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26 November 2014
Telehealth improves
access to specialist
paediatric services
The Outpatient Department at Monash Medical
Centre officially launched its paediatric telehealth
program on Thursday 6 November 2014.
When clinically-appropriate, the telehealth system
allows patients to take part in videolink consultations
with specialists from their GP’s office, local
paediatrician, or even from the comfort of their own
home. For patients in regional areas, or patients with
mobility issues, the program ensures they can easily
keep appointments.
Monash Medical
Centre Specialist
Clinics Nurse Unit
Manager Kirsten
Holden said it
was an innovation
designed to meet
patients’ changing
needs and
expectations.
Vale Helen Owens
Monash Health Board Director Helen Owens
passed away peacefully on Sunday after a
long illness.
Monash Health Board
Chair Barbara Yeoh
paid tribute to Helen:
“We are deeply saddened
about Helen’s passing on
Sunday. She will be very
much missed at Monash
Health and within the health
sector more widely.”
Vale Helen Owens
“As we all know, Helen’s was a most
courageous fight against cancer for over 20 years,
and she was such an inspiration to us all.”
Mum Joanne chats with the telehealth team
about her child’s health via videolink, avoiding
a long trip from Gippsland and a day off work.
“We are embracing opportunities to provide more
patient-centred care. Telehealth allows appropriate
patients to discuss their health to a specialist via
videolink, when it otherwise would have been
extremely difficult to arrange a consultation,” said
Kirsten.
“It’s a tremendous program and we’re really thrilled to
be rolling it out here at Monash Medical Centre.”
Inside this issue
• Acting Chief Executive column p 2
• Guest columnist - Fiona Prestedge p 3
• Recognition and Reward winners recognised p 4
• Oaks Day Lunch raises $33,000 p 5
• $60,000 grant for paediatric research p 5
• Social soccer program for refugees p 6
• Monash community choirs sing for kids p 9
• ‘Share the Care’ this Christmas p 9
• Diabetes education delivers healthy options p 10
• Finance team supports Movember p 11
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“She was an outstanding board director and
valued colleague who has made a lasting
contribution to Monash Health and the community
we serve through her unswerving commitment to
quality, safety and patient-centred care.”
Chief Executive Shelly Park said:
“Helen has been a woman of extraordinary
strength who has been a strong board member for
the last nine years. She will be well remembered
but sadly missed by us all. Our thoughts are with
her husband David and family.”
Helen has had an extraordinary career of public
service within and beyond the health sector.
Helen was a health economist and health
policy consultant. She was a member of the
Victorian Cancer Agency and previous positions
held include full-time Commissioner on the
Productivity Commission, part-time member of
the Commonwealth Grants Commission, expert
strategic advisor to the Victorian Department
of Premier and Cabinet on health reform, and
casemix consultant to the Australian Healthcare
and Hospitals Association.
Academic positions at Monash and Melbourne
universities have included Associate Professor
and Deputy Director of the National Centre for
Health Program Evaluation.
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From the Acting Chief Executive
Hello and welcome to this
edition of iNews.
Ninety-eight per cent of patients would be likely
to – or definitely – recommend Casey Hospital,
Monash Medical Centre and Moorabbin
Hospital to a relative or friend.
Promises welcomed!
With the Victorian State
Election being held on
Saturday, we’ve caught the
eye of both major Victorian
political parties, each of
which are making very
welcome promises to invest
in a range of projects and
initiatives here at Monash Health.
At Dandenong Hospital and Kingston Centre,
95% and 93% of patients respectively would be
likely to – or definitely – recommend those sites
to a relative or friend.
From major hospital expansions, to the
building of new hospitals, the establishment
of new programs and the inclusion of muchneeded elements to existing major capital
works projects, we may well be the recipient of
hundreds of millions of additional dollars over
the coming years.
To be the best we can be at work, it is important
that we all take regular breaks and holidays.
These are fantastic results and with your help,
we look forward to improving them even further.
Embrace the holidays
Not only does this help us recharge and reset
to perform well in our roles, stockpiling annual
leave has a negative impact on our budget and
will hamper our ability to continue to invest in
capital and patient care.
In fact we’ve received the most promised funds
of any other health service and some of these
have been supported by both sides of politics.
Please ensure you have your Christmas/New
Year leave approved and processed as soon
as possible and consider taking Annual Leave
between February and May 2015 – a time when
many of us solider on but could really do with a
refreshing break.
