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Message from the Chief Executive

It’s all fun and games when the Clown Doctors come to town! Dr Boogie and Dr Snooze took the big trip to the Far West to visit our hospital and help cheer up our patients with their unique brand of humour.

Clown Doctors on the loose!

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The Far West Local Health District Newsletter Edition 6, Vol 9, June 2019

Welcome to the July edition of the Far West in Focus. We are well into winter and I appreciate that this is a very busy time of the year especially for our clinical staff. Please take the time to look after yourself so that we can ensure that we are able to continue to provide the very best in health care to the people in our communities.

I would like to acknowledge the role of our volunteers in supporting our staff and our patients and clients, this support has been in evidence again with the yearly donation that the Broken Hill Health Service has received from the Kiosk Auxiliary. The donation will be used to buy equipment for patient care in wards and the operating theatre. I would also like to thank Mrs Pamela Lord who has been a volunteer at the Broken Hill Health Service for over fifty years, Mrs Lord has announced that following this amazing achievement that she is retiring. I thank Mrs Lord for her service to the hospital and offer her our best wishes as she takes a well-deserved rest.

There has been some staff movement of late, our long term Psychiatrist Dr Peter Vaux is leaving the Far West at the end of July. I thank Dr Vaux for his valued contribution to the mental health care of our population. I would also like to welcome Dr Carlos Zurbaran to the Far West Local Health District who has taken on the role of Clinical Director for the Mental Health Service. Unfortunately, Ms Margaret Hoey has

also left us to return closer to her family, with her team Marg has been instrumental in making improvements to our management of clinical data and will be sorely missed by many of us.

There have also been changes in people’s roles, most notably with the appointment of Ms Denise McCallum to the new position of General Manager for District Health Services and the appointment of Ms Jodie Miller to the role of District Director of Mental Health and Drug & Alcohol. Congratulations to Jodie and Denise, on behalf of the Executive Team, welcome to your new roles and I look forward to working with you both.

In closing I would like to thank the sixty four percent (64%) of our staff that responded to the People Matter Staff Survey during June, this was the highest response rate from any local health district and I look forward to hearing your views of working for the Far West Local Health District and then addressing the issues that have been raised.

— Steve Rodwell, Chief Executive

Mr Stephen Rodwell

Corporate Induction for new employees of Far West LHD was held in June at the Broken Hill Community Health Centre. Our newest staff members are (from left) Stacey Underwood – Casual EEN, Carlos Zurbaran – Clinical Director for MHDA Services, Stevie Kemp – Aboriginal Practitioner, Kristy Mcleod – Casual Hospital Assistant,

Wayne Ralph – Casual Hospital Assistant, Bianca Williams – CSO Nursing Administration, Jessie Rowbotham – Casual Hospital Assistant, Kristina Dimamay - Casual EEN, Carolynn (Clare) Needham – Casual Hospital Assistant

and Narelle Butcher – Casual Hospital Assistant.

The Broken Hill Hospital Kiosk volunteers has again made a significant donation to the Broken Hill Hospital to the tune of $141,848 to buy equipment.

This latest donation will bring the donations by the Kiosk to the Hospital in just the last ten years to a grand total of $1,752,500. The Kiosk Auxiliary donated $166,500 in the 2017/18 financial year and $176,464 in the 2016-17 financial year.

A/General Manager of BHHS, Melissa Welsh, said the health service was once again extremely grateful for the Kiosk volunteers.

“They do an exceptional job all year and once again we have a very large donation that will be used to buy equipment for use in the hospital. We are extremely grateful for their continued hard work and commitment to helping make our service better for this equipment,” said Ms Welsh.

The donation will buy the following equipment:

Philips MX450 patient monitors x 6. $92,542.46. For use in Theatre anaesthetic bays and recovery areas.

Floor Line Hi/low beds x 6. $37,120. For use in hospital ward areas.

A Valleylab FT10 electro surgical generator with LigaSure technology. $12,186. For use in the operating theatres. Kiosk Volunteers were very pleased they could once again make a

large donation to the BH hospital, said Kiosk Auxiliary President, Betty Sammut. “All of the volunteers take a great personal satisfaction in working in the Kiosk and our ‘pay day’ is being able to raise so much money to buy equipment for the hospital. I personally wish to thank them all for their continued hard work throughout the year” said Mrs Sammut.

