The Wesley Hospital

Description

About the Wesley
The Wesley Hospital owned and operated by The Uniting Church under Uniting Care is one of Queenslands largest private hospitals With over 456 beds the hospital employs over 2300 full part time and casual staff and offers a comprehensive range of clinical services across 35 areas of specialty with over 900 accredited referring specialists The hospital serves more than 79068 people each year

The Wesley is a challenging fulfilling and enjoyable workplace and attracts and retains high quality staff The Wesley Hospital is part of the UnitingCare Health group of hospitals
The Wesley Hospital provides tertiary level medical and surgical services within the specialties of cardiovascular neurosurgery orthopaedics and womens health These services are supported by a stateoftheart intensive care unit cardiac catheter theatres 24hour emergency renal dialysis radiology MRI spinal CT PET scanning and nuclear medicine radiation therapy pathology pharmacy services IVF haematology and oncology hyperbaric medicine and recently developed neurovascular interventional clinical capabilities

The hospital also provides special clinical services including The Wesley Hospital Palliative Care Unit The Wesley Hospital Pain Management The Wesley Hospital Back Rehabilitation The Wesley Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation The Wesley Hospital Kim Walters Choices Program and The Wesley Hospital Breast Clinic

The Wesley Hospital is renowned for its comprehensive cancer services including radiation oncology chemotherapy positron emission tomography brachytherapy inpatient palliative care and bone marrow transplantation

The hospital has been accredited with the Australian Council of Healthcare Standards since 1985

The Wesley Hospital maintains a Clinical Safety and Quality Unit which coordinates its quality activities and oversees the accreditation by the Australian Council of Healthcare Standards In recognition of the hospitals commitment to excellence in care in 1996 the Wesley was the first hospital in Australia to be awarded the Australian Quality Award

About us
As part of the Uniting Church the hospital is committed to achieving our mission of a Christian philosophy of healing through promotion of internal and external partnerships in care teaching and research We commit to our core values of community the whole person compassion justice ecumenism and stewardship

Our mission
Excellence in health care delivery to promote the health of our patients and the good of the community as part of the work of God in the world

Our vision
The pursuit of excellence in integrated healthcare and leadership in clinical services and research at a national and international level

Our objectives
Through trust and cooperation we will
1 Respect the uniqueness of each patient and family

2 Achieve excellence in all areas of service

3 Advance community health education

4 Implement technological developments

5 Facilitate applied clinical research

6 Value staff and support them in their endeavours

The whole person
The Wesley Hospital believes that each person is an inseparable unity of body mind and spirit We therefore seek to respond to and respect the physical psychological social and spiritual dimensions of our patients and coworkers

Compassion
The Wesley Hospital believes that our highest call is to love one another in the way that Jesus showed that God loves us The Wesley Hospital also believes that compassion is the highest motive for excellence in what we do We seek to care for and comfort one another even when we cannot cure

Justice
The Wesley Hospital believes that every person without exception is of inestimable value because God loves them The Wesley therefore seeks to promote the kind of justice that recognises and responds to people according to their individual need and which cares especially about the poor and the weak

Ecumenism
The Wesley Hospital understands that we are a part of the mission of the whole church within the world The Wesley therefore seeks to cooperate with other parts of the Uniting Church and with other churches and groups to promote Gods vision of wholeness justice and peace in the world

Stewardship
The Wesley Hospital believes that we do not truly own anything Everything including our lives is held in trust from God We therefore seek to responsibly manage all the resources available to us including financial physical intellectual to promote the health of our patients and the good of the community