• Calvary Launceston hospitals go green

    Nurse Stephanie Robinson looked at the bags of discarded sterilisation wraps collected after a day of surgery in the operating theatres at Calvary St Luke’s and pondered how it could be kept out of landfill. At the other end of the state, Mat Usher from remanufacturing start-up GreenMed was asking similar questions. Could the single-use…

  • Walk in to a Calvary nursing expo, leave with an interview

    It isn’t every day when considering a new role you have the chance to visit your potential new workplace, ask questions and walk away with a job interview, but that is what’s on offer at the Calvary nursing recruitment expo in Launceston this week. The expo is on at Calvary St Vincent’s Hospital on Thursday,…

  • Calvary tops Tasmanian palliative care awards

    A Calvary hospitality manager with a passion for providing nutritious food for patients nearing the end of life has been named outstanding service provider at the 2023 Tasmanian Palliative Care Awards. All three finalists in the outstanding service provider category were Calvary staff or services. Robert Johnston The Hospitality Services Manager for Calvary’s two Launceston…

  • Calvary Launceston building a home-grown health workforce for future

    Nursing students  in northern Tasmania looking to kick start their career locally have until the end of July to apply for a place in Calvary Launceston’s graduate nurse transition program for 2024. Fifteen positions are available across both Calvary St Luke’s and Calvary St Vincent’s hospitals and Calvary Launceston Director of Clinical Services Debbie Rogers…

  • Quality in Retreat – Reigniting the Debate on Quality

    As a member of the Global Impact Committee (GIC), I am pleased to share our first report, Quality in Retreat – Reigniting the Debate on Quality. The GIC leads thought leadership programs to promote the priority of quality in health care aimed at senior leaders of health care systems, politicians and policy makers, and intends…

  • New Calvary Launceston Private Hospital is one step closer

    Delivering the next generation of health services for northern Tasmania is a step closer with the finalisation of the Project Development Agreement (PDA) between the Tasmanian Government and Calvary to deliver a private hospital co-located with the Launceston General Hospital (LGH). The agreement signed today includes sale of land at 52 Frankland Street to Calvary…

  • Acknowledging the importance of Anzac Day

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