This weekend’s State election will determine
which way the pendulum falls but regardless
of the outcome, it’s tremendously rewarding to
know our health service and our wonderful staff
are being recognised and invested in for the
long-term.
Helen Owens passing
We were saddened to learn on Monday of the
passing of Monash Health Board Director Helen
Owens.
What a tremendous achievement.
On behalf of the Board of Directors and the
Executive Management Team, I’d like to thank
you for being so dedicated and hardworking.
Helen has been a wonderful contributor to
Monash Health for the last nine years.
Positive patient feedback
We extend our sincere sympathy to her
husband David and her family.
We regularly asked patients how likely they
would be to recommend our hospitals to a
relative or friend.The January to June 2014
data was reported in October 2014 and showed
some fantastic results.
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Acting Chief Executive
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Guest columnist
Hello, I’m Fiona Prestedge and
I’m the Executive Director of
Human Resources.
I very recently had the
experience of a family member
being a patient in the health
system.
This, coupled with the many
visits I have made to health
services in foreign countries,
has given me cause to reflect on what it is like
to be a consumer and those feelings of extreme
vulnerability.
Essentially when we’re consumers, the future of the
people we love most is out of our control and in the
hands of people who may or may not communicate
well or even speak our native language. While they
are doing their everyday job, we’re going through an
experience which will stay with us forever.
We all need people skills
How we relate to and communicate with one
another and our patients is critical and to do this
well, we must ensure our staff are developed
beyond their professional disciplines in the areas of
interpersonal skills, communication and leadership
– all of which are essential to delivering exceptional
person centred care.
Most of our funding is expended on our
14,500-strong workforce be that clinicians, patient
services support or administrative support so it is
very important that we have strategies and plans in
place to develop our people priming them to deliver
exceptional care and outstanding outcomes.
Our People Strategy
Our People Strategy sits alongside our Monash
Health Strategic Plan and has five key themes: build
culture; drive safety; develop capability; manage
talent and workforce planning; and deliver enabling
HR systems and processes.
Embedded within the plan and within the care we
provide to patients are our iCare values of integrity,
compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.
I believe we have a real opportunity to revisit how
we apply our values among each other – in our
workplace behaviours, in how we communicate
both face-to-face and on email, in how we show
leadership in group settings, and in how maintain
our values while responding to the myriad of events
we confront each day.
We will be looking at this in 2015 as well as a range
of areas including safety, health and wellbeing,
diversity, and supporting our staff through change.
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Monash Health’s People Strategy has five key themes
A year worth celebrating
Recognising achievements, celebrating success
and looking out for one another are all essential
elements of being part of the Monash Health staff
community.
Most recently this year we celebrated our
successful National Standards accreditation, our
many Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, and the
more than 1,000 staff who have worked with us
continuously for 10 years or more – some up to 50
years.
Through our Reward and Recognition program we
also recognised individuals or teams for outstanding
achievements and the way in which they apply our
values. This year 230 individuals or teams were
nominated by their peers – that translates roughly to
one in every 60 staff members.
As we turn our minds to 2015, I encourage you to
think about how you apply our iCare values in your
interactions with colleagues, and to look around
you and consider who you could nominate in the
2015 Reward and Recognition program because
everyone likes to be recognised for a job well done.
Fiona Prestedge
Executive Director Human Resources
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Cystic Fibrosis patient
Danielle turns 18
Recognition and
Reward Award winners
recognised
Danielle with Cystic Fibrosis team members, 42N ward staff and
Starlight room volunteers.
Danielle Solly is turning 18 and has celebrated
with Ward 42N staff and her Monash Health
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) team in the Starlight Room,
during her admission last week.
Recognition and Reward award winners with Acting Chief
Executive, Siva Sivarajah and award sponsors Maxxia and First
State Super.
The 2014-15 Recognition and Reward Awards
have begun and the first quarterly winners were
announced on Thursday 13 November.
Danielle has been receiving treatment from the
Monash Health CF team since she was a one-yearold and will be transferring care to the adult cystic
fibrosis service in the upcoming year.
This peer-led award program highlights staff who
demonstrate the iCare values within their working
day.
Danielle has had regular admissions for
exacerbation of CF and was recently awarded
runner-up in the Ronald McDonald House
Inspiration Awards.
The quality of awards submitted for this quarter
were again outstanding and it is always a very hard
decision to find five winners from those submitted.
Monash CF is one of the few CF services in
Australia that provide lifelong care with co-located
paediatric and adult services. Most young people
transfer care by the time they are 19 years of
age and the adult service is seeing numbers
increase with improved medical and physiotherapy
treatments.
Congratulations to the five quarterly winners:
• Integrity – Jason Scarlett, IT Team Leader
• Compassion – Ivana Mucic, Social Worker –
RAPID team, Dandenong Hospital
• Accountability – Wendy Jupp and Janine
Maloney, Nurse Unit Managers, Dandenong
Hospital
• Respect – Rob Koch, Community Development
Coordinator, Thomas Street, Dandenong
• Excellence – Ward E Team – Adult Mental
Health Inpatient Service, Casey Hospital
BankVic site visits
Speak to Ross McMeeken about BankVic
financial services. Ross is visiting the following
sites in December, between 12 and 2pm:
• Tuesday 9 December - Dandenong Hospital
(staff lunch room)
• Wedneday 10 December - Casey Hospital
(outside Zouki Cafe)
• Tuesday 16 December - Kingston Centre
(staff cafeteria)
• Tuesday 23 December - Moorabbin Hospital
(staff cafeteria)
For more information about BankVic, visit their
website or contact Ross on rmcmeeken@
bankvic.com.au or contact 9268 9247.
The Recognition and Reward Award program is
proudly sponsored by Maxxia and First State Super.
To find out more about the awards, click here.
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Oaks Day Lunch raises
more than $33,000
Pink Ribbon morning tea
to support breast cancer
Ladies at the Oaks Day Lunch, which raised more than $33,000
for Monash Children’s Hospital Emergency Department.
Never let it be said that one person can’t make
a difference. Jody Allatt, founder of Bellevue
Philanthropy has made a real difference for
children and their families at Monash Children’s
Hospital’s Emergency Department.
The staff of North Ward, Dandenong Hospital, pictured wearing
pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The staff of North Ward at Dandenong Hospital,
held a Pink Ribbon Morning Tea in support of
Breast Cancer Awareness month. North Ward
specialises in breast reconstructive surgery.
Jody has organised the Oaks Day Luncheon
fundraising event for the past three years and this
year the event, held on Thursday November 6 at
the Royal Melbourne Golf Club raised more than
$33,000.
“It’s a cause that’s close to all of our hearts and
a time for us to personally and professionally
remember family, friends and patients that we’ve
lost and celebrate the ones that are still fighting,”
said Clinical Nurse Specialist, Melissa Woods.
The money raised supports the vital role of a
part-time child life therapist in Monash Children’s
Hospital’s Emergency Department. The availability
of a child life therapist makes such a positive
difference to the care provided to young patients.
Melissa did a fantastic job of spreading the
importance of early detection with staff, raising
more than $900 in gold coin donations.
As a child arriving in the Emergency Department
without their parents - in pain and in unfamiliar
surroundings it can be very frightening. A child life
therapist helps by holding the child’s hand and
comforting them until their parents arrive, helping
to distract them using various techniques to assist
a child to cope with any phobias or aversions to
needles or other medical equipment.
$60,000 grant to support
paediatric research
A research grant of $60,000 from the Jack
Brockhoff Foundation will help Monash Health’s
world-leading paediatric researchers work
towards rapid detection of adverse outcomes
following immunisation.
Jody works tirelessly all year to secure support and
donations to make the Oaks Day Luncheon one of
the most sought after tickets in town and a fantastic
day which raises significant funds.
The Jack Brockhoff Foundation carries on the
legacy of the late Sir Jack Brockhoff by making
grants in accordance with the Foundation’s Trust
Deed.
“Jody puts her heart and soul into ensuring this
event is a success every year and her support
makes a real difference for children in our
community and their families,” said Debbie Shiell,
Director of the Monash Health Foundation.
Each year it makes grants to eligible charitable
organisations all across Victoria in three key priority
areas: Children & Youth, Medical and Community.
The Foundation’s preference is to make many
smaller grants rather than few large grants.
“We are truly grateful to her for all her hard work and
effort to help our children’s hospital.”
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Soccer program
helps refugees and
asylum seekers thrive
Congratulations to the Refugee Health Soccer
Team who won the inaugural ‘SEDA welcomes
SEEKERS’ Soccer Tournament last week in
Ringwood.
