Monash Health Annual Report

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Our people
The health and wellbeing of our workforce is paramount.
We seek to support our staff, protect their safety and continue
their professional development so that they grow with us and
have a rewarding workplace experience.
Give Me Five
In August 2016, Monash Health launched a
new staff appraisal program, ‘Give Me Five’,
to help generate better quality performance
conversations with managers. The program
was the result of staff feedback elicited
through the organisation-wide One
Monash Health survey, and provides a
template to support discussion about
work plans, challenges and future goals.
The new approach aims to provide
opportunities for more frequent feedback
and more focussed discussions. It also
shifts the emphasis of conversations
from the past to the future and moves
away from performance ratings.
Custodians of culture
As part of ongoing work to create
a positive workplace culture free
from bullying, harassment and unfair
discrimination, Monash Health
commissioned iHR as employee relations
experts to deliver a series of ‘Custodians
of Culture’ workshops.
Leaders with people management
responsibility were invited to participate
in a workshop to explore how leadership
styles impact team culture, patient and
employee experience, and legal liability.
Of the target group invited, 88 per cent
have completed the training. The course
included conflict management strategies
to prevent bullying and advice on how
to proactively create a positive and
productive team culture.
Australia Day 2017
Honours list
Ms Barbara Yeoh AM, Monash Health
Board Chair, was awarded a Member of
the Order of Australia in the Australia Day
2017 Honours list. The award reflects
Ms Yeoh’s outstanding services to the
Australian community through her
exemplary public service, commitment
to healthcare, corporate governance,
and support for the arts.
Dr Ranjana Srivastava OAM, Monash Health
Oncologist and General Physician was
awarded an Order of Australia. In addition
to her work with patients at Dandenong
and Moorabbin Hospitals, Dr Srivastava
has been recognised as an outstanding
communicator seeking to explore and
demystify the doctor-patient relationship.
Monash Health Nurse of
the Year 2017
The Nurse of the Year award was
presented by Monash Health Board Chair
Ms Barbara Yeoh AM to Edward Zimbudzi,
Nurse Unit Manager, Haemodialysis,
Monash Medical Centre. Mr Zimbudzi
was recognised for his commitment
to improving patient care and ensuring
the best possible experience for patients,
and for being a valued leader who
develops his team to prepare for treatment
advances which improve quality of life
for patients. The award recognised his
outstanding national and international
research achievements, along with his
nursing excellence.
Appointments to the Board of Directors
We farewelled two of our directors, Dr Errol Katz and Dr Bridget Hsu-Hage,
whose appointments had expired. Both Dr Katz and Dr Hsu-Hage generously
provided their expertise and were strongly committed to Monash Health.
We wish them well for the future.
This financial year we welcomed five new members to the Board of Directors:
Ms Heather Cleland; Ms Jorden Lam; Dr Misty Jenkins; Ms Sarah Ralph; and
Emeritus Professor Hatem Salem AM. Profiles of all our board members can
be found on page 41.