October 2016 - Edition 6 Welcome to the Southern Future newsletter!Thank you for all the stories and ideas that have been coming in. Remember this is ‘your’ newsletter to showcase all your amazing work in helping Southern DHB become the organisation we want it to be. Please help us share your stories by emailing the communications team communications@southerndhb.govt.nz And remember that a wide range of resources to help build the future we want can be found in the Southern Future SharePoint site. If you would like any advice on this, please contact Mel Green at listening@southerndhb.govt.nz Celebrating Jill Oliver!Congratulations to Dunedin Hospital Charge MRI Technologist, Jill Oliver, who was recently awarded the inaugural New Zealand Institute of Medical Radiation Technology (NZIMRT) award by the NZIMRT Board of Directors. "It's a great honour to receive it - I'm delighted and had no idea I had been nominated." Jill has worked tirelessly for the DHB for over 40 years with a strong commitment to education and training. In 1973 Jill won the Queen Elizabeth II study award which took her to the UK to learn about MRI services, prior to setting up the MRI service at Dunedin Hospital in 1993. She qualified with an MSc MRI from Anglia Rudkin University, Cambridge UK in 2000, and was the first New Zealander to gain registration in MRI. “It’s wonderful that Jill has received the award. She really deserves it as recognition of the many years of service to the profession. Jill has made a huge contribution to the profession during her time as an MRT and MRI technologist.” - Southern DHB MRT Professional Leader Debbie Cragg Coloured Shoes Improve Work CultureSady Walker (left) and Cecil Williams (right) of the North Community Mental Health team have fun with the shoe exercise. The North Community Mental Health team are using coloured shoes to embrace Southern Future values and behaviours. The team recently participated in a group exercise, using paper shoes to express a few key messages around their work culture. “We used red, pink and green shoes as a form of communication around our individual work goals,” says North Community Mental Health Registered Nurse Sady Walker. “We each wrote something we wanted to change or leave in the past from our practice on the red and pink shoes, and what we wanted to move forward with on the green shoes.” After the team finished the exercise, they shredded the red and pink shoes and put them in their Southern Future pot plant. “This was a symbolic gesture to move forward and grow something positive by letting the past go.” The green shoes have been turned into a mobile and hung in the office as a positive reminder of the team’s goals and objectives. “This exercise is a wonderful example of creativity and team bonding, and perfectly encapsulates the Southern Future values and behaviours. I’d like to say a personal congrats to the North Community Mental Health team for their efforts.” - Louise Travers, General Manager, Mental Health Addictions and Intellectual Disability Directorate. Share your story with us! If you know of great examples of people living the values at Southern DHB, we would love to hear from you! Please email communications@southerndhb.govt.nz New Dental Service in QueenstownMaking a difference for patients and whānau - we're listening more “The service is convenient, so we hope it will encourage families to maintain their dental health." Southern DHB Oral Health Services have expanded their services to Queenstown, with monthly consultations to the new Dental Clinic. “Bringing the clinic to Queenstown means more of our dental services are closer to home which serves the community better,” says Oral Health Services Clinical Leader Dr Tim Mackay. "We see a number of children from Queenstown in Invercargill and Dunedin who have had to travel for a dental assessment. Sometimes, because of the child's age or the complexity of treatment we are unable to do anything on the day." Children will be assessed by a senior DHB dentist and work out a dental management plan. Low level sedation will be available on site for some children, but if the child has complex treatment needs, parents and caregivers will be offered the opportunity for their child to be placed onto the DHB's general anaesthetic waiting list, and where possible, treat them at the Mobile Surgical Services Theatre in Queenstown. "This service is convenient, so we hope dental therapists will be able to book children into the Clinic for assessment with Dr Mackay. Transport ChampionsMaking a difference for staff, teams and colleagues Keeping the place ticking along: The Southern DHB Transport team. Think it’s a challenge to keep your own car’s rego and maintenance up-to-date? Try managing a 277-vehicle fleet across five sites in Otago and Southland, operating a shuttle service and running an internal post and courier operation, as well as coordinating medical Mainland Air flights. That’s the task facing district transport co-ordinator Jan Robertson and the Southern DHB transport team. And while the shuttle service, running between the Wakari and Dunedin Hospital sites, might be the familiar ‘face’ of the Southern DHB’s transportation service, those red minibuses are just a fraction of the support the team provides. “We also do Wakari support work, cleaning of rehab equipment, document bin swap overs and rubbish collection,” explains Jan, a Southern DHB employee of 28 years, who, unsurprisingly, says variety and problem-solving are her favourite parts of the job. “It’s always interesting!”
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