A/General Manager of the Broken Hill Health Service, Ms Melissa Welsh, by Kiosk Auxiliary President Betty Sammut and Treasurer

Stephen Bennetts.

Kiosk donates $141,848 to BH Hospital for equipment


Staff Update

The new Deputy Director Nursing and Midwifery at Broken Hill Health Service is loving being back in the Far West.

Martin Cushing (pictured) was previously with the LHD as the HSM of Wilcannia Health Service.

“After dipping my toe in the water two years ago as the HSM of Wilcannia, the lure of the rustic charm of Broken Hill, the endless horizon and the opportunity afforded in the Far West was too difficult to resist,” he said.

Martin’s clinical background is Maternity and SCN; Critical Care – ED, CC and ICU. His management background is as an AHNM, NUM, Quality and Safety Manager and HSM. My qualifications include RN, RM, Grad Dip CC, MHM.

“My professional passion is facilitating ground up improvement. My escape is gardening, bonsai and as yin to yang, motorbikes. My beautiful wife and our rescue dogs will be joining me in September. I look forward to meeting you in the future. Ask me about Kaizen.”

Lure of the Far West too hard to resist

Wendy Gleeson will be commencing in the role of Nurse Manager Policy Practice and Initiatives from mid July 2019. Wendy brings many years of experience as a Nurse Educator to this role, and will be great addition to the senior nursing team. Wendy’s office will be in the District Nursing Team at the Broken Hill Community Health Centre.

Eureka Van Der Merwe will be

commencing as the new Clinical Documentation Specialist in the Clinical Governance Unit from Monday 24 June 2019. This new role for the LHD is responsible for the concurrent and retrospective review of clinical documentation to ensure documentation is complete, specific and accurate to reflect the complexity of the episode of care. Eureka has supported the LHD as the Essentials of Care Coordinator and is a great addition to the Clinical Governance Team. Eureka’s office will be located in Broken Hill Base Hospital.

Please join us in welcoming Eureka and

Wendy to their new positions, The Sexual Health Team also welcome a

new staff member. Stevie Kemp is our new Aboriginal Health Practitioner – Sexual Health. Stevie is on a 12 month contract and will be working with the local team on the Deadly Liver Mob Program. We wish her well on her time with us. Please make her feel welcome. She can be contacted by calling 08 8080 1610.

The new NUM of Medical Ward BHHS has swapped the surf for the sand of the Far West!

Andrew Rigg (pictured) has moved to Broken Hill from Swansea Heads (on the entrance to Lake Macquarie 25km south of Newcastle) and has been a Registered Nurse for 28 years. Andrew has worked mainly in Acute and Sub-Acute Neurology as well as General Medicine as a clinician and manager.

“I have a keen interest in Neuro rehabilitation. Outside of nursing, I am a keen surfer and am a life member of Caves Beach Surf Life Saving Club. And yes, I realise we are a long way from the beach!” he said.

Andrew said he and his wife were looking for their next big personal and professional adventure in their lives when the opportunity to come to Broken Hill presented itself.

“I’m looking forward to the challenge of nurturing, leading and developing a young nursing team into a work force that provides professional health care in an isolated environment such as Broken Hill.”

New NUM Medical Ward swaps surf for sand


Orientation for our latest group of JMOs was held this month and this cohort are all new to Broken Hill.

Dr Farook has travelled from Queensland to work for the term and has brought his young family with him for 10 weeks so we welcome them to the cooler clime of a desert winter.

Medical Services tries to make the Orientation program interesting and provide the most important information to these young medical professional. We have limited time to

achieve this and we appreciate the hard work of the many presenters.

Dr Sarah Wenham Director of Prevocational Education Training and JMO Manager Jeff King were the lead presenters on the first day covering clinical responsibilities.

The group also spent time in their wards in the morning meeting the staff and orientating to the work space.

The orientation week also included afternoon sessions on Psychiatry

from Dr Peter Vaux, and Cultural Orientation from Denise Hampton and Mariah Goldsworthy. Documentation and Privacy and Confidentiality was also presented by Marg Hoey and Carolyn Williams.

Our thanks to all these people who make the effort every 10 weeks to make the new cohort welcome and deliver the material needed to get them the best start in Broken Hill.

