NSW Health WSLHD Safety & Quality Account 2020-21

A workplace culture that drives safety and quality

Our Place. Our People. Our Culture Our culture program, Our Place. Our People. Our Culture. is in its second year in WSLHD. It is about recognising our shared sense of community, ways of working and our identity at Western Sydney.

By living our culture statement, we can create a positive shared work environment (Our Place) and strengthen our connection with each other and our community (Our People). Our culture statement describes our shared aspiration for how we should all work together and feel coming to work at WSLHD each day. Our areas of focus are on leadership, communication and behaviours across WSLHD. The focus areas are aligned to our Culture Strategy and throughout our culture change journey, we will continue to track our progress through existing measures, such as the People Matter Employee Survey (PMES). Key initiatives for this year have been Manager Capability Program, Coaching & Mentoring Frameworks, Recognition Framework, Our Diversity, Aboriginal Workforce Plan, LGBTQIA+ consultation & Focus group initiatives, review of our Wellbeing & Leadership initiatives.

This is who we are We are a vibrant growing community

This is what we do and the mindset that we bring We are caring and compassionate This is the way we work together We are respecting and connected

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LEADERSHIP How we equip everyone to be leaders in our desired culture. This includes building our shared leadership capability and capacity so that everyone is self- aware, empowers others, achieves results, drives innovation, and connects with others across the system.

Our culture starts and ends with us

Change is underway across WSLHD to strengthen our culture.

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2 COMMUNICATION How we create and environment

where everyone feels they are informed, have a voice, and are listened to. This is about how we communicate with each other and ensure that we all know what is happening and what our contribution is.

Our culture statement sets out how we should work together and the way we should feel coming to work each day. Our Culture Statement

3 BEHAVIOURS

We are a vibrant, growing community.

We are caring and compassionate.

How we work with each other so that everyone comes to work knowing it is a place where they fell respected, valued, and engaged. This is focused on how we think and act around each other and on understanding and taking responsibility for the impacts of our actions.

We are respected and connected.

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Kylie Telford, ICU Registered Nurse

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