Our People: Central to healthcare

CEO of the Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) Emma McCahon explores how the Safe and Connected Operating Model is reshaping the way teams work together every day.   Emma describes each of the six elements of Safe and Connected and how they work together. She reflects on the positive impact she has seen on staff and patients in the first 6 months since it was launched.     She breaks dow...

Victoria discovered her passion for nursing through her strong desire to help others. As a dedicated nurse leader, she has gained experience across various specialties, but now proudly calls Heart and Lung, her professional home. Her role as Nurse Lead involves working in a team caring for patients who are extremely vulnerable, and critically unwell in challenging situations. Victoria is proud of...

CALHN Our People podcast | Season 2 Episode 5 | We speak with Dr Sam Whittle about the incredible transformation that has taken place in the last 20 years regarding medical care options for patients with inflammatory disease.  As a Senior Consultant Rheumatologist at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Sam says having the opportunity to better support patients over many years -- through teen years, adul...

CALHN Our People podcast | Season 2 | Episode 4 | The RAH’s Hyperbaric Medicine Unit provides critical treatment for people with damage linked with previous radiation treatment, for wounds that are slow to heal, and for people experiencing sudden hearing loss. Other Medicare-approved conditions suited for treatment include persistent or dangerous bacterial infections such as gangrene, and crush in...

CALHN Our People podcast | Season 2 | Episode 3 |    It's hard for busy GPs to stay up to date with all the care options available for their patients. Dr Caitlin Sum is here to help.  Caitlin is GP Integration Officer at Central Adelaide Local Health Network, and our guest in this episode of Our People.  Caitlin is part of a team that supports doctors in finding the most appropriate care for...

CALHN Our People podcast | Season 2 | Episode 2 |    Australian athlete. Parent. Occupational therapist.  In this episode of Our People we're talking with Sarah Heard, CALHN Senior Manager in occupational therapy (OT).  Sarah has represented Australia numerous times in canoe polo, an intense team sport where players with a kayak and a paddle chase a ball and score goals on water.  To Sarah, h...

CALHN Our People podcast | Season 2 | Episode 1 |    We’re kicking off season two of Our People with a very special guest – CALHN’s CEO Emma McCahon. Emma joined the network in early 2024 and hit the ground running.  She is committed to a model of leadership that leans into the expertise and experience of people and teams on the ground, building workforce capability through fostering trust and col...

CALHN Our People podcast | Season 1 Episode 8 |  We speak with Associate Professor Liz Sutton about how her professional and personal experiences have shaped her into an effective leader and facilitator of high quality healthcare research.  Liz is Director of Research at Central Adelaide Local Health Network.  A common misconception about researchers is that they’re white-coated introverts who tin...

CALHN Our People podcast | Season 1 Episode 7 |  We speak to Dr Maura Kenny, who is inaugural Director of Staff Wellbeing at the Central Adelaide Local Health Network. Work plays a pivotal role in our lives. Therefore, enhancing the health and wellbeing of any workforce is vital – this is especially so in the healthcare sector when some mistakes can be life-threatening.  However, humans are comple...

CALHN Our People podcast | Season 1 Episode 6 |  We speak to CALHN Nurse Educator Joy Booth about the impact of her role educating Central Adelaide perioperative nursing staff and upskilling health care workers in Timor Leste, also known as East Timor.  Joy has worked at the Royal Adelaide Hospital for more than 30 years and during that time has undertaken 10 visits to Timor with the Overseas Spec...

CALHN Our People podcast | Season 1 Episode 5 |  We speak to Alia Cibich, who is the Clinical Data Manager at the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, a statewide service delivered by the Central Adelaide Local Health Network.  Alia is also a PhD candidate,  investigating the development of new cancers in patients who have previously had a blood cancer and received a stem cell transplant. This research ai...

CALHN Our People podcast | Season 1 Episode 4 |  We speak to Dr Chloe Furst about her role as a geriatrician and palliative care physician, supporting patients over the age of 65 to improve their health and wellbeing.   Chloe has been helping people navigate life’s most unknown journey for more than a decade.  Although it is associated with dying, palliative care is a specialist area of health foc...

CALHN Our People podcast | Season 1 Episode 3 |  We speak to Troy Andrews about his role at the SA Spinal Cord Injury Unit, which supports patients as they begin their recovery and learn to maximise their independence and abilities.  Troy is gold medal winning Paralympian, an Order of Australia medal recipient, and also an allied health assistant and wheelchair technician in the Spinal Rehab Unit....

CALHN Our People podcast | Season 1 Episode 2 |  Andrew Wiley speaks about the opportunities and benefits of providing high quality healthcare to people in custody. Andrew discusses the positive impact he and his team of nurses make in the lives of the patients they care for, who are among the most vulnerable populations in our community.    Andrew is the Director of the South Australian Prison He...

CALHN Our People podcast | Season 1 Episode 1 |  An Irish-born doctor shares his experiences of taking a leap of faith to carve out a new life with a move to South Australia to advance his medical career at the Central Adelaide Local Health Network. Toby is Head of Unit, General Medicine at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Medical Emergency Response Consultant at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and Clini...

From the Central Adelaide Local Health Network, this is Our People. Listen to the personal stories of the people who deliver world-class healthcare services at CALHN and gain an insight into the diversity and range of the impactful work carried out across the network. To listen to upcoming episodes, find us and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. If you want to get in touch with us please co...