Deb Willcox named the first inductee to NSLHD Honour Roll Former Northern Sydney Local Health District Chief Executive Deb Willcox has recently been inducted to the NSLHD Honour Roll as its first inductee. The NSLHD Board established the honour roll in 2022 to recognise outstanding strong, open, transparent and respectful relationships with staff at all levels and in all positions, the Board, university partners, the Ministry of Health and all other stakeholders.
“Deb was always a team player who set a high standard on culture, trust, respect, productivity and behaviours, who empowered colleagues and built strong team loyalty.” The NSLHD Honour
contributions or distinguished and eminent service by an individual to NLSHD and its community. Deb, who was the NSLHD CE from 2017 to 2022, has been recognised for her transformative leadership in key areas of culture such as diversity, research, partnerships, sustainability and planetary health. The Board also credited Deb for her outstanding leadership throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, which included regular video updates to staff, visits to the health facilities and acknowledging staff with commemorative pins to thank them for their efforts. NSLHD Board Chair Trevor Danos AM said the induction of Deb to the honour roll is a testament to the positive impact she made to everyone across the district. “The Board is delighted to recognise and celebrate Deb’s service,” he said. “During her time at NSLHD Deb built Northern Sydney Local Health District welcomed 92 intern doctors last week as they started their careers in medicine. The medical graduates will join the ranks of close to 1100 medical graduate interns across the state as they embark on a supervised year of practice rotating between metropolitan, regional and rural hospitals.
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facilities and will give details of those who have been appointed. NSLHD welcomes newest intake of intern doctors
NSLHD Board Chair Trevor Danos presents former NSLHD CE Deb Willcox with the NSLHD Honour Roll certificate
“The internship year will help them build their skills and gain diverse experience across a range of medical specialties in metropolitan, rural and regional areas “We are all excited to welcome them into our network and look forward to working with them.”
They will be provided on- the-job education, training and vocational support. Professor John Vassiliadis, Director of Prevocational Education and Training, said the new graduates were eager to start their training program, which involves two years of supervised practice in order to become independent safe practitioners. “The new doctors are excited to start learning from our experienced and highly skilled medical, nursing and allied staff across the district,” he said.
NSLHD’s newest intern doctors are excited to commence their internship year
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