Welcome to Term 3!

Dr Michelle Ly — Intern Surg, Dr Thai-Tam Nguyen — Med RMO, Dr Edward Cao — Intern Med, Dr Rajeev Naidu — Med RMO, Dr Jason Sritharan — Med SRMO, Dr Mohamed Farook — Med SRMO, Dr Michael Lin — Med RMO and Dr Edward Cong — Surg

RMO. Absent: Dr Amber Pesendorfer and Dr Michael Burrows, who are both working in ED this term but as old hands. Amber worked in ED and Michael helped out in Medical Ward to support the patients and staff while Orientation was in progress. Many thanks

to both these young doctors for their hard work on a tricky day.

JMOs welcomed to the Far West for Term 3


NITTY GRITTY 31! Twenty participants in Broken Hill and 11 at

Coomealla Sporting Club on the 23 and 24 June 2019 was an outstanding success for Clinic 9 Broken Hill Sexual Health clinic in the FWLHD for training.

Nitty Gritty training is specialised reproductive and sexual health training for staff working with youth. Participants gained valuable knowledge and skills to build their capacity to improve sexual health outcomes of young people.

Nitty Gritty training was built on and complemented Sticky Stuff training which was held in the FWLHD recently. The topics included communicating with young people about reproductive and sexual health, consent, the low downs of STIs and contraception advice and more.

Facilitator’s from Family Planning NSW Tracey, Mekita and Jo Lenton CNC Sexual Health FWLHD where overwhelmed by the response and engagement from all participants.

Thank you to all participants whom attended and increased their skills in sexual and reproductive health.

— Jo Lenton, CNC Sexual

Health.

Staff at the Broken Hill Nitty Gritty session (top) and at the

Coomealla session.

The Child Abuse and Sexual Assault Clinical Advice Line (CASACAL) is a 24/7 telephone line with urgent and non-urgent clinical advice available.

CASACAL is for doctors and nurses providing medical care and/or forensic examinations for children and young people (up to their 16th birthday) who are suspected victims of sexual assault, physical abuse and neglect.

This includes VMOs and those working in inter jurisdictional or Public Private Partnership arrangements.

CASACAL formalises the existing ‘informal’ escalation process for relevant doctors/nurses to Paediatricians in the CPU/Service.

CASACAL can be called after clinicians have followed their local advice and escalation pathways.

Resources for the LHD: FAQs, Factsheet, Case Studies, Poster via MHDA Directorate, Cascal Intranet Page CLICK HERE.

Contact your CASACAL Champion Sherree Ferrall on 08 8080 1643 for more information.

The Child Abuse and Sexual Assault Clinical Advice Line


http://fwlhd/MentalHealthDrugAndAlcohol/ChildAbuseAndSexualAssaultClinicalAdviceLine.phpC:/Users/28022323/Documents/Adobe

The LHD has welcomed Geneen Lynch Reyna who has joined the Specialist Palliative Care Team as a Bereavement Counsellor.

Geneen is a Psychologist with extensive experience as a Palliative Care Bereavement Counsellor in large hospice settings in the United States, and more recently, has worked in private practice in Queensland. Geneen and her husband Rafael have moved to Broken Hill from Queensland.

The NSW Ministry of Health has funded each Local Health District to employ Bereavement Counsellors to work in Specialist Palliative Care Services.

This is a new role for Far West LHD, and Geneen will spend her first few weeks working with the Broken Hill team to develop a model of care that sits within the Specialist Palliative Care Service. The role will provide bereavement counselling to individuals, families and groups whose loved one has received Specialist Palliative Care Services, and who have more complex bereavement needs. Initially, referrals will come from within the Specialist Care Team, although these carers or family will also be able to self-refer.

Melissa Cumming, Director Cancer and Palliative Care Services said: “Formal bereavement counselling for family or carers, particularly those with more complex needs after a palliative care patient has died, has been an identified gap in the service.

“To have a Palliative Care Bereavement Counsellor of Geneen’s calibre join our team is very exciting, and will add another dimension to the multidisciplinary service we provide to our community. We welcome Geneen to our team and to Broken Hill”.

New specialist role for Palliative Care Services

Geneen Lynch Reyna, Bereavement Counsellor with the Specialist Palliative

Care Team.

