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Celebrating our dedicated staff! 23 July 2020 Our SCGOPHCG Employee of the Month Award winner for May is Jeanine Alford Clinical Nurse Manager for Ward 4 at Osborne Park Hospital (OPH). Jeanine was nominated by Sharon Burke, Acting Coordinator of Nursing who said Jeanine is an excellent advocate for her patients and her staff. “Jeanine manages Ward 4 Younger Adult Rehab at OPH, a very complex and challenging patient cohort, and has been pivotal in the improvements in patient flow between Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and OPH,” said Sharon. “Traditionally there have been a number of barriers for larger patients, aggressive patients and complex patients being admitted to OPH. Jeanine has been incredibly pro-active in breaking through these barriers and displaying a can-do attitude in order to ensure these patients receive the most appropriate care in the most appropriate setting. By having the patient’s best ...
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OPH staff Share the Dignity with Stirling Women's Refuge 14 July 2020 Twenty handbags containing personal care items, known as Share the Dignity bags, were recently donated by OPH staff to the Stirling Women's Refuge. Share the Dignity bags are collected by women’s refuges to benefit ladies who have escaped family domestic violence suddenly and are staying at a refuge. OPH Admissions Clerk Cheryl Homewood led the collection of sanitary items, toothbrushes and toothpaste, soap, deodorant, hand cream, and pamper items such as lip balm, face masks, bath salts, and perfume, along with dressing gowns and underwear, to share with this vulnerable group of women. Thank you for your kind donation Cheryl - we're sure your hard work and kindness will be very much appreciated by the ladies at Stirling Women's Refuge.
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Celebrating our dedicated staff! 01 July 2020 Our SCGOPHCG Employee of the Month Award winner for April is Genevieve Jones Registered Midwife at Osborne Park Hospital. Genevieve was nominated by Justine Huggins, CNM OPH Women’s and Newborn Services who said Genevieve encompasses everything you would want if you could handpick your own private midwife - the perfect nurturer who always puts her patients and their families first. Genevieve was recently involved in a rare and complex obstetric case and displayed incredible compassion and empathy to the family, voluntarily advocating to conduct home visits to maintain continuity of care. Justine said Genevieve is patient focused, empowering, caring, empathetic, nurturing, safe, kind and genuine. “Genevieve is professional and supportive and consistently strives to provide continuity of care to women and their babies, building trust and rapport with her patients,” said J...
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Celebrating our dedicated staff! 01 July 2020 Meet our January OPH Employee of the Quarter Award winner, Jacqui Speers, Senior Social Worker, Women’s and Newborn Service (WNB)OPH. Jacqui was nominated by Social Work Head of Department Gianna Renshaw who described her as a collaborative member of the multidisciplinary team who consistently works to ensure the best outcomes for patients. Jacqui is highly committed to her work with vulnerable patients and their babies in the OPH WNB service. Jacqui, along with her colleagues is always very thorough in providing social work expertise and managing complex cases involving complicated psychosocial factors. Her work is often centred around advocating for mothers’ rights, at the same time as having to assess any risk factors for their babies and other children. Recently, Jacqui was involved in a sensitive, complex case that required intensive social work intervention. Jacqui wo...
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From Perth to Zambia OPH Registrar's volunteer stint 19 June 2020 In January this year, Joshua Thomas Obstetrics and Gynaecology Registrar at OPH travelled to Livingston in Zambia to volunteer at a hospital in need of obstetric work. He shared his experience... Late last year, I received a phone call from a friend who knew of a volunteer district hospital/clinic in Livingstone, Zambia, that was needing obstetric volunteer work for their maternity department. It was based in Maramba district in Livingstone, Zambia, and was predominantly run by midwives with the very occasional volunteer obstetric doctor. Given my previous background of working in high volume obstetrics in Malaysia and having three years of rural experience (in both Australia and Malaysia), I felt it would be very worthwhile to stretch out a helping hand. I got in contact with the volunteer team in Zambia, and after reviewing my credentials and CV, I got offered the volunteer post at Mar...
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05/05/2021