Lots of upcoming health education events happening in the Pilbara
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MEMBERS UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2023
Emergency Airway Skills Management (EAM) | Port Hedland |
20 October 2023
This Rural Health West CPD workshop is designed to assist health professionals to develop and practise skills essential in unexpected crises, particularly with problem airways. Delivered in WA Country Health Service facilities, this workshop has a heavy emphasis on teamwork and the organisation of medical emergency teams incorporating presentations, skill stations and scenario-based crises with simulation manikins (SimMan and baby).
Eligibility: GP anaesthetists and theatre staff. Priority is given to those working in the local region. Should places be available, emergency department doctors and nurses are invited to register.
Length: One day – 8.00am-4.30pm
Cost: $50
For further information and to register click HERE.
Registrations are OPEN!
Monday 31 October - Friday 3 November 2023
The WA Rural and Remote Mental Health Conference has been hosted by WACHS since the event’s inauguration at Northam in 1992 and 2023 marks the 30th year for the conference.
The Conference theme for 2023 is Looking Beyond I People, Resilience and Innovation.
Don't miss out on this amazing event., click HERE to register.
For any enquiries or assistance, please contact us at RRMHC@ruralhealthwest.com.au or 08 6389 4500.
Hosted by Rural Health West, in collaboration with the Aboriginal Health Council of WA and the WA Child Ear Health Strategy, the two day Forum will focus on regional ear health initiatives, technologies and research in ear and hearing health through interactive discussions and practical upskilling.
Date: Thursday 16 and Friday 17 November 2023
Time: Thursday: 8.00am - 5.00pm
Friday: 8.00am - 1:30pm
Venue: The Esplanade Hotel by Rydges, Fremantle
Who should attend: clinical practitioners, Aboriginal health workers and practitioners, audiologists, ear, nose and throat surgeons, ear health coordinators, primary health care service providers and researchers.
Please visit the website to view further information about the Forum and to register.
The Forum will coincide with the Rural Health West Annual Aboriginal Health Conference. Travel support may be supported for eligible delegates.
If you have questions regarding the Forum please contact the Regional Services team on 08 6389 4500 or via email.
Have you registered?
The theme for the Aboriginal Health Conference 2023 is: Dedication: the Story of our Elders. The conference will bring together health professionals from across rural WA, and provide the opportunity to learn from those who came before us. We will hear their stories and reflect on how we can move through the challenges faced by so many, and find a way forward together.
The Aboriginal Health Conference is open to:
- Aboriginal health workers
- Aboriginal health practitioners
- GPs, medical practitioners and medical officers
- Medical registrars
- Nurses and midwives
- Allied health workers
- Health and medical students
- Health organisations and stakeholders
More information, including details on the travel support available for delegates, can be found on the conference website.
Associate Lecturer/Lecturer (Nursing)
The WA Centre for Rural Health - Pilbara (WACRH) of The University of Western Australia is seeking a fulltime Associate Lecturer/Lecturer (Nursing) based in Karratha, the Pilbara region of Western
Australia.
Job no: 515183.
Reporting to the Associate Professor in Rural Health, you will assist in the development, supervision and assessment of undergraduate and graduate entry students in nursing and in interprofessional practice opportunities. You will also coordinate, liaise and develop the nursing placement programs in collaboration with key stakeholders in the Pilbara.
You will liaise with relevant universities, apply professional standards of practice at the level relevant for students supervised and contribute to the evaluation of the student placement program and the impacts on students' work readiness, rural practice understanding and attraction to future rural health positions.
For further information HERE.
SCRP - Project Officer (Aboriginal Health & Workforce Development)
The WA Centre for Rural Health - Pilbara (WACRH) of The University of Western Australia is seeking a fulltime Project Officer (Aboriginal Health and Workforce Development) based in Karratha. Job no: 510133.