The Far West LHD has had two staff members recently graduate from The Next Generation of Leaders and Managers Program.

Umer Qureshi, Acting Human Resources Manager and Emma Clynch, former Human Resources Officer, attended the graduation ceremony in Sydney on 30 May, 2019.

Umer and Emma were initially chosen to be part of the Program in 2017 after being shortlisted as the Far West LHD’s nominees.

The Program, organised by HETI, intended to assist emerging leaders to advance their skills and knowledge to improve health service delivery in NSW. Both Umer and Emma completed the two-year program which saw their achievements culminate in the completion of a Diploma of Leadership and Management.

The first year of the program was for participants to undertake a Business Improvement Project within their LHD. Umer focused on the introduction of new functionality for Blood Lead Level Monitoring within the electronic medical record, and Emma created two websites, a Career portal and one for onboarding new employees to the Far West LHD.

The second portion of the program saw Umer and Emma consolidate their extensive knowledge base through participation in a peer consultation group, using the ‘inquiring structure’ when meeting with health consumers and applying ‘design thinking’ principles when working as part of a strategic challenge team. Assisted by Western NSW LHD’s Allied Health and Innovation Portfolio, Emma and Umer developed a brief on furthering research opportunities across numerous sectors within the Western NSW LHD, whilst facing strategic and logistical challenges in the brief’s completion.

Both Umer and Emma have gained an enhanced knowledge of the NSW Health system and the importance of delivering patient-centred outcomes. Their new learnings will further enhance their careers, enabling them to utilise their increased skills and abilities in improving health service delivery within NSW Health.

Congratulations Emma and Umer!

Next generation of Leaders and Managers graduates

Emma Clynch and Umer Qureshi


Denise McCallum (pictured) has been appointed to the role of General Manager, District Health Services (previously General Manager, Lower Western Sector).

Denise has a vast knowledge of the District and has many years of experience working within the Nursing Directorate and most recently with Integrated Care.

Denise will start in the role as of 22 July 2019 and will be located at the Broken Hill Community Health Centre. You can contact Denise via Katherine Leo, Clinical Support Officer [email protected] or (08) 8080 2241. Congratulations to Denise on her new role within the FWLHD Senior Executive Team.

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Marg Hoey, District Health Information Manager, is leaving Broken Hill for Western LHD and friends and colleagues gathered to give her a farewell morning tea.

Marg came to Far West LHD 3 ½ years ago for a one month secondment, and decided to stay. We are glad she did because under her leadership we have improved our processes and systems with medical records and data, and as we know, the accuracy of our data is vitally important to ensuring we are funded appropriately for the services we provide.

Marg was also integral to the removal of medical and other paper records from Kincumber House before it was demolished last year, which led to the highlight of her career – a lined shed with new shelving to store files.

We thank Marg for her calm approach to getting things done, and her extensive experience will be missed. We wish her well as she returns to Parkes to take on another HIM role.

Farewell to Health Information Manager


New District Health Services Manager

One of our longest serving volunteers is taking a step back from her role as Hospital Visitor at BH Hospital.

Mrs Pam Lord has been volunteering as a BH Women’s Auxiliary RFDS Broken Hill Hospital Visitor for

over 50 years. She is reducing her time as a visitor to spend more time with her husband. Another person will be taking the lead as the BH Women’s Auxiliary RFDS Hospital Visitor.

The health service is extremely grateful for Mrs Lord’s contribution and dedication in her role as a hospital visitor.

“Mrs Lord’s devotion over a long period of time is

simply outstanding and we can’t say thank you enough to

her for all she has done,” said CE Steve Rodwell. “To give so much time to help others and the health service is remarkable. Mrs Lord is a valuable member of our community and is well known and respected by all in the health service. We cannot overstate our appreciation.”

On her 50th anniversary in 2015 of being a Hospital

Visitor, the LHD established the Far West LHD & Pamela Lord Volunteer of the Year Award in recognition of her many years of volunteering. The award has been presented each year since then.

We wish all the best to Mrs Lord.

Mrs Pam Lord

Hospital Visitor takes a break

mailto:[email protected]


Original artwork for Palliative Care 30th Anniversary Dinner

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On 18 June 2019, five more staff attended a three-hour workshop to learn how to collect stories from patients, carers and staff on their health care experiences through appreciative enquiry using emotional touch points.