The social soccer program, an initiative of the
Monash Health Refugee Health and Wellbeing
Service, provides opportunities for refugees and
asylum seekers to play informal soccer games in
Dandenong and Doveton.
Captain and coach Mohammad Baeni receives the winners’ cup.
“In the initial stages of settlement, refugees
face significant challenges such as language
barriers, housing instability, financial stress and
unemployment,” said Dr Andrew Block, Director of
Refugee Health at Monash Health.
“Participants have reported they appreciate the
social aspect of meeting other players and Monash
Health staff, as well as keeping physically active,”
said Rob Koch, Refugee Health Community
Development Coordinator.
“The social soccer concept was developed in
response to the high number of males presenting at
the Monash Health Refugee Health and Wellbeing
Service who were experiencing mental health
issues and identifying as being socially isolated.”
“Some participants have told us that the weekly
soccer game is the only thing they look forward to.”
“In light of recent policy changes restricting
employment rights of asylum seekers, spaces for
socialisation and strengthening of communities is
vital,” said Refugee Health Team Leader, Catherine
Fulgoni.
The social soccer program is consistently well
attended with 20 - 30 participants each week.
The social soccer program continues to evolve;
regular health education sessions now incorporate
topics such as accessing health care, volunteer
opportunities and mental health.
The match between asylum seekers from
Afghanistan and Iran and secondary students from
training organisation SEDA, who chose Monash
Health Refugee Health and Wellbeing Service for
a community engagement event as part of their
VCAL course.
Online youth services directory coming soon
Monash Health Community’s Youth and Family Team is involved in the development of a
web-based youth services directory. It will identify youth services across Greater Dandenong,
Casey and Cardinia areas and will be a useful tool for young people, families, schools and
professionals.
The Seamless Service Pathways for Young People (SSP) project, led by the Department of Human
Services, is delivered in partnership with School Focused Youth Services (Monash Health and
Connections), South East Local Learning and Employment Network (SELLEN), City of Greater
Dandenong, City of Casey and Cardinia Shire Council.
School Focused Youth Service Coordinator, Liz Tomazic said “It will provide an easily navigable,
up-to-date online youth services directory for health and other services, which will be particularly useful
for those adolescents at risk due to chronic illnesses.”
Monash Health staff are invited to have a say in the development of this tool. For more information
contact Liz Tomazic via email or phone 8558 9001.
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A pathway to improved
stroke outcomes
Stroke Allied Health
Team leading the way in
stroke education
In a world-first study, researchers at the School
of Clinical Sciences (SCS) at Monash Health
have shown the risk of stroke after transient
ischemic attack (TIA) has significantly declined
during the last decade.
Dandenong Hospital speech pathologist
Sean Crothers attended the Stroke Society of
Australasia (SSA) Annual Scientific Meeting
at Hamilton Island and the Smart Strokes
Conference in Sydney in August this year.
Stroke and TIA (also commonly known as a “mini
stroke” or a warning of impending stroke) present
a significant public health problem worldwide. According to the Stroke Foundation, 51,000 strokes
each year cost the Australian economy around $5
billion, including $3 billion in lost productivity and $1
billion in lost wages.
Sean submitted abstracts to both conferences
following a successful project looking at the
implementation of processes and resources for the
provision of stroke education to all stroke patients
admitted to the Stroke Intervention Unit.
Led by Associate Professor
Velandai Srikanth, Head of
Stroke and Ageing Research at
SCS, and published recently in
the prestigious journal Stroke,
the population-based cohort
study examined nearly 47,000
cases of incident TIA in Victoria.
“These are the first data to
demonstrate a yearly decline
in the risk of stroke within 90
days after an incident TIA for
the last decade,” said Associate
Professor Srikanth.
Following the completion of this project the team
was successful in its abstract submissions and was
accepted to display a poster presentation at both
conferences outlining the project.
Sean was able to attend the conferences on behalf
of the Allied Health team following successful
scholarships from the Victorian Stroke Clinical
Network and the Smart Strokes secretariat
respectively.
Associate Professor
Velandai Srikanth, Head
of Stroke and Ageing
Research at SCS
Online resource for
dietitians
The declining trend was more likely to be seen in
those treated in public hospitals with access to
stroke unit care and brain imaging.
