Grand River Hospital

It’s been 20 years since Grand River Hospital’s Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) began offering client-centred, recovery-oriented mental health support to our community. As ACTT celebrates this milestone anniversary of service to the community, we’re highlighting the important work this team is doing across our region and sharing a little bit about how their work has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more here: http://ow.ly/DTAr50CsDQ1

Waterloo Region is now in the Orange-Restrict zone and we continue to see COVID-19 cases rise. Please do your part to stop the spread by staying home and limiting social interactions to individuals in your household.

It's National Nursing Students' Week and we want to acknowledge the work of our nursing students and celebrate their journey to becoming our future nurses. Join us in saying thank you to these students for the resilience they have shown during the stresses and hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic. We asked some of our nursing students to tell us about their experience at GRH, including highlights so far and advice to future nursing students. Read their answers on our website: http://ow.ly/ufxX50ClPsp #NNSW2020

Calling all RNs and RPNs! Grow your career at Waterloo Region’s largest hospital. We are now hiring for full-time permanent positions with competitive salaries and benefits. Visit http://grhosp.on.ca/careers to apply today! #nursingjobs

Effective today, Waterloo Region is in Red-Control under the Keeping Ontario Safe & Open Framework. We all have a role to play in stopping the spread of COVID-19. Now more than ever, follow public health measures, avoid social interactions and only go out for essential purposes. Remember, we are #InThisTogether.

In 2018, as GRH prepared to turn off our old systems and move to a new health information system (HIS), hospital leadership wondered, Where are we going to store 30 years of data and what can we do with it? The result is a first-in-Canada approach to storing and using our data through the Amazon Web Services (AWS) data lake cloud solution. This week, staff from GRH’s Digital Services team will present our journey as the first hospital in Canada to move our data to a data lake hosted by the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, and why this move has the potential to change the way Canadian health care organizations think of and use data. Read the story on our website: https://www.grhosp.on.ca/news/2020/grh-aws-datalake

It's a special edition of #FaceMaskFriday as we celebrate our incredible ED nursing staff during #EmergencyNursesWeek! Thank you to this incredible group for your hard work, dedication, and service to the community.

In honour of Healthcare Security and Safety Week, please join us in saying thank you to our security team working across our Freeport and KW campuses and at our COVID drive-thru clinic. This team is specially trained to manage difficult situations to ensure staff, patients and visitors are kept safe. #HSSW2020 Want to join this great team? Visit http://ow.ly/WkMT50BTwJF to learn more and apply!

Our COVID drive-thru testing centre will be moving in December, but for now you can still find us at 137 Glasgow Street (Catalyst 137 parking lot) in Kitchener! Visit http://ow.ly/r9Gg50Cj7Z8 for more information on how to book a test appointment.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. If you are 50 to 74 and concerned about your breast or chest tissue, talk to your family doