New England - Clinical Placements
Clinical staff from New England Area Health Service were supported to attend a range of nominated professional development opportunities. These included attendance at on-site skill development, conferences and workshops. All staff who attended professional development opportunities completed an evaluation on their learning experience to their manager and gave a peer group feedback to staff in their unit explaining any subsequent changes to practice.
- An application form was developed and advertised through groupwise e-mail with Program managers and Health Service Managers and Community Health Managers
- All secondments had to have management approval and be taken by the 30 June 2003
- Priority of applications were decided according to the learning aims and objectives of the participants
Successful applicants were notified formally by letter by New England Area Health Service Child and Family Health Program Manager confirming their nominated venue and date and stating their responsibilities in regard to reporting, organising accommodation, travel arrangements and transport arrangements.
The secondments included:
- Allied Health Medical and Nursing Staff participated in the Clinical Secondments, which included: 2 VMO's undertaking a 3 day placement at Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital to investigate medical evaluation of suspected Sexual Abuse in Children and Adolescents
- Area Genetic Counsellor attending National Conference updating skills in child and family health issues
- Paediatric Nurses attending the JHCH paediatric wards and NICU
- SRMO Neonatal Intensive Care placement
- Physiotherapists attending a workshop in Tamworth Facilitated by Physiotherapists from JHCH
- Clinical Placements at JHCH for Speech Pathology, Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy
- Dietitian to Children's Hospital at Westmead for Train the Trainer Group Therapy program for Obese Children
- Occupational Therapist from Narrabri to Tamworth Community Health