The Cancer Council Victoria is pleased
to advise that a practice resource is now
available online for Victorian private practice
and community dietitians treating oncology
patients. You can access the resource here.
“The strong decline in stroke risk after 90 days
in such settings suggests an important effect of
organised acute care post TIA and possibly better
secondary prevention,” said Associate Professor
Srikanth.
The resource guide includes
• pre-existing guidance materials and resources
• information about services, programs, and
accessing supplements
• and a location map of
dietitians.
“The increased use of brain imaging over time and
better organisation of rapid TIA management has
resulted in higher rates of early use of antiplatelet
therapy and carotid artery investigations. Rapid
treatment pathways, most likely instituted in
hospitals with organised stroke units, have resulted
in lower rates of stroke after TIA. Monash Health
has led the way in instituting such a pathway in
Australia.”
The Cancer Council Victoria
will be making further updates
on a quarterly basis, so
please contact Anna Boltong
if you have new information or
amendments relevant to the
target audience.
Several preventative interventions for cardiovascular
disease over the last 20 years may have also
positively impacted on the risk of stroke after a TIA.
These include the use of antiplatelet, blood pressure
and lipid-lowering agents as well as lifestyle
programs for smoking and obesity.
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For further information,
contact Anna on 9514 6323
or anna.boltong@cancervic.org.au
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Diabetes education
delivers healthy options
All about health at the
healthy lifestyle expos
As part of Monash Celebrates Week, Healthy
Opportunities coordinated the Healthy
Lifestyle Expos at Dandenong Hospital,
Moorabbin Hospital, Kingston Centre,
Casey Hospital and Monash Medical Centre.
More than 350 staff attended across the five sites
where they had the chance to:
• Talk to providers including First State Super,
HESTA, Maxxia and BankVic
• Participate in fun activities
• Enjoy a seated massage
• Obtain information on healthy eating
• Get information from Nutrition Australia
• Pick up a variety of health and wellbeing
information including recipes
• Go into the draw for various prizes including a
portable cooler and warmer from Maxxia.
• Have a blood pressure check
• Enter the competition to win one of four
healthy cookbooks
(L-R): De-stressing and exercising Cook Island style with music;
Supermarket Tours with Rebecca Penman, Anna Ottenfeld & Peti Niko.
Monash Health Community Springvale’s
Living Well team is celebrating the delivery of
quality diabetes education to culturally and
linguistically diverse (CALD) communities for
almost a decade through the Healthy Options
Diabetes programs.
Throughout 2014, various groups from CALD
backgrounds participated in a range of programs
to learn about diabetes in their own language and
community-based settings. Programs were run in
Cambodian, Vietnamese, Burmese, Samoan and
Cook Island. Each program runs on Wednesday
mornings. They run for five to six weeks and
conclude with a terrific, interactive supermarket tour
that is interpreted into the corresponding language
of the group.
Vicki Treacy, Site Coordinator for the Kingston
Centre was one of the lucky winners of a
cookbook for correctly answering the question
of recommended daily servings of fruit and
vegetables.
The program includes interactive and culturally
appropriate sessions from a diabetes nurse
educator Anna Ottenfeld, podiatrists Michael Wintle
and Kham Luc, psychologist Bala Mudaly, Dietitian
Rebecca Penman, and physiotherapist Duong
Huynh. Mai Bui and Peti Niko’s dedication, passion
and organisational skills as key workers were
fundamental in the success of the program.
Did you know two serves of fruit and five serves
of vegetables are generally recommended per
day for adults? The following are some ideas
to increase or maintain your intake of fruit and
vegetables:
• Add mushrooms, asparagus and tomatoes to
omelettes or on toast.
• Add grated vegetables to pasta sauces or add
chopped vegetables like pumpkin and peas to
casseroles.
• Blend up berries and fruit with low fat milk or
yoghurt.
• Add lots of fruit to an oven-proof dish, cover
with crumble mix and bake.
The feedback about the ‘Living Well’ program has
been overwhelmingly positive. Client feedback
included:
• ‘Thank-you. This information is a gift and I will
treasure it.’
• ‘I’m happy I have learnt something new.’
‘I had never taken notice of this information
before.’
• ‘The link between mental, spiritual and physical
health had never been explained to me before.’
• ‘The discussion and teaching you have given to
us were really worthwhile.
Now I get it.’
