2023 Finalists
Team Awards
1. Integrated Value Based Care
| Integrated Automated Dispensing Cabinet Implementation | Prince of Wales Hospital |
| Wolli Creek Hub - A SESLHD and Karitane place-based health initiative | Population and Community Health |
| SESLHD Renal Supportive Care eMR Pilot | Digital Health |
| Day of surgery discharge for arthroplasty patients (day 0 discharge orthopaedics) | Sutherland Hospital |
| The St George Hospital Acute Transition Team | St George Hospital |
| Keeping Older People Continent and Living Life: Establishing a Multidisciplinary Continence Advisory Service (CAS) in SESLHD | War Memorial Hospital |
| Re-thinking Management of Medication Shortages | Pharmacy |
2. Keeping People Healthy
| SESLHD’s response to the global mpox outbreak | Population and Community Health |
| Physiotherapy-led Surgical Clinics: From spines to shoulders and elbows | Prince of Wales Hospital |
| Atrial Fibrillation Model of care: small group Webinars | Sutherland Hospital |
| Falls Prevention is Everyone's Business - a unique collaborative approach to keeping people healthy | Garrawarra Centre |
| Dietitian Assistant Aged Care Nutrition Management Protocol | St George Hospital |
3. Excellence in Aboriginal Healthcare
| Continuity of Midwifery Care for Aboriginal Women | The Royal Hospital for Women |
| Community Health Aboriginal Health Workers' Pilot Emergency Department Follow-Up Program | Prince of Wales Hospital |
| Aboriginal Oral Health Recruitment Strategy | Population and Community Health |
| Creating Culturally Safe Spaces for Aboriginal People | Sutherland Hospital |
4. Excellence in the provision of Mental Health Services
| The Psychiatry Trainees, St George Hospital | Mental Health Services |
| Lived experience leading the way: SESLHD MHS Peer Support Workforce | Mental Health Services |
| The STG (Survive, Thrive and Grow) Survivorship Clinic at St George Hospital | St George Hospital |
5. Health Research and Innovation
| The Research Directorate staff | Research |
| Improving Nutritional Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Stem Cell Transplants | St George Hospital |
| Supporting a collaborative approach to establishing Speech Pathology Research in Head and Neck Cancer: A model of organisation and academic support, research productivity and research capacity | Prince of Wales Hospital |
6. Patient Safety First
| Rates of Paclitaxel Hypersensitivity Reactions (PHR) Using a Modified Markman's Infusion Protocol | The Royal Hospital for Women |
| Reducing Harm from Falls at The Sutherland Hospital | Sutherland Hospital |
| Implementation of a Clinical Emergency Response System (CERS) for Admitted Patients in the Emergency Department at St George Hospital | St George Hospital |
| Implementation and Evaluation of Intentional Rounding at the Prince of Wales Hospital - a Collaborative Approach between Nurses and Consumers | Prince of Wales Hospital |
| WMH Hotel Services Staff Aged-Care Engagement & Enablement project | War Memorial Hospital |
| LHD ECG integration with eMRs | Digital Health |
| Medication Safety: Taking Care of Patients | Pharmacy |
7. People and Culture
| Digital Health Culture Improvement Program | Digital Health |
| Rostering Activities for Continuous Excellence (RACE) Program | People and Culture |
| Addressing Racism Strategy | Population and Community Health |
| Intensive Care Unit Accelerated Transition Program (ATP) | Prince of Wales Hospital |
| 12 x 12 St George Hospital Doctor's Wellbeing Challenge | St George Hospital |
8. Transforming Patient Experience
| Acute Services Building Redevelopment | Digital Health |
| Capturing Consumer Feedback on Allied Health Outpatient Services at Prince of Wales Hospital | Prince of Wales Hospital |
