Central Adelaide

Central Adelaide Local Health Network acknowledges the Kaurna people as the traditional owners of the lands on which its sites are located. We respect their spiritual relationship with their country and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still as important to living Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. Read more about CALHN's commitment to reconciliation here - https://loom.ly/CKQhaiw

And the winner is....Western Community Mental Health team! 🏆 There's nothing like a little competition to drive action -- which is exactly the point of CALHN's annual Reconciliation Cup. By taking the time to engage in shared activities like arts and crafts, learning language and puzzle making, our teams across CALHN are working towards a more meaningful, hands on approach to reconciliation that is then shared throughout the community. Western Community Mental Health team’s focus for Reconciliation Cup 2024 was collaborative paintings, which celebrated the talent and knowledge of young people. Congratulations!

Like a Hollywood movie, imagine if we could send an enforcer to track down and kill cancer cells. That's exactly what CAR-T cells are designed to do. For patients with cancer, CAR-T cells are made from cells of their own immune system and directed to attack cancer cells. At the RAH, Professor Michael Brown and Dr Tessa Gargett are developing CAR-T cells for hard-to-treat cancers of the brain, bowel and other organs. Read our update on their work: https://loom.ly/kCGXa2c

Do you enjoy working in fast paced, supportive multidisciplinary team with exposure to a large variety of patient medical conditions? Are you passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals and assisting in identifying services required through their patient journey? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our CALHN Occupational Therapy team! Find out more and apply today - https://loom.ly/hJJkQts #OccupationalTherapy #OT #AlliedHealth #JobsAdelaide

Time for a bit of myth-busting. A common misconception about researchers is that they’re white-coated introverts who tinker away in laboratories, disconnected from the real world. In reality researchers are diverse, interesting and passionate people who are highly motivated to make a real difference. Case in point is Associate Professor Liz Sutton, Director of Research at Central Adelaide Local Health Network. Liz didn't have a simple career trajectory, but it's her diverse background that makes her the unique, passionate research leader she is today – as you'll hear in the latest episode of CALHN's Our People podcast. Tune in on your next commute 👂 https://loom.ly/tR-DlE0

With 2700 staff representing more than 30 disciplines, our team of Allied Health and scientific professionals share more in common than you might think! Whether they are helping you get back to work, back to sleep or simply back to health, each of our Allied Health professionals are there to help you recover from illness and injury - and they love what they do! Get to know some of our Allied Health heroes and what they love most about their jobs below! 👇 Want to join this incredible team? See available opportunities here - https://loom.ly/6RuNFz8 #AlliedHealthWeek

We're thrilled to announce the recipients of several research grants which were presented by our CEO, Emma McCahon, at the CALHN Research Awards last night. A massive congratulations to: 2025-27 CALHN CEO Clinical Rapid Implementation Project Scheme (CRIPS) Grants 🏆 Peter Psaltis (accepted by Neil McMillan) 🏆 Morgyn Warner (accepted by Jude Morton) 🏆 Sonja Rogasch 2025 CALHN Allied and Scientific Health, Pharmacy and Nursing Clinical Research Grants 🏆 Philip Selby 🏆 Tenneale Direen Research underpins our commitment to safe and connected care at CALHN, and these projects will help to improve health service delivery and patient outcomes across the network. 👏🏼✨ We'll share more about what their grants will focus on in the coming weeks... stay tuned! 🔬

Good news for medical education 🎓🏥 The Medical Education Unit, The Adelaide Prevocational Psychiatry Program (known as TAPPP) was recently announced as joint winner in the Team Culture category at the 2024 South Australian Prevocational Medical Education Excellence Award. Congratulations also to Partnered Pharmacist Medication Prescribing program from SA Pharmacy, Statewide Clinical Support Services for being joint winner in the Interprofessional Medical Education and Training category. The award event was hosted by the South Australian Medical Education and Training (SA MET) Unit in conjunction with the SA MET Health Advisory Council. Pictured are Ms Kirsteen Knevitt (previous SA MET Medical Education Officer) and Mrs Deborah Wisdom (current SA MET Medical Education Officer) with their award, with thanks to Jack Turner for the photo.

It’s time to talk about mental health -- so how about some soccer to 'get the ball rolling'? 😜 Mental Health Month, celebrated annually in October, aims to improve community awareness and understanding of mental health and wellbeing. This year’s theme, ‘It’s time to talk about mental health’, encourages all of us to talk more openly about how we’re feeling and inspire others to do the same. This week members of the CALHN Mental Health Clinical Program team gathered together with consumers to play soccer, enjoy a BBQ lunch and spend time in each other's company. Here's a few pics that capture a bit of the fun we had at Glenside Health Services. Who won? We all did. A variety of events are being held throughout October to help raise awareness and encourage South Australians to talk more openly about mental health. To find out more and to get involved, visit the Mental Health Coalition of SA website 👉 https://loom.ly/G0wucEk

Congratulations! CALHN clinical and clinical-support staff are finalists in the 2024 SA Health Awards, announced this week by the Department for Health and Wellbeing. From regional access to care for burns patients, reducing infections in patients with blood cancer, new approaches for safe prescribing, and new infrastructure in TQEH precinct, the shortlisted projects reflect ongoing hard work and high level of care taken by staff across our services. CALHN has finalists in the following categories: ⭐PREMIER'S AWARD - HEALTHCARE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS ⭐MINISTER'S AWARD FOR INNOVATION ⭐DR PHI TIDEMAN AWARD FOR IMPROVING ACCESS AND EQUITY ⭐IMPROVING PATIENT CARE ⭐DR LOWITJA O'DONAGUE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN ABORIGINAL HEALTH ⭐IMPROVING PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY OF CARE More information about each finalist is available here: https://loom.ly/bol4Zhs Thank you to all finalists for helping to shape the future of health with world-class care and world-class research. Award winners will be announced in November 2024.