EMHS Board
The EMHS Board is responsible for determining the strategic direction of the health service and holds overall accountability for service delivery and performance.
Focus in 2023-24
In December 2023, the Board members undertook refresher training of the Code of Conduct due to the release of the new Commissioners Instructions 40 – Ethical Foundations.
During 2023-24 a review was undertaken of Board engagement with staff and consumers, and a more hands-on ‘Leader Rounding’ was introduced, providing additional tangible opportunities to engage with staff and consumers. Some examples included:
- having lunch with the Day Surgery Unit and theatre staff at Armadale Health Service (AHS)
- attending the Armadale Kalamunda Group (AKG) Nursing and Midwifery Leadership Forum
- visiting Bentley Health Service’s Plant Room, Day Surgery Unit and Allied Therapy Room
- visiting RPH’s ‘For Our Elders’ art exhibition (click here for more information)
- visiting Armadale Health Service (AHS) Catering, Patient Support Services, Maternity and Paediatrics, Mental Heath and Emergency Departments
- hosting a morning tea to thank the staff involved in the development of the EMHS Annual Report 2022-23
- meeting with staff in the RPH Outpatients, Haemodialysis and Catering Departments, Medical Records and Coding Areas; Business Units in the RPH Executive Area; the Aboriginal Health and Strategy Team, and the Patient Support Services within the Emergency Department (ED)
- participating in an internally hosted Cyber Simulation Exercise, using the board game ‘Corporates Compromised’ – a cyber security awareness training tool developed by the Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre (click here for more information)
- touring AHS Digital Medical Records, Coding, Electronic Medication Management, and AKG Mental Health Areas.
The EMHS Board Chair and members also had the opportunity to engage with teams across EMHS at various events such as the:
- EMHS Youth Think Tank final (click here for more information)
- Health Service Provider Innovation showcase
- EMHS Excellence Symposium (click here for more information)
- RPH Research Symposium
- 50th anniversary celebrations for KH (click here for more information)
- 50th anniversary celebrations for RPH ED (click here for more information)
- Attendance at the official opening of the Armadale Community Mental Health Service at the Orchard Avenue Centre (click here for more information).
In 2023-24 the EMHS Board held:
