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Hunter New England Health (HNE Health)

Business / Practice Details
Business / Provider Type
Community Health Service
Services Offered
Community Care, Medical education
Interest Areas / Topics Covered
Acute serious illness and trauma, Antenatal care, Cardiac, Critical care ( ICU Cardiothoracic | High Dependency | Surgery ), Child and family health, Clinical Governance, Cardiac intensive care, Cardiothoracic surgery, Education and Research, Educator, Emergency Care (Trauma |Retrieval), Emergency, Generalist, Intensive care, Maternal-child, Medical-surgical, Medical Education, Neurosurgical, Neonatal, Neonatal intensive care, Obstetrics, Obstetric medicine, Operating room, Orthopaedic, Paediatric, Perianaesthesia, Paediatric and Neonatal Care, Perioperative, Research, Thoracic, Thoracic surgery, Trauma, Vascular surgery
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Business / Provider Profile
Our District

Hunter New England Health (HNE Health) provides a range of public health services to the Hunter, New England and Lower Mid North Coast regions.

Hunter New England Local Health District respectfully acknowledges Aboriginal people as the traditional owners and custodians of the land in which our health facilities are located, and pay respect to the Elders, community members and the community-controlled sector who partner with us to improve the health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in our District. (Hunter New England Health Sorry Statement)

Hunter New England Health:

Provides services to:

920,370* people, including 52,990* Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
169,846 residents who were born overseas
Employs 16,033 staff
Is supported by 1600 volunteers
Spans 25 local government areas
Is the only district in New South Wales with:

A major metropolitan centre
A mix of several large regional centres
Many smaller rural centres and remote communities within its borders.
Our Chief Executive, Michael DiRienzo, and the Executive Leadership Team work closely with the local health district Board to ensure our services meet the diverse needs of the communities we serve.

Vision, Goals and Strengths

Our organisation's vision and goals are aligned to those of NSW Health. At the same time, our strategic direction supports the principle of Excellence . Every patient. Every time.

Our Vision

Healthy people - now and into the future.

Our Goals

Keeping people healthy and in the community.

Providing world-class clinical services with timely access and effective infrastructure.

Our Strengths

Hunter New England Health is recognised as a leader in the healthcare industry and we pride ourselves on the following strengths:

High quality, safe patient care
Skilled, hard-working and valued staff
A strong commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people
A dedicated Aboriginal Employment and Equity Unit
The best immunisation rates in the state
Highly developed telehealth and information technology services
Expertise in health promotion and prevention
A focus on innovation, teaching and research
Successful strategies to improve staff safety
Effective models of community participation
Why us
Our Values

Hunter New England Health is committed to the ongoing building of an organisation that lives our values. Our values are integral to the way we do business.

The CORE Values and the NSW Ministry of Health Code of Conduct provide the framework for the standards of behaviour demonstrated at Hunter New England Health.

We encourage collaboration, openness and respect in the workplace to create a sense of empowerment for our people to use their knowledge, skills and experience to provide excellence in patient care for every patient, every time.

We expect all our employees, volunteers, VMO’s and contractors to demonstrate these values and to work with us in creating a healthy and proactive work place and work culture. You will often see or hear ‘The Values’ referred to within Hunter New England Health.

Collaboration

We are committed to working collaboratively with each other to achieve the best possible outcomes for our patients who are at the centre of everything we do.

In working collaboratively we acknowledge that every person working in the health system plays a valuable role that contributes to achieving the best possible outcome.

In living this value we commit to;

Working together to achieve the corporate strategic direction and goals
Taking responsibility for our contribution to effective team performance
Sharing information, knowledge and skills with our colleagues
Capitalising on the individual strengths of the team to achieve service delivery requirements
Actively seeking ways of adding value to the team
Taking personal responsibility for following through on assigned tasks Celebrating our team successes
Acknowledging and giving credit to colleagues
Creating and maintaining internal and external partnerships
Encouraging others in their personal and professional growth and development on an ongoing basis
Demonstrating a ‘can-do’ approach
Communicating and acting in ways that enables others to do their job
Creating a nurturing and supportive environment that reflects our empathy for others
Business Address
Level 1, Royal Newcastle Centre (John Hunter Hospital Campus),
New Lambton Heights NSW 2305, Australia
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