Pathology colleagues to identify currently available vegetarian meals which can be modified in texture to meet the needs of patients who require either a puree or minced meal, whilst meeting the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) Framework. The three departments have been collaborating to finalise a matrix that identifies a variety of vegetarian meal choices that can be prepared for patients at short notice. Meals are modified by a team of cooks which are then assessed for texture by the Speech Pathology team and for nutritional content by the Dietetics team. The logistics of preparation have been coordinated by Catering’s Assistant Manager for Food Safety, Melissa Fraser. Once testing has been finalised there will be...
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12/04/2021