• ‘Can we do this again?’
For more information, contact Gaynor Henderson
via email or phone 9265 2703.
(L-R): Vicki
Treacy from the
Kingston Centre,
winner of one of
the cookbooks;
Trever from Maxxia
delivering the
portable cooler and
warmer to Hayley
from the Kingston
Centre.
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Referrals to the Healthy Options Program can be
made via South Eastern Medical Local on
8792 1922 or Monash Health Community Intake
on 1300 342 273.
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Blue Jeans video
conferencing
Business Intelligence
team supports men’s
health this Movember
Monash Health Community’s Health Promotion
Team undertook a Safe to Fail experiment to
trial the use of Blue Jeans, an internet-based
video conferencing facility that interfaces with
Microsoft Outlook calendars.
Members of the Monash Business Intelligence
team have been diligently growing a ‘biker’
moustache to support the Movember
Foundation. The team has raised more than
$1300 so far but still have a long way to go to
reach their target of $2000.
Blue Jeans is
compatible with all
web browsers and
also works with other
video conferencing
options such as
Skype.
Every hour, more
than four men die
from potentially
preventable
conditions in
Australia.The
average life
expectancy for
Australian men is
almost five years
less than women.
The Safe to
Fail experiment
approach is a
solution identification
technique that is particularly
effective when working in complex systems.
Safe to Fail experiments are innovative, small-scale,
low-cost and low-risk interventions aimed at finding
ways to assist in solving problems. Their success
and failure are embraced; when successful they are
scaled up; when unsuccessful, valuable learnings
are gained.
The reasons for the poor state of men’s health are
numerous and complex and include:
• Lack of awareness and understanding of the
health issues men face.
• Men not openly discussing their health and how
they’re feeling.
• Reluctance to take action when men don’t feel
physical or mentally well.
• Men engaging in risky activities that threaten
their health.
• Stigmas surrounding mental health.
• Men are less likely than women to seek help
for health concerns, and also less likely to use
health care services.
The Blue Jeans trial came from a problem
redefinition activity focussed on a lack of work pool
cars available to attend meetings.
The Health Promotion Team was encouraged to
participate in appropriate internal meetings via video
conferencing.
The experiment found that significant travel time
was saved. Once familiar with the equipment and
some minor IT-related glitches were resolved, staff
were able to use it relatively easily.
The Movember Foundation aims to change this
way of thinking by putting a fun twist on this serious
issue. Using the moustache as a catalyst, the
idea is to bring about change and give men the
opportunity and confidence to learn and talk about
their health and take action when needed.
Sound and image quality was adequate overall
albeit sometimes inconsistent.
For more information or to donate to Movember,
please click here.
Blue Jeans worked well for internal meetings or for
meetings with stakeholders where relationships
were already established.
Blue Jeans is available to all Monash Health staff.
Webcams are required and can be purchased for
$80 via the online IT Shop. Alternatively the Health
Promotion Team is happy to loan their Webcams on
request.
The latest edition of HR Advisor contains information
about career vacancies, professional development
courses and other essential employment information.
For more information contact Trish Plompen via
email.
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‘Mo Bros’ Anthony Gust, Chris Hamilton,
Faisal Husain and Ajay Maharjan
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Deck the wards with
boughs of holly
Good Day for Good
Guys Golf Day
A gingerbread
house was the
chosen decor
at one of our
hospital wards
last year.
Entries are now open for the 2014 Monash
Children’s Hospital Christmas ward
decorating competition.
Don’t miss out on the chance to win Christmas
hampers or gift cards. To enter, contact Leigh
Swanson via email or phone 9594 2665 by
the end of November. Wards at all sites will
be judged on Wednesday 17 December 2014.
Prizes will be awarded for first, second and third
place.
Generous donation from
Melbourne East Police
Event organiser Allen Garb (second from right) with some of the
golf participants on the day.
It was another beautiful day for the 8th Annual
Good Guys Dandenong Golf Day held on
Tuesday 11 November 11 at the Cranbourne Golf
Club in support of Monash Children’s Hospital
at Dandenong.
The money raised from this year’s golf day will go
towards the purchase of an Inditherm Bed for the
Special Care Nursery at Dandenong Hospital.
