The Weekly Wrap: 30 November 2022

Final chance to donate to WalkWest

Thank you for your support over the past 21 days. It’s been great to see you get out and about, all while raising funds for a great cause.

Together we’ve raised more than $72,000 for our vulnerable patients – and we’re not done yet! There’s still time left to log kilometres and raise a last few dollars for those who need it the most.

If you haven’t signed up or been taking part, you can still support your team mates by making a donation here: https://www.walkwest.com.au/

We’d also like to take a moment to thank our generous corporate supporters who helped to make this event possible: Dow, BankVic, Maxxia, Multiplex, Plenary and QUBE. 

To celebrate 10 years of the Western Health Foundation, Krispy Kreme is kindly donating 2,000 donuts to Western Health staff next week.

Pop along to the below locations and grab yourself a free sweet treat!

• 10:30am-11:30am, Tuesday 6 December, Sunshine Hospital (WCHRE courtyard)
• 30am-10:30am, Wednesday 7 September, Footscray Hospital (opposite op-shop)

Donuts will be put aside for those staff working nightshift.

Many thanks to Krispy Kreme for donating these through their Doughforce program, which is based on expressing thanks to those who work hard to support their communities.

If you would like to know more about their fundraising efforts you can visit our website here. Alternatively, visit their closest store at Highpoint, 120-200 Rosamond Rd, Maribyrnong VIC 3032

The Best Care Excellence & Improvement Program will be launching the first learning module 5^th December 2022. The project aims to demonstrate how each staff member is a fundamental contributor to creating a culture of continuous improvement and driving the responsibility for improvement and change to every staff member.  

The project team will be out and about during week with stalls, drop-in Zoom sessions and walk arounds. Please come down and have a chat with the project team on how to get your area participating in the We Learn modules.

For more information please visit the Live Best Care micro site Best Care Excellence & Improvement Project – Live Best Care (wh.org.au)

After many years closure the Sunshine Auxiliary Cart has re opened just before Christmas. 

Tuesdays only from 10-3. Until 16 December!

Come say hi to our volunteers Carol and Mai!

Volunteer Management  and Community Engagement Team would like you to meet (again!) the wonderful team called the “Naughtical Quilters” (previously Moonee Ponds Charity Quilting Group and now includes Essendon Craft Group).

The Naughtical Quilters have delivered handmade quilts for newborns for over 7 -8 years for the Joan Kirner Womens and Children Hospital in Sunshine. (pictured).

This is a much needed service/gift – as some baby’s still go home in hospital towels.

Rae, the Coordinator of the Naughtical Quilters says that “We actually continued right through Covid (quilting) and prior to Covid and often went up to the ward to deliver the quilts ourselves”.

“We used various means to continue to deliver during lockdowns and restrictions. We have kept our rate of donations fairly consistent for at least the last 5 years. “

Sylvs is the Adminstration Officer on Level 5 at Joan Kirner Womens and Children, and  is shown here holding a lovely batch of quilts. Over 100 quilts have  were delivered this week, and are located in Level 5 for all birthing suits, especially for the special care nursery.

Sylvs has been with Western health for over 32 years! Go say Hi!

The Volunteer Management and Community Engagement Team wishes to thank the Naughtical Quilters; Acting Nurse Unit Manager Newborn Services – Michelle Ryan, and Sylvs for assisting in re-instating this much needed service/ donation. Well done all!

To mark International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) Western Health staff are invited to attend a webinar next Friday December 2 featuring Paralympian wheelchair rugby superstar and motivational speaker Josh Hose and author, stroke survivor and acclaimed inspirational speaker Emma Gee, who will talk about person-centred care and resilience.

Learn more about the event.

Stay tuned for details about about the IDPwD stalls, giveaways and the relaunch of Western Health’s first Disability Liaison Service.

What: Western Health’s Celebrating International Day of People with Disability Webinar

When: Friday December 2, 2022 – 2:15pm-3pm

Where: Online via Zoom, please register in advance: https://westernhealth.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RVXli6HbRGeWzHi-pTkfRQ

Why: Be informed, educated and inspired by people with lived experience of disability. Learn about person-centred care, resilience and how to overcome barriers to success.

Transition News 14th Edition – 22 Nov 2022

With the festive season is around the corner, the Maribyrnong Auxiliary are running their annual Christmas Raffle to raise funds for Footscray Hospital.

Purchase tickets for your chance to win some wonderful prizes worth over $100. Whether that’s a gift for yourself after a year of hard work or one last present put under the tree for a loved one, the raffle is for everyone.

Tickets are $2.00 each or three for $5.00. Please visit the wonderful volunteers in the Footscray Op Shop for tickets – open Wednesday to Friday from 10am – 3.15pm.

Tickets will be available until Friday 16 December with the winners announced on Tuesday 20 December.

Good Luck!

Western Health in partnership with Anti-Slavery Australia,  My Blue Sky and  University of Technology Sydney is hosting an online lecture/workshop on

Identifying and Responding to Forced Marriage

When: Nov 29, 2022 12:30- 1.30 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMvcumtrTwpGNF6yedsToqUGUVBP3503nmy

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Flyer also attached. Please circulate to your networks

Anti Slavery Australia | Working to abolish slavery. Learn about it and find help here

MBS | Home (mybluesky.org.au)

Launch of new ‘Speak Now’ frontline worker resources | Anti Slavery Australia

The Australian Institute of Health & Welfare have released new updates to Australian Family, Domestic & Sexual Violence Data reports:

• Examination of hospital stays due to family & domestic violence – 2010/11 to 2018/19 
• Family, domestic and sexual violence service responses in the time of COVID-19
• New interactive release: Family, Domestic & Sexual Violence Data in Australia

You can check it out here: Family, domestic and sexual violence data in Australia , About – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (aihw.gov.au)

Preventing Violence against Women with Disabilities: Resources for Action Webinar – co-hosted by Safe and Equal and Women with Disabilities Victoria (WDV) showcasing some of the ground-breaking resources WDV has developed in the prevention of violence against women space.
 
The webinar recording is now published on our website. Click here to watch the recording. Along with the PowerPoint and accessible word document of the slides.
 
The suite of Women with Disabilities Victoria resources can also be found here.
 
Contact details of our presenters:
 
Helen Freris – Health Services Program Manager
E: helen.freris@wdv.org.au
 
Tathra Street – Gender and Disability Training Coordinator
E: tathra.street@wdv.org.au

16 Days Toolkit

The toolkit features information and resources for organisations to use during the 16 Days and beyond.

Please consider donating your used books to our Community Library located in the foyer in Footscray Hospital Main entrance!

We would love books that are:

• Not fit for sale – but still readable?
• clean
• slightly worn,
• good quality,
• may have some pen marks, page folds
• but still readable

How to donate? Easy! Please place your books directly into the Community Library on your way into work!

Books suitable for donation are:

• Indigenous books
• Adult fiction/non- fiction
• Young adult
• Childrens books
• Magazines – gardening, cooking, gossip magazines

Language: Of course, Footscray is a multi-cultural, diverse community, therefore:

• Books in English in big and usual print,
• multi lingual – as we are happy to receive books to reflect these languages including: Arabic, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Slavic languages, African nations languages, Asian, and all others!

We have partnered with local libraries to provide further donations monthly, including Vietnamese and Mandarin books.

WELEARN HELPDESK:

Please direct all emails to the Welearn Helpdesk: WeLearn@wh.org.au

In order to streamline our Education administrative workflow and Welearn inquiries, the WHS-CEAdmin@wh.org.au inbox will no longer be functional.

We are in the process of updating this information throughout the Education internet and intranet platform, including all documentation.

EDUCATION & LEARNING: SHORT COURSE ENROLMENTS AVAILABLE ON WELEARN!

Places are available for the upcoming courses:

Course: Refugee and People Seeking Asylum Study Day

Date/Time: 12 December 2022, 8:45 AM – 4:00 PM

Campus: Sunshine Hospital

Course fee: This is a free event

Course Aim: The course aims to provide information regarding Refugee and People Seeking Asylum from pre-settlement, the settlement journey and the impacts of trauma on health and wellbeing – our role as clinicians.

EDUCATION CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

Invasive Lines & Cannulation: Due to COVID-19 restrictions, advertised dates are only available for Bank-Pool Nursing Staff, Radiology and Medical staff. All ward nursing staff are to book in a time with their ward educator.

Resuscitation Mandatory Competencies: Sessions have recommenced. In the first instance, can you arrange an assessment with your local instructor or educator. Resus educators are contacting managers to arrange local sessions for individual teams. Dedicated sessions for Bank and Pool Staff along with separate sessions for Nursing and Medical staff are available on Welearn.

 NOVEMBER 2022

• 25/11/2022: Male Catheterisation Workshop

 DECEMBER 2022

• 02/12/2022: Crisis Management in Obstetric Anaesthesia and Neonatal Resuscitation (CMOANR)
• 06/12/2022: PIVC Training
• 07/12/2022: Night Duty: Falls
• 12/12/2022: Refugee and People Seeking Asylum Study Day

VCCC Alliance

The VCCC Alliance brings you the latest in cancer research, education and clinical care through engaging, relevant and informative events.

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Explore opportunities within the VCCC Alliance and the broader cancer sector, including scholarships, internships, jobs, training, support and grants

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Discover the latest progress in cancer research, education and clinical care delivered by the VCCC Alliance.

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The Ecovision November 2022 Edition click here to see the latest news and updates in sustainability.

Learn new tools for Telehealth video calls

A new Telehealth WeLearn module is now available to help guide clinicians on how to use Healthdirect Video Call, and includes tips & tricks on conducting an efficient and safe Telehealth consultation.

The aim of the module is to improve clinician confidence in using Video Call and conducting Telehealth consults, which will also lead to an improved clinician and patient experience.

The learning module only takes 5-10 minutes to complete and will help clinicians get up and running with the basics of Telehealth quickly.

Search for Telehealth on the WeLearn website to find the Western Health Telehealth learning module, and for further information about Telehealth at Western Health please visit the Telehealth and Virtual Care page on the Digital Health information site.

A home loan health check can help you assess your current financial situation and assist in setting goals for the future. It also looks at whether your current home loan still suits your needs.

If you’ve been paying off your home loan for a while the good news is that your equity may have also increased. This could provide some options for you to help fund a renovation of your existing space, buy a bigger home, or invest in property.

At the same time, you might find now is a good time to refinance, you might be able to get a better deal on your home loan and save on your repayments.

We work with our members to understand their goals and help them find solutions that suit their individual needs at different points in their life.

It’s all part of BankVic’s commitment to the financial wellbeing of our members.

Contact Michelle today to get your free home loan health on

0418 415 096 or email mferry@bankvic.com.au.

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Make a pre-tax donation direct from your pay

The Western Health Foundation have launched their staff giving program “Small change creates big change”

Your small change has the ability to make a big impact to support staff, patients and their families.

We are all aware of the huge need for support for our most vulnerable patients and community. Small change creates big change helps to provide support when and where it’s needed.

Nominate your regular pre-tax donation and sign-up today. Complete the personal details form here and return the completed form to peopleservicesoperations@wh.org.au

Last year alone, the Western Health Foundation provided more than $700,000 to fund new equipment, patient and staff support and world-class research, including:

• Purchasing new ECG machines to support the rollout of the EMR project
• Fellowships and scholarships for staff development
• Culturally sensitive Welcome Packs for patients who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
• Care packs to help patients undergoing cancer treatment
• Purchasing mobility aids or medication for patients who are in great hardship.

If you have any other questions about the Foundation or donating, please contact Katrina.desfosses@wh.org.au