As the appointee you will, under limited direction, liaise with Pilbara communities, workforce agencies, education providers, stakeholders and service partners to participate and collaborate in WACRH projects throughout WACRH’s Pilbara footprint.
You will provide support to WACRH to develop Aboriginal Health Education programs to support Pilbara Communities, contribute to analysis and report on health workforce data and support in the development of strategies to recruit and retain a local health workforce. You will support WACRH to undertake internal and external program evaluations, contributing to design, analysis and reporting.
For further information HERE.
2023 - 2024 Applications now open!
Financial support available for partners of Western Australian rural medical practitioners, nurses, midwives, dentists, allied health professionals and Aboriginal health practitioners/workers who wish to enhance their career and employment opportunities while living in a rural location.
For further details and application options please visit Rural Health West Partner Education Grant website
Come along and share your thoughts on mental health and wellbeing. Help to create a suicide safer community through the development of a Pilbara Suicide Prevention Plan and Aftercare Model.
- NEWMAN - Wednesday 13 September 2023, 9.30am-2.00pm | Newman House
- HEDLAND - Thursday 21 September 2023, 9.00am-2.00pm | South Hedland Lotteries House
- ROEBOURNE - Monday 9 October 2023, 9.00am-2.00pm | Ngurin Centre
- ONSLOW - Tuesday 10 October 2023, 9.00am-2.00pm | RM Forrest Hall
Morning tea and lunch supplied.
Registrations welcome but not essential. For further information or to register contact: Kesi-Maree Prior Culture Care Connect Coordinator on 0498 751 015 or email info@paha.org.au
Share your story
Each month we feature a profile on a health professional in the region. As an experienced, local health professional, we’d like to invite you to feature on the PHPN website and newsletter as a member profile. The profile asks a just a few questions about you and what you love about living and working in our beautiful Pilbara.
PHPN Member profile questions
Name:
Occupation:
What are your professional interests/specialities?
Tell us, where are you from and how did you get to be a [insert profession] in the Pilbara region?
What do you love about the Pilbara?
Did you always want to be a [insert profession]? Why?
What are your passions?
When you aren’t working, where will we find you?
Please return answers to alisha.small@phpn.com.au with a non-professional photo of yourself e.g. outdoors, in the Pilbara
Gateway Paint & Sip | 14 September 2023 | 6.30pm-8.30pm | South Hedland
Paint and Sip is a fun evening of combining creativity with socialising. You will be guided by a passionate, local artist as you paint your own unique painting. This event is for people aged over 18 to come and enjoy a night with friends, family or colleagues. Tickets are affordable and cover the cost of materials plus a step-by-step demonstration of the project with assistance from the facilitating artist. The workshop also includes two beverages and nibbles.
In this workshop, Lisa will guide everyone through an artwork, painting something iconic to the Pilbara region. Click on the above image for further information and tickets.
Kidsafe WA in the Pilbara
The Kidsafe WA team is excited to be travelling to the Pilbara region this month to deliver their free community workshops and primary school incursions. To have Kidsafe WA visit your school or organisation, please email Tracy@kidsafewa.com.au or call 0428 875 503. Many thanks to Horizon Power for supporting these visits.
JUST (tricking, annoying, stupid, crazy, disgusting, shocking, doomed) LIVE ON STAGE! | 20-21 September 2023 | Karratha
JUST (tricking, annoying, stupid, crazy, disgusting, shocking, doomed) LIVE ON STAGE! takes on the wonderful world of the JUST books by Andy Griffiths, vividly and hilariously bringing them to life on the stage with everything from invisibility pills and Mudmen, to vomiting dogs and death-defying balloon rides.
- Duration: 55 minures (no interval)
- Age: Recommended for ages 8-12 and their families and/or school groups
Click on the above image for tickets and further information.
The PHPN is active on Facebook, members can keep up to date with local educational and social events being held in their region.
PHPN members are encouraged to utilise the platform themselves to promote their organisations events and news to keep our community connected and share information!
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