Clean Up Day becomes Clean Up Weeks
As requests are still coming in from across our facilities, the Clean Up Monash Health Day originally organised for earlier this year has now been extended to ‘clean up weeks’. As we endeavour to finish...
COVID-19
Changes to visitation
Following the easing of restrictions announced by the Premier, we have made updates to our hospital visitor restrictions effective from 13 November. The changes increase the number of visitors per patient where physical distancing allows, allow...
Chief Executive COVID -19 Update: 13 November 2020
Following the easing of restrictions announced by the Premier, we have made updates to our hospital visitor restrictions effective from 1pm today. The changes increase the number of visitors per patient where physical distancing allows,...
Surgery and Interventional Services Program update
COVID-19 has had a significant impact on our surgical services and waiting lists during 2020. During this disruptive global pandemic, our Surgical Program and its people have supported us to maintain and preserve service availability...
Beyond the Mask Episode 7 – Professor Rhonda Stuart
We can't imagine we are the only ones feeling a little excited that Episode 7 features our Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Professor Rhonda Stuart....
Monash launches Aboriginal art during NAIDOC Week
This NAIDOC week Monash Health is excited to launch a series of Aboriginal art installations created by Dixon Patten. You will begin to see the art appear across our different sites in coming months. The artwork signals Monash Health’s commitment...
Virtual care trial ensures timely, high-quality care continues
The COVID-19 pandemic has meant we have had to find ways to keep our patients, employees and community safe while continuing to deliver high-quality care. Trialling Virtual Care initially across our COVID-19 wards allows treating teams to...
Spreading kindness – your stories and some feedback please
We see kindness manifest in the workplace in many ways amongst employees, volunteers, consumers, patients and their families. We asked you to share moments of kindness you’ve experienced recently and here are a few stories that...
Record numbers tune in to Allied Health Assistants Day event
This week we held our fourth annual Allied Health Assistants Day. Historically, this has been a conference event run face-to-face but this year was staged online. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise, with the event achieving a far greater reach than usual and allowing Monash Health to showcase the...
Recruitment: changes to immunisation requirements
Learn about our new recruitment immunisation requirements rolling out 26 November 2020. What’s changing From Thursday 26 November, all external preferred candidates must provide immunisation evidence before they can receive an offer of employment. Immunisation ensures our employees and our patients, clients and families are in a...