HNE Health’s best and brightest in the spotlight
9 September 2010
2010 Staff Achievement Awards and Quality Awards
Later this month (September) Hunter New England Health will celebrate its high achieving staff and volunteers at the 2010 HNE Health Achievement Awards Gala Dinner.
The Achievement Awards are held each year to celebrate the people and projects that are influential in improving patient care across our health service. This year, the awards dinner will be held Wednesday evening, 15 September, in Tamworth. Winners of the HNE Health Staff Achievement Awards and Quality Awards will be announced on the night.
HNE Health Chief Executive Dr Nigel Lyons congratulated all the finalists for their outstanding contributions to improving health services.
“This year we received a record 98 nominations for the Staff Achievement Awards, which are designed to acknowledge the outstanding contributions made by staff and volunteers,” Dr Lyons said.
“We also received 90 nominations to our Quality Awards, which recognise innovative projects aimed at further improving the quality of care our patients receive.
“My congratulations go to all the finalists for their commitment to their roles and their innovative efforts.
“The care and dedication these individuals show to their patients and communities – and to the overall health of our region – is truly worth celebrating.”
The Achievement Awards Gala Dinner will be held in conjunction with the 2010 HNE Health Quality Exposition and Scientific Program which will be held on 15 and 16 September at the Tamworth Regional Entertainment Centre.
The Expo will be attended by about 180 staff and eminent experts in the fields of quality and safety, clinical and professional development and clinical governance. A number of the nation's healthcare quality leaders will be presenting at the event.
“Hunter New England Health is also extremely grateful to the businesses who have supported the 2010 Achievement Awards event,” Dr Lyons said.
Sponsors for the 2010 event include: Quality Hotel Powerhouse Tamworth and Armidale; Prosperity; Travelworld Newcastle; Carestream Health; First State Super; Telstra; Newcastle Permanent; Computer Systems Australia; Print National; and Australis Diamond Beach Resort.
2010 HNE Health Staff Achievement Award finalists
Clinical Leader of the Year
• Dr Sergio Diez Alvarez - Clinical Stream Leader, Diabetes Clinical Stream
• Assoc Prof Adrian Dunlop - Area Director Drug and Alcohol Services
• Joanne Sherring - Vocation, Education, Training and Employment (VETE) Service
Extended Excellence
• Dr Andrew Bisits - Director Obstetrics and Delivery Suite, John Hunter Hospital
• Grantly Hunt - Manager Costing, Funding and Activity, Population Health, Planning and Performance
• Lorna Scott - Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, Lower Hunter Cluster
Healthcare Unit of the Year
• Generalist Care Team - Taree Community Health
• HNE Health Oral Health Service
• Dietetics Department - Tamworth Hospital
Manager of the Year
• Melissa Mills - Manager, Tamworth and Nundle Community Health
• Anneke Redman - Service Manager, Hunter Equipment Service
• Sharon Simpson - Health Service Manager, Narrabri District Health Service
Outstanding Contribution of the Year
• Deirdre Burgess - Paediatric Endocrinology Dietitian, John Hunter Children’s Hospital
• Neil Morrison - Area Manager Medical Workforce Operations, Workforce Development
• Julie Smith - Manager Aboriginal Employment and Equity, Workforce Development
Support Unit of the Year
• Area Construction Team
• Organisational Capability and Learning
• Upper Hunter Home Modification and Maintenance Service
Tomorrow’s Leader
• Dr Scott Finlay - Visiting Medical Officer, Moree District Health Service
• Leigh Philpott - Senior Clinical Social Work Consultant, HNE Mental Health Services
Volunteer/s of the Year
• Tony Adams and his golden retriever dog Angus - who volunteer at Morisset Hospital’s Specialist Mental Health Service for Older People
• Daya Henkel - Volunteer, Nexus Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit
• Chris Miles - Volunteer, Tamworth Hospital
• Philip Webster - Chairman, Lower Mid North Coast Community Forum on Health
HNE Health Quality Award finalists
Promoting Health category
• Breastfeeding – Promotion Protection and Support - John Hunter Hospital
• The Benefits of Dietary Education on Wound Healing - Armidale Community Health
Improving quality and safety category
• Sedation of Violent & Aggressive Patients: the DORM Project - Department of Medicine & Toxicology Calvary Mater Newcastle
• Proactively Improving Medication Safety on John Hunter Campus - Pharmacy Services John Hunter Campus
• “Getting Started” Advanced Care Planning Implementation - Primary & Community Networks Wallsend Campus
Improving access to services when and where needed category
• Deadly Sista’s Indigenous Girls Camp- Quirindi Aboriginal Health Unit
• Improving Acute Stroke Care at Tamworth Hospital - Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital
• A Whole Person Model of Care for Persistent Pain in HNE Health - Hunter Integrated Pain Service
• Pre–Hospital Thrombolysis - Cardiology Clinical Stream
• Access to Employment Services for People with Mental Illness - Psychiatric Rehab Service
• Meeting Unmet Health Needs in Refugees – an Area Wide Program - Refugee Health
Improving patient experience category
• Seclusion Reduction Project - Mental Health Services
• Improving Medication Safety in the Rural Palliative Care Home Setting - Palliative Care Cessnock
• Interprofessional Tracheostomy Care: A Matter of Teamwork - John Hunter Hospital
• Advance Care Planning DVD: A family Journey - Community Health Strategy
• Review of Services for Miscarrying Women - The Maitland Hospital
Improving primary health and continuing care in the community category
• Preschool Screening Program (PSP) - Toronto Polyclinic
• Eat Smart Happy Heart - Tamworth Hospital Dietetics
• Responsive Redesign: Tamworth Aboriginal Mothers & Babies - Tamworth Community Health
Building Partnerships for Health category
• Healthy Budget Bites – Partnering for Health Communities - Cessnock / Kurri Health Service
Making Smart Choices category
• Occupational Therapy Abbreviating the Assessment: for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Presentations – JHH Occupational Therapy
• Dialysis Equipment : A Stream Approach - Renal Clinical Stream
• “Resident”: Medical Officer Noticeboard - Calvary Mater Newcastle
Building the Health Workforce category
• Development of a Standardised Area Advanced Life Support Program - Nursing & Midwifery
• Sustaining the Nephrology Nursing Workforce - Renal Clinical Stream
• Identifying & Developing our Syndicated Leaders - Workforce Development
Being Ready for New Risks and Opportunities category
• Protecting Our Mob - Area Disaster Management Unit
(Reference: HNE-2358)
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