| War Memorial Hospital’s MOD Squad Team - Improving the Lives of Older People Across SESLHD Living with Dementia and their Carers, Through the Integrated Rehabilitation for Early Dementia (iREADi) Program | War Memorial Hospital |
| Collaborative Care - Improving the Cancer Care Journey for Patients with a Cancer Diagnosis | Nursing and Midwifery |
| Denture Venture, Turning Pink: A Positive Patient Experience Strategy with Bite | St George Hospital |
| Give it a Go | Sutherland Hospital |
| PARC: Working Together to Improve Outcomes and Avoid Hospital Admissions Safety and Meaningfully | Mental Health Services |
9. Excellence in Environmental Sustainability
| An Innovative Sustainable Solution for SSEH | Sydney / Sydney Eye Hospital |
| Waste Reduction Project | Population and Community Health |
| From Red to Green - POWH Physiotherapy Sustainability Committee | Prince of Wales Hospital |
| Reusable Bottles and Teats in an Established Single Use Environment | St George Hospital |
10. Excellence in Digital Innovation
| MyCheck: a STI screening public/private partnership | Population and Community Health |
| TSH CNC/CMC Intranet Website Project | Sutherland Hospital |
| Tap On Tap Off Pilot | Digital Health |
| Death Risk Predictor Algorithm to support Palliative Care | Strategy, Innovation and Improvement |
| Embracing the Efficiency: how a simple digital solution has enhanced incident report endorsement | St George Hospital |
| The Community Management Centre (CMC) | Prince of Wales Hospital |
Individual Awards
11. Collaborative Staff Member of the Year
| Natalie Narunsky | Mental Health Services |
| Elizabeth Browne | Prince of Wales Hospital |
| Andrew Elliott | Digital Health |
| Ramesh Shanmugasundaram | St George Hospital |
| Ann Grealish | Sydney / Sydney Eye Hospital |
| Cheryl Brady | Population and Community Health |
| Kelly Crawford | People and Culture |
| Michelle Carati | The Royal Hospital for Women |
12. Volunteer of the Year
| Carol Robinson | Sutherland Hospital |
| Susan Kathleen Rose | St George Hospital |
13. Emerging Leader
| Joe Fang | Mental Health Services |
| Elise Donsworth | Sutherland Hospital |
| Stephanie Ward | Prince of Wales Hospital |
| Stephanie McPherson | St George Hospital |
| Emma Searle | Population and Community Health |
| Ibrahim Hamad | Pharmacy |
| Danielle Morgan | Sydney / Sydney Eye Hospital |
| Natascha Dastur | The Royal Hospital for Women |
14. Rising Star
| Louise Thomson | Clinical Governance and Medical Services |
| Chris McGuinness | Corporate and Legal |
| Chloe Clogher | Mental Health Services |
| Lucy Haver | Nursing and Midwifery |
| Emily Griffin | Sydney / Sydney Eye Hospital |
| Angelo Guiducci | People and Culture |
| Holly Lumsden | Sutherland Hospital |
| Huda Hamdan | St George Hospital |
| Ruby Borozan | Prince of Wales Hospital |
| Lauren Phillips | Population and Community Health |
15. CORE Values in Action
| Jeanine Smith | Mental Health Services |
| Paula Mexted | Calvary Hospital |
| Andrew Elliott | Digital Health |
| Samantha Robertson | Sutherland Hospital |
| Cassidy Peters | Garrawarra Centre |
| Maria Buric | People and Culture |
| Jane Bayaca | Prince of Wales Hospital |
| Belinda Hopkins | Population and Community Health |
| Suzanne Garcia | Nursing and Midwifery |
| Zara Youngblutt | St George Hospital |
| Michael Bleack | The Royal Hospital for Women |
| Kay Maddison | Sydney / Sydney Eye Hospital |
16. Outstanding Service
| Malvika Shrestha | Finance |
| Brett Simpson | Mental Health Services |
| Jane Corlett | War Memorial Hospital |
| Louise Johnson | People and Culture |
| Renato Fonacier | Sutherland Hospital |
| Harry Porter | St George Hospital |
| Kay Franks | Prince of Wales Hospital |
| Vicky Chen | Pharmacy |
| Vicky Sheppeard | Population and Community Health |
| Nitisha Kulkani | Research |
| Scott West | Strategy, Innovation and Improvement |
| Dr. Srinivas Bolisetty | The Royal Hospital for Women |