Inditherm Beds help
premature babies maintain
their temperature until
they are able to regulate
it themselves. Currently
isolettes are used in the
nursery for this purpose and
while they do a terrific job
at maintaining temperature,
they can act as a barrier
between the parents and
Monash Health’s John Sutherland
their baby.
played golf on the day and won big
in the evening’s raffle.
Melbourne East Police present Dr Peter Downie, Head of Monash
Children’s Cancer Centre with a cheque for $1,500.
The new beds help
remove this barrier and enables parents to have
greater visual and physical contact with their baby.
This is incredibly important as separation between
parents and babies can be emotionally traumatic.
The Monash Children’s Hospital Cancer
Centre recently received a donation of $1,500
from the Melbourne East Police Station.
Thanks again to the generous support of Allen Garb,
his team at Good Guys Dandenong and all the
attendees and sponsors of the golf day.
Members from the station held a cupcake baking
day, a hotdog day and a trivia night which really
brought out the generosity of their members.
Senior Sergent Dale Huntington, Leading Senior
Constables Brendon Williams and Travis Ibrihim,
along with the Ibrihim family came to present
the cheque to Dr Peter Downie in the Children’s
Cancer centre.
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“We are so appreciative of all their hard work and
generosity.” said Dr Downie.
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Share the care with the
greatest gift
Monash community
choirs sing for kids
in concert
The first inaugural Monash Sing for Kids concert
was held on Sunday 9 November at Ashwood
College Performance Hall.
Considering a gift with a difference this
Christmas? The Monash Health Foundation’s
Christmas Appeal Catalogue has gifts that
give twice.
Choose from 11 gifts that share your life-saving
care with Victorians, young and old. You might
like to choose a Box of Tricks ($20) to help
children cope with pain, or two Bags of Fun
($10) to help sick kids forget they’re sick for a
few minutes. Or perhaps Love Life Longer ($15),
so an elderly person can enjoy special moments
they may not have been able to experience
before.
Whatever gift you choose, you can be sure your
gifts will bring health and hope to thousands of
Victorians!
Please consider one of the gifts for your
colleagues, families and friends this Christmas.
The concert involved six talented choirs from across
the Monash community performing several songs
each to help raise money for Monash Children’s
Hospital.
The event was the brainchild of Lions Club
of Waverley member Jeff Blight and was
wholeheartedly supported by the club and
committee members Lin Byron, Peter Mason, Jack
Cumper, Diane Stockdale, Meg Blight, Robert Dora
and David Keefe.
Many partners and friends also assisted on the day,
as did Luke Tang and Kelly Garrett from Ashwood
College.
The evening was a good night out with lovely food
and beautiful music to help unite the community
behind their local children’s hospital.
The hard work and effort of Jeff and the Lions Club
of Waverley over many months is truly appreciated
and their support of Monash Children’s Hospital
helps make a real difference to the care provided.
Every Share the Care donation you give is
tax-deductible. Be sure to order your gifts by
December 12th, so we can send your gift cards
in time for Christmas.
Click here to download the Monash Health
Foundation Christmas Appeal catalogue or
phone Anna Petersen on 9594 4904.
(L-R): Ladies from the Lions Club of Waverley catered for the event
and spent hours cooking beautiful food for intermission; Lions Club of
Waverley members at Monash Sing for Kids.
Innovative projects needed
Explore the potential of philanthropic support for your idea.
Bringing your vision to reality can often be possible with support from
philanthropic trusts and foundations. If your project is well thought through,
can make a difference to the lives of others or make your service delivery more
efficient and impactful then get in touch with the Monash Health Foundation.
Briefly outline the purpose of your project, what level of funding is sought
and timelines for the project. I will respond to you to confirm the possibility of
funding and work closely with you to bring your big picture to fruition.
For more information contact Janene Blanchfield Brown, Coordinator of Trusts
and Foundations via email or phone 9594 2063.
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Calling all artists
Procurement
festive season
ordering and
delivery
The Young Leaders Council is calling on artists
at Monash Health to transform an existing
space at Kingston Centre into an enriched, yet
calming, environment that supports the recovery
of patients.
Preparations for ensuring continuity of supply
over the Christmas - New Year period are well
under way. With the public holidays falling on a
Thursday and Friday this year, the main impact
will be on those departments that normally get
deliveries on those days.
A panel of judges from
the Young Leaders
Council, site and
sponsors will select a
successful entrant.
The Biala Courtyard
The Young Leaders
at Kingston Centre
Council will then work with
the successful entrant to implement the changes.