We evaluate the care that patients receive by compliments, complaints, audits, surveys and incident reports. Collecting stories of patient, family or carer experiences of the care they have received is another way to evaluate the care experience and identify areas for celebration and improvement. The emotional narrative of a patient experience often provides the trigger to inspire change within teams.

Collecting staff stories allow our fellow staff and managers to celebrate things that require celebration or provides the trigger for reflection and

change. How can we provide First Class health care if our staff are not engaged and empowered to be the best that they can be?

Feedback from participants was

positive and staff now feel more confident to collect stories with the tools provided.

This was also the first time where we used videoconference as a method for remote staff to participate in this workshop. Whilst we had a few initial technical difficulties, the overall delivery of this workshop was well received - it is very interactive.

If you are interested to tell your story; have a patient or their family or carer who wish to share their story, or to learn to collect story’s or just want to know some more, please contact [email protected]

Story collection – your voice matters!

Presenter – Eureka van der Merwe with participants Chelsea Edwards, Diana Ferry,

Emma Westrup and Chantelle Ragg.

Triona Allen, Dareton

Community Health,

participated via videolink.

An original artwork by Amanda Johnson (pictured) will be auctioned at the 30

th Anniversary Palliative Care

Dinner Dance on 27 July 2019. Amanda has kindly donated the artwork to help raise

funds for Broken Hill Palliative Care Service. The night will feature a number of raffles, so please bring some spare cash!!

There are a few tickets still available at $70. Please contact Bronte on 80801215. The bar however is cashless (EFTPOS or CREDIT card accepted). Dinner includes three courses and a band and drinks at your own cost. Dress is Cocktail or Smart Casual.

The Broken Hill Branch of the Commonwealth Bank has generously donated $500 to the Broken Hill Palliative Care Service.

Peter Rosewarn, Branch Manager said: “Our team felt that you deserved this grant because of the wonderful work you do in the community. We have all been touched in some way by your service, and this is just a small token of our appreciation.”

Melissa Cumming, Director Cancer and Palliative Care Services thanked Peter and the Commonwealth Bank for their generous donation. “It will be used to help provide our palliative care patients with equipment and services at home, and the donation is greatly appreciated.

Palliative Care Nurses Liz Tysoel, Jenna Muscat and Peter Rosewarn, Branch Manager Commonwealth Bank Broken Hill.

CW Bank cancer services donation



Health Promotion staff conducted a presentation in early June to a group of enthusiastic staff in the LHD on the Get Healthy Information Coaching Service (GHiCS).

The presentation highlighted different facets of information provided by the GHiCS, and how referrals by health professionals can improve health outcomes for patients and clients.

FWLHD Performance Agreement has annual Tier Two Key Performance Indicators for the number of health professional referrals to GHiCS. Staff referring to the GHiCS can access a variety of rewards based on numbers of referrals made through ‘The Collectables’ campaign.

This information session was the first to be delivered in the FWLHD, with plans to deliver additional presentations via video conference to all health service facilities and services in the district.

For more information please contact Health Promotion Officer Rebecca Crawford on 08 8080 1217 or [email protected]

Health Promotion Officers, Rebecca Crawford and Matilda Low (both standing) with staff who attended the presentation

GHiCS session well received

Allied Health clinicians get to grips with media training Broken Hill Allied Health clinicians were successful in obtaining a $5,000 training grant in the 2018 HETI Allied Health

Workplace Learning Grant Program. The Allied Health Workplace Learning Grant Program provides financial support to teams of Allied Health professionals and Assistants seeking to further develop their knowledge and skill through workplace opportunities.

The grant was spent on media training, as part of an ongoing process to continue to develop senior and emerging Allied Health Clinicians as leaders of the future. The Allied Health Management team have a continued focus on the development of core interpersonal (people) skills. It is hoped that this will continue to form a foundation of professional development within the vast skill set of Allied Health clinicians for the Far West.

In collaboration with Adelaide-based media company Corporate Conversations, a group of 10 Allied Health clinicians attended a 3 hour theory and practical media training session on 18 June with consultant Ben Hooper.

The training assisted in the development of key messaging, interview skills and how to work with the different types of media. The session proved to be a great success with great energy and skills learnt throughout the day.

How to get the best out of a media interview was the focus of practical exercises during the media

training sessions.



