The Children's Hospital

Name :

The Children's Hospital

Address  :

Cnr Hawkesbury Rd and Hainsworth St

Town  :

Westmead

State  :

New South Wales

Country  :

AUSTRALIA

Post Code:

2145

Phone  :

02 9845 0000

Fax  :

02 9845 3489

Web URL  :


Description

We are an extremely diverse team of individuals blended together to deliver a level of support and care for patients that is second to none

That diversity extends across all parts of the Hospital at every professional level with staff bringing an enormous breadth of experience and expertise that is dedicated and focussed on the care and welfare of children

Each and every one of us makes a vital contribution to the health and welfare of children no matter what task we perform

As Hospital employees we are all passionate about and committed to helping sick kids get better

Vision and Mission
Our Vision
Better Health for Children

Excellence in Child Health Care

Our Mission
The Childrens Hospital at Westmead will constantly challenge the existing boundaries in paediatrics and child health by leading change and striving for excellence in clinical care research teaching and advocacy

Our Values
Commitment to the organisational vision

Accountability to each other our customers and to
the Hospital

Respect for one another and for the families within
our care

Excellence in our individual and corporate roles

Service to the organisation the community and
external agencies

Our Vision Mission and Values all contain the word quotexcellencequot Excellence is an upwardly moving target what was excellent last year may no longer be excellent today As standards become higher we should never become complacent

Our Values are in four dimensions our relationships with our patients with the Hospital with our colleagues and with our community For example for the value of Respect we will respect the families and children we look after no matter who they are or where they are from We will respect the Hospital as an outstanding institution of which we are proud We will respect the roles of our colleagues particularly those for whom we may have responsibility and we will respect the faith the community has in our work A similar fourdimensional view applies to each of our Values

This Hospital is incredibly complex in terms of the interdependencies needed to make it work well We all contribute to the care of sick children For those delivering clinical care this is obvious For others in corporate services finance community relations and information technology it is less obvious but just as true It is this interdependence when we work as a team respecting each others contributions which will help us achieve our vision of excellence in child health care



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