The artist will be awarded a $500 grant on the
completion of the transformation.
An information package has been put together
by Procurement to advise, not only these
departments, but all departments of their ordering
requirements, and the delivery arrangements put
in place by Procurement.
Submissions are due by Friday 16 January 2015.
For more information about the competition, see the
project brief accessible here or on the Intranet.
These arrangements are designed to make
ordering for our customers easier with the
emphasis being on business as usual and to
eliminate the out-dated and unsafe practice
of departments stocking up. This will ensure
sufficient stock for all of our customers across this
period.
It is vital that all of our customers take the time
to read this so as to ensure continuity of supply.
This information package is now available on the
Procurement Intranet homepage in the What’s
New section as well as on the I-Proc Noticeboard.
For more information contact Procurement on
9594 1710.
All staff are invited to the presentation
‘Are We Being Sued?”
12.30-1.15pm
Thursday 4 December
Meeting Room at Moorabbin Hospital
2013-14 Annual Report
now online
The 45-minute presentation has been carefully
prepared by John Snowdon, Corporate
Counsel, and Susan Van Dyk, Medico Legal
Officer.
It promises to be an entertaining presentation
which describes a range of Monash Health
incidents, with significant consequences,
many of which were avoidable.
The 2013-14 Monash
Health Annual Report
has been released. The
report details Monash
Health’s achievements
and challenges from the
past year.
Whatever your role at Monash Health, this
is sure to be an informative and incredibly
valuable session.
It is available for
download here.
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Friends of the Children Foundation
Walk
for
Monash
Children’s
Hospital
9am - 1 March 2015
Jells Park
5 or 10 km walk
to help improve the lives of sick children
Register now!
monashhealthfoundation.com.au
For more information call 9594 2735
or email foundation@monashhealth.org
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Monash Ageing Research Centre (MONARC) Seminar
The Monash Ageing Research Centre (MONARC) is holding a seminar with presentations from
recipients of Lions John Cockayne Memorial Fellowship Trust Fund grants on Wednesday 3
December 2014, 1-2:30pm (lunch from 12:45pm) at the Education Centre – Room A, Kingston
Centre, Warrigal Road, Cheltenham. Click here to find out more.
New Health and Safety Representatives (HSR)
Training Dates for 2015
New training dates for the Health and Safety Representatives (HSR) training for 2015 are now
available. Click here to access the training dates. If you have any queries about HSR training
please contact, Irene Razos – OHS Business Partner / Trainer via email or phone 9265 2775.
Healthwise Fitness Centre Christmas gift ideas
Stuck for Christmas gift ideas? Have you considered a massage voucher or personal training
session for a family member or colleague? Call Healthwise Fitness Centre on 9594 1762 or check
out our website www.healthwisefitness.com.au
New dates for OVA training
New training dates are now available for the OVA training programs for November and December.
Book your course place on the Monash Health Learning Management System (LMS) by
clicking here.
Hormones and Female Cancers - Clinical Controversies
Monash Partners Comprehensive Cancer Consortium (MPCCC) invites you to the Hormones and
Female Cancers - Clinical Controversies conference. Details: 8:30-9:00pm, 21 March 2015,
The Rydges, 701 Swanston Street, Melbourne, 3000. Find out more>
In the news
Check out exciting Monash Health media coverage on the In the News page on
www.monashhealth.org and www.monashchildrenshospital.org
iPM Hint of the week
This week’s Hint of the Week is available from the Health Information Services (HIS) intranet page.
If you have any queries relating to iPM registrations, admissions, transfers and/or discharges call
ext. 47721 Monday to Friday, between 8am-4pm.
PROMPT Policy and Procedure
Monthly PROMPT update Alert: Click here to view new or revised policies and procedures for the
month. External Login: Staff can access Policies and Procedures from outside of Monash Health
via our website using a generic log in. This is listed under Health Professionals – Policies and
Procedures. Username: shprompt@snh Password: SHPrompt1. Policies and Procedures are
available on the intranet site and does not require log in details when accessing internally. Please
contact ext 44041 for any queries or email pphelpdeskqualityunit@monashhealth.org
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Health, Safety Wellbeing Newsletter September 2014
SMICS Newsletter August 2014
PROMPT Policy and Procedure: monthly update
Blood News – Monash Health Transfusion Service Newsletter
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