Wednesday July 5, 2023
Volume 38 No. 23
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The Cobar Weekly Aurelia in the running for Enviro award Pg 3
STORMCO are back in town Pg 3
Changes to visas may hurt local businesses Pg 7
Council welcomes new LBV management team
The Lilliane Brady Village once again has services to residents, in compliance with all Care specializing in Residential and Community Aged Care and ran a 90 bed dementia spea full management team with the recent regulatory standards. appointment of a Facility Manager and A registered nurse for 30 years, Melissa has cific Residential Aged Care facility in Sydney. Clinical Care Manager. worked for the past 13 years for Hammond Continued Page 2. The Cobar Shire Council-owned aged care facility has been struggling to fill its management roles following the departure of its longserving Director of Nursing, Sharon Huon, in 2021. (Sharon had worked at the facility for 30 years prior to her retirement.) Council’s Director of Community Services Kym Miller said it had been a tough time over the past 12 months with temporary managers and contractors “holding the fort” since Sharon’s replacement, Helen Spyt, left in May 2022. “The staff have done their best but with just too many changes it has caused considerable disruption for staff,” Mr Miller said. “Council introduced the Clinical Care Manager role into the structure in 2021 in recognition of the requirement for someone to formally oversee the quality of clinical care provided by nursing staff, acknowledging that from a workload perspective it was a role required in addition to the DON to enable a focus on continuous improvement. “We have been actively recruiting on and off since then, but unable to fill the role until now,” Mr Miller said. Melissa Muhs is the LBV’s new Facility Manager (formerly known as the Director of Nursing), who will be in charge of and responsible for the entire facility. She will manage staff and resources and the day-to-day operations of the facility. Cindi Farkas has been appointed as Clinical Care Manager who will be responsible for all Cobar Shire Council general manager Peter Vlatko has welcomed two new management the care staff (nurses) and ensure the delivery staff at the Lilliane Brady Village aged care home. Melissa Muhs has taken on the of high quality, best practice clinical care and Facility Manager’s role and Cindi Farkas is the LBV’s new Clinical Care Manager.