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Awards and achievements

Recent awards and recognition

St John of God Hospital Murdoch continually strives for excellence and innovation. Our organisation, individual departments and caregivers are regularly recognised for their achievements.

Here are some examples:

2011 Nurse of the Year - Catholic Health Australia Kerry Brenzi
2011 Finalist - WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards KIzzi Neale
2011 Voted #1 Private Maternity Hospital in WA - National Medibank Private Patient Survey SJGH Murdoch
2011 Australian College of Midwives Excellence Award for Post Graduate Diploma of Midwifery Jessica Packard
2011 Appointment of inaugural Chair in Nursing and Midwifery Dr Leanne Monterosso
2011 Appointed Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Notre Dame School of Nursing and Midwifery Anissa Emeran
2011 Nita Perry Award commitment to sterilisation services Maria Ferreira
2011 “Babe” Norman Nursing and Midwifery Doctoral Scholarship for 2011 Gail Ross-Adjie
2010 Covidien Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Management and Prevention Scholarship Maternity Department
2010 Metropolitan Acute Enrolled Nurse of the Year -  WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards   Robyn Jenkinson
2010 Five finalists - WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards
Acute Care Metropolitan Enrolled Nurse Excellence Award
Preceptor of the Year
Research and Innovative Practice Excellence Award
Acute Care Metropolitan Registered Nurse Excellence Award 
Lifetime Achievement Award
Robyn Jenkinson
Zelda Herbst
Gail Ross-Adjie
Sandy Hyde-Smith
Helen McAllister
2010 Murdoch Caregiver selected to attend the canonisation of Mary MacKillop in Rome Jocelyn Arnold
2010 Finalist - Press Ganey Success Story Competition SJGH Murdoch
2009 Three Year Endorsement - Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) - Evidence Based Best Practice SJGH Murdoch
2009 Finalist - Press Ganey Success Story Competition SJGH Murdoch
2009 Award for Academic Achievement and Clinical Excellence for a Graduating Student - Notre Dame University Shayla Colegate
2009 Women's Fellowship Award - WA Government Department of Communities Lee-Anne Mason
2009 Graduate Registered Midwife of the Year - WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards Sarah Sheehan
2007 Partner of the Year - Lifeline WA SJGH Murdoch
2007 Finalist - Department of Health Mental Health Good Outcomes Award SJGH Murdoch
2007 Excellent Service to Consumers Award - Health Consumers Council Catering Department
2007 Achievement Award for Innovation - Customer Service Council of WA Catering Department
2007 Certificate of Excellence  - Customer Service Council  of WA Catering Department
2006 Certificate of Excellence - Customer Service Council of WA Emergency Department
2006 Service Excellence Award: High Commendation - Customer Service Council of WA Emergency Department
2005 Certificate of Excellence - Customer Service Council of WA Emergency Department

Conferences and presentations

Our caregivers are regularly asked to present at major conferences around Australia. Recent examples include:

2010 Bowel protocol for joint arthoplasty patients - Orthopaedic Nurses Society of WA  - Perth, WA Gail Ross-Adjie
2010 Undertaking nursing research within St John of God Hospitals - St John of God Wound Reference Group - Perth, WA Gail Ross-Adjie
2010 Hospital Practices that influence breastfeeding outcomes - Breathing New Life into Maternity Services Conference - Alice Springs, NT Sue Bradshaw
2010 Bowel Management: a new approach to an old problem using clinical audit - Clinical Audit Improvement Conference - Melbourne, VIC  Gail Ross-Adjie
2010 Bowel management: a new approach to an old problem - Australasian Conference on Safety and Quality in Health Care - Perth, WA  Gail Ross-Adjie
2010 Risk and what you need to know as a nurse - Law and Nursing Conference - Perth, WA Fay Winter
2010 Using clinical audit to improve patient outcomes - Evidence Based Health Care: Application to Practice, Curtin University - Perth, WA Gail Ross-Adjie
2009 Risk and what you need to know as a nurse - Law and Nursing Conference - Perth, WA  Fay Winter

 

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