What’s Wound Awareness Week all about? Wounds Australia is the peak body for wound care and management in Australia.

Wound Awareness Week takes place every year to help raise awareness of the rising issue of wounds across Australia. This year our Wound Awareness Week theme is Let’s Talk About Wounds, and our goal is to get people talking about the rising issue of wounds.

How is FWLHD bringing awareness to wounds during July?

Wednesday 3rd July– Videoconference Wounded Wednesday Q & A. 2pm-2:30pm. Skylab.

Monday 15th-21st July– Where’s Wounded Wally? A fun wound awareness activity for all staff. Prizes to be won!

Monday 15th-21st July– Decorate your ward with Wound Awareness resource kits.

Wednesday 17th July– Wound Awareness stall BHHS Foyer. 11am-2pm.

Wednesday 17th July– CHOC CHATS Videoconference– Community Nursing 2:30pm-3pm.

Thursday 18th July– FWLHD Skin Integrity Leaders Meeting & afternoon tea. 2pm-3pm. BHHS Meeting room 3 or V/C. For more information please contact one of our Skin Integrity Leaders:

Broken Hill: Timothy O’Neill, Manager Nursing Leadership & Workforce Development Megan Jordan, CNS2 Wound Management Jill Lord, Broken Hill Palliative Care team Bronwyn Vine, Broken Hill Theatre Shirley Victory, Broken Hill Community Nursing Karen Paul, Broken Hill Specialist Clinic Airlie Smith, Broken Hill ICU Jill Keft, Broken Hill ED Georgia Bartley, Broken Hill ED Sue Thomas, Broken Hill ED Nicola Byrne, Mental Health Broken Hill Kirsty Westley, Medical Broken Hill Brianna Smith, Occupational Therapist Broken Hill Kristy Murch, Occupational Therapist Broken Hill Dr Matthew Lui, Intern Broken Hill Dr Timothy Haynes, Intern ED Broken Hill Linda Sutherland, CNS2 Falls & Dementia Tabitha Schultz, Allied Health Assistant Broken Hill Eureka Van Der Merwe, Nurse Manager, EOC Stacey Cameron, Medical Broken Hill

Paula Williams, CNE Broken Hill Sarah Burns, Paediatrics Broken Hill Jaimee Day, HITH Broken Hill District facilities: Kathleen Leo, LSW Reliever Jane Smith, Dareton Palliative Care team Jacinta Carter, Wilcannia Elizabeth Buffon, Dareton Primary Health Brenda Brennan, Ivanhoe Vivienne Fazulla, Tibooburra Thomas Cashion, Ivanhoe Leah Gilbee, Balranald Tegan Muscat, Balranald Dimity Kelly, Menindee Karen Gleeson, Wentworth

Did you know you can access other LHD’s intranets via the NSW Health intranet page by clicking this button:

It’s found on the right of the MOH intranet page. You may find it helpful when developing processes and might need to know how someone else is doing something or what they have put in their policy. However, staff are NOT to follow or adopt policies belonging to another LHD and to only use it for ideas, references or contacts on specific topics.

Other LHD intranets accessible


HealthRoster training has been scheduled in Broken Hill for 30 and 31 July 2019:

HealthRoster Roster Creation BAU for new users and those who require a refresher. This session will provide an understanding of navigating and performing Roster Creation functions within the HealthRoster application. Session dates: Tuesday 30 July and Wednesday 31 July 2019 — 8.30am to 12 noon. Course Code 133023769.

HealthRoster for Existing Users for Creators and Managers who use HealthRoster daily and have completed Roster Creation online or face to face training.

This session will provide an understanding of navigating and performing advanced Roster Creation functions. Session dates: Tuesday 30 July and Wednesday 31 July 2019 0 1pm to 4.30pm. Course Code 203101539.

To ensure that we have the required numbers to run these sessions in Broken Hill, please enrol via My Health Learning by COB Monday 22 July 2019.

HealthRoster training in BH

https://hetionline.cit.health.nsw.gov.au/

The BH Health Service is calling for Urgent Expressions of Interest for the BH Patient Family Support Volunteer Program.

The Patient Family Support program is a support structure for families of patients who are critically ill and present to the Emergency Department, offering comfort, practical and emotional support for the patient’s family, after hours.

