St Vincent’s Care Services takes top accolade in leading Asia-Pacific health and care awards programme

St Vincent’s Care Services won one of four honours at the RLDatix Safer Awards 2023 – a showcase for outstanding safer care for patients and staff. St Vincent’s Care Services, gained national recognition by picking up the award for; Safer & Supported Workforce.

RLDatix launched the Safer Awards programme this year to celebrate and recognise excellence in delivering safer care for both patients and staff. The awards showcase the achievements and innovations of RLDatix customers and partners within the last 12 months.

The awards were presented at the end of the first day of People Summit  Asia-Pacific in Melbourne. The event is designed for Health and Aged Care organisations in Governance, Risk, Compliance and Workforce, across Australia and New Zealand.  People Summit Asia-Pacific brings together a community of customers with leading academics and experts, to discuss current challenges and provide innovative solutions for overcoming them.

The Safer & Supported Workforce Award is for organisations that strive to support their workforce’s wellbeing to create a safe and supportive environment. The winning organisation provides a positive experience for its workforce through technology and encourage candour that supports staff retention.

Judges of the RLDatix Safer Awards said: “St Vincent’s Care Services ASPIRE program has excellent core objectives that emphasise the importance of support today and in the future in terms of leadership and development of skills and competencies.”

Julia Lawrence. Executive General Manager of St Vincent’s Care said” I am proud that our ASPIRE program has received this recognition as its important to equip graduate nurses with the relevant skills to keep our residents safe, and encourage those early in their nursing career to continue in the aged care industry and nurture them to be our future leaders”

Speaking about the awards, Margaret Wright, RLDatix Managing Director, APAC said: “It’s great to see the forward-thinking, innovative approach that the team at St Vincent’s Care Services have established to support their workforce to deliver safer care, now and in the years to come. We’re proud to celebrate their achievement and share their story with our community as we work together to support the workforce in Aged Care.”

About St Vincent’s Health Australia

As the aged care division of St Vincent’s Health Australia, St Vincent’s Care Services shares a history of compassionate care and support which stretches in excess of 175 years.

St Vincent’s Health Australia is a ministry of Mary Aikenhead Ministries. Mary Aikenhead Ministries was established by the Congregation of Religious Sisters of Charity of Australia to continue to build on the charism and traditions of the Sisters of Charity through aged care, health, research, education and social services ministries.

We express God’s love through the healing ministry of Jesus. We are especially committed to people who are poor or vulnerable.

At St Vincent’s, outstanding care means care that is informed by leading research, resident-centric, and provided in accordance with our values.

For more information, visit https://www.svcs.org.au/about/our-mission

About RLDatix

RLDatix is on a mission to change healthcare. We help organisations become safer by providing governance, risk, compliance (GRC) and workforce management technology that drives overall improvement and better outcomes. Our solutions help customers to proactively identify risk, enhance operational efficiency and compliance, and manage their people in the fairest and most effective way to meet care demand. With more than 6,000 customers in over 20 countries, RLDatix is making healthcare safer for patients and workforces around the world.   

RLDatix is controlled by Five Arrows, TA Associates and Nordic Capital as major shareholders.   

For more information, visit www.rldatix.com