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Royal North Shore Hospital Nursing and Midwifery
Service Improvement Three exciting projects have now commenced at RNSH, focused on improving experience and outcomes, for patient and staff, across very different areas of the hospital. Each of these project are led by multidisciplinary project teams and will use redesign and accelerated implementation methodology. A key element of the approach for these three projects will be INVOLVEMENT- making the time to listen to, understand and involve staff in designing and implementing improvements that are meaningful and useful to them. Let me introduce you to….
for people with Parkinson’s Disease who are admitted via our Emergency Department or are inpatients on specific Division of Medicine wards over the next 12 months. Embedding My Virtual Care in high use specialties in RNSH Ambulatory Care Clinic (ACC), led by our NSLHD Telehealth Project Officer Bruno Villamea Santos and two allied health clinicians with experience working in clinic environments. This project, sponsored by ACC Ops Manager, Jessica Drysdale, in collaboration with the RNSH Division of Medicine, will work with clinical and admin teams from three specialties to refine our approach to using
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The Holy Grail: Perioperative Care for the Frail project, led by Anaesthetists Andrew Marks & Chris Kay, Physiotherapist Judy Wong and RN from SSSU Alana Maky. This project, sponsored by Michelle Mulligan (Clinical Director Surgery & Anaesthesia RNSH), will improve how we prepare frail people for elective surgery over the next 12 months. Optimising the experience of being an inpatient with Parkinson’s Disease at RNSH, led by Parkinson’s Disease CNS Sue Williams and pharmacist Marissa Sakiris. This project, sponsored by Margie Webster (Nurse Manager, Division of Medicine), will improve how we care
Telehealth for outpatient appointments. COVID saw a rapid installation of Telehealth across most clinics with limited support. Now that we have room to breathe, we will focus on ensuring Telehealth processes and experience works optimally for our staff and patients over the next 6 months. For further information on any of the above projects or for assistance with any service improvement project, or
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idea, please get in touch with me via: Elizabeth.Bryan@health.nsw.gov.au
RNSH Nursing and Midwifery Workforce Updates
New Appointments / Secondments
Successful CNS Applications
Jacqueline Hickey—A/NUM SSSU (part-time temporary). Courtney Abbott—NUM SSSU has returned to work part-time.
Rachel Clarke—Endoscopy Unit
Monica Xu—Ward 8F
Kirsty Brown – NUM Patient Flow / Bed Manager
Tegan McDonald—A/CNE (Th/F) Child & Adolescent Unit
Ashley James—CNC Cardiology
Julia Stuart – CNC2 Trauma
Jess Madden—CNS Trauma
Jane Jiang—A/CNC ARRT (March 2022)
Cristina Atayde—A/CNC ASU (June 2021)
Congratulations!
Emily MacNaught—CNC3 Neonatology
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