This is a valuable program for our clients who visit our health service and I encourage staff who are interested in volunteering to consider this opportunity as we only have two staff available for the July roster. For further information please contact Darriea Turley, Manager Community Engagement, 0429 848 480 ASAP.

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Back in July 2018 the FWLHD submitted a Proposal through AFM Online Theraputic Environments Minor Capital Works Project (TEMCWP) for funding to improve the environment in the Mental Health Inpatient Unit

The FWLHD has now successfully completed the TEMCWP through AFMO and secured funding to the value of $115 000 from NSW Health Infrastructure.

Over the past 9 months patients have been consulted with and decisions made to purchase Furniture Fittings and Equipment (FF&E) that would improve the environment and experience at Broken Hill Inpatient Ward

Improvements such as furniture, therapy equipment, multimedia equipment and external environment equipment (pictured) have been purchased and installed through the TEMCWP funding

Feedback from Patients and Staff is already showing that improvements to the environment have been made and equipment is being fully utilised, leading to happier patient experiences.

Thanks to Michael Weinert AFMO Maintenance Planner, Aneta Turley Clinical Support

Officer MHDA, Dallas Seager MHDA Executive Assistant and the Mental Health Team for

their determination in making this

improvement possible.

Patient experiences have improved in MHIPU

Urgent call for family support volunteers


Clowning around in a hospital is generally frowned upon and attracts the fun police — but not when the Clown Doctors are visiting!

Dr Boogie and Dr Sneeze dropped in on BH Hospital and brought their unique brand of magical humour to children and other patients. They were an instant hit with the kids and staff didn’t escape their playful humour either.

The Clown Doctor program is provided by the Humour Foundation, an Australian charity dedicated to bringing the health benefits of humour to the community.

It was the first time the Far West was included on their tour program (thanks to generous support from the Moose Toys Foundation) and may not be the last judging by the success!

Smiles and laughter aplenty when the Clown

Doctors call into hospital


Protective Behaviours Program workshop being run The LHD is again running a Protective Behaviours and

Personal Safety Program for 6-9 year olds. This program helps children recognise when their personal space and sense of safety may be at risk. It focuses on everyone feeling safe, being safe and talking about it. The program is based on two main principles:

1. We all have the right to feel safe all of the time 2. Nothing is so awful that we can’t talk about it with

someone. The program will be held Tuesdays starting at 3.30pm from

23 July 2019 for five weeks, ending on 20 August 2019. It will be held at the Broken Hill Community Health Centre, 2-4 Sulphide Street. The program is for children 6-9 years old and a parent or carer must attend each session with the child/ren. Facilitators are Georgia (Sexual Assault Counsellor) phone 8080 1609 and Geena (Sexual Assault Counsellor) phone 8080 1290.

Please call for further detail and to confirm your place, places are limited.

Protective Behaviours Education covers the following:

The End of Financial Year is here!

A friendly reminder to all staff that your personal details and payslip delivery preference is up-to-date so we know where to send this year’s payment summary.

Helpful information articles are available within the SARA Knowledge Base, as well as a video on how to read your payment summary available via our website.

Please update their details prior to the end of the month via Employee Self Service, alternatively to contact the Customer Service Desk on 1300 679 367 for assistance. — Employee Services, HealthShare NSW


https://sara.health.nsw.gov.au/customerportal?id=kb_search&spa=1&query=payment%20summary

http://www.healthshare.nsw.gov.au/paymentsummaries

https://stafflink.hss.health.nsw.gov.au/

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Shelf location: 616.075 TAL. Talley, N. et al. 2014. Examination medicine. A guide to physician training. 7th ed. Shelf location: 616.0754 TAL Watson, P. et al. 2017. The junior doctor survival guide. Shelf location: 610.695 WAT.

On The Shelf — Far West Health Library

The June 2019 resources available at the Far West Health Library is listed below. The Far West Health Library is available to all health staff and students within the FWLHD. The library is located at the University Department of

Rural Health. Opening hours Mon – Fri 8:30am – 5:00 pm. Ph: 8080 1210

This Essential Youth Healthcare Skills training workshop was developed as part of the Youth Health Training Initiative (YHTI), which commenced in 2015.

The YHTI aims to build the capacity of the NSW Health workforce to better understand, identify and respond to the health needs of young people.

The NSW Health key documents which guide the implementation of this training initiative include:

NSW Youth Health Framework 2017-2024

Healthy, Safe and Well: A Strategic Health Plan for Children, Young People and Families 2014-24

Youth Health Competency Framework (2015)

Building the Health Workforce Capacity on Youth Health Scoping Study Report (2014)

Access Study: Youth Health — Better Practice Framework (2011).

This Training Workshop supports state-wide youth health capacity building by providing youth health training

coordinators and trainers with the essential resources required to deliver a one day training session targeting the core and universal competencies outlined in the Youth Health Competency Framework (2015).

This updated version of the Training Workshop supports the implementation of the NSW Youth Health Framework 2017-2024 which has three goals:

1. The health system responds to the needs of young people, including targeted responses for vulnerable young people

2. Health services are accessible and young people are engaged and respected

3. Young people are supported to optimise their health and wellbeing.

There is one more session of the Essential Youth Healthcare Training on offer in 2019:

Monday 9th

September 9.00am to 5pm

My Health Learning course

code (229859417)

One session for 2019


Submissions can be sent to [email protected]. The newsletter can be found on the Far West LHD website at www.fwlhd.health.nsw.gov.au

Policy Watch — PDs available on MOH internet The following documents have been published on the NSW Ministry of Health internet site http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/policies. These documents are official NSW Health policy. Compliance with Policy Directives is mandatory.

Title Document Number Date Issued

Fees Payable to Lecturers in Respect of In-Service Courses IB2019_016 20/06/2019

Management of health care workers with a blood borne virus and those doing expo-sure prone procedures PD2019_026 21/06/2019

Fee for Cremation Certificates issued by Salaried Medical Practitioners of Public Hospitals IB2019_011 07/06/2019

Clinical Handover PD2019_020 07/06/2019

Recruitment and Selection of Junior Medical Officers to the NSW Health Service PD2019_022 12/06/2019

NSW Health Incident Coordination Framework PD2019_023 14/06/2019

Aboriginal Cultural Activities Policy PD2019_025 20/06/2019

National Aboriginal and Islander Observance Committee (NAIDOC) Week for 2019 IB2019_012 07/06/2019

Prevention and Response to Violence Abuse and Neglect, and Child, Youth and Families Data Governance GL2019_006 14/06/2019

Public Toilet Safety Checks GL2019_005 06/06/2019

National Health and Medical Research Council Research Staff Salary Rates 2019 IB2019_013 12/06/2019

Increase in Car Parking Fees IB2019_014 13/06/2019

Adult Mental Health Intensive Care Networks PD2019_024 20/06/2019

General Retention and Disposal Authority: Patient Records (GDA17) and Adminis-trative Records (GDA21) IB2019_015 19/06/2019

The following policy documents have been endorsed and are now available on our intranet site for your reference: FW_PD2014_005 Critical Care - Admission and Discharge of Patients to the Broken Hill Health Service Intensive Care Unit FW_PD2014_031 Between the Flags - Clinical Emergency Response Systems Procedure FW_PD2015_009 Between the Flags - Minimum Standards for Vital Sign Observations in the Acute/Sub Acute Setting FW_PD2017_001 Mental Health Drug and Alcohol: Broken Hill Mental Unit Admissions Policy FW_PD2016_051 Extended Care and Inter-hospital transfer of patients in Lower Western Sector Health Facilities FW_PD2019_008 Assumption of Care of a Child or Young Person at Risk on Broken Hill Hospital Premises FW_PD2019_009 REACH - Patient, Family and Carer Escalation

It is mandatory that policies, procedures and guidelines are adhered to by all Far West Local Health District Staff. PRINT WARNING: Printed copies of current policies or part thereof should not be relied upon as a current reference document.

ALWAYS refer to the electronic copy for the latest version.

Notification of new policies uploaded to the Intranet


http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/policies

http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/policies

http://www1.health.nsw.gov.au/pds/Pages/doc.aspx?dn=IB2019_016

http://www1.health.nsw.gov.au/pds/Pages/doc.aspx?dn=PD2019_026










http://www1.health.nsw.gov.au/pds/Pages/doc.aspx?dn=GL2019_006








http://fwlhd.gwahs.nswhealth.net/Policies/doclink.php?docid=11185





