Finalists
Keeping Staff Safe - Reducing Needlestick Injuries (Hunter New England Local Health District)
Occupational Therapy Student Intensity Training Program (South Western Sydney Local Health District)
We Need a Tiger Team: A Pandemic Innovation to Care for our Staff (Sydney Local Health District)
About the People and Culture Award
Bringing together two awards, a safe and healthy workplace and supporting our people, the People and Culture Award recognises teams who develop and support our people and culture, and ensure a safe and healthy environment for patients and staff.
Initiatives within this category will show support for people within NSW Health by:
- working collaboratively within the NSW health system to improve health outcomes
- growing and supporting a skilled workforce by hiring and developing the right people, with the right skills, at the right time
- developing effective health professional managers and leaders
- improved systems and efficiencies to support better workplace safety and health outcomes
- ownership and adoption of workplace health and safety practices
- support for long-term behaviour change to strengthen the staff health and safety culture
- increased awareness of the importance of personal safety alongside patient safety
- enhanced access and training in workplace health and safety
- fostering a culture that reflects the NSW Health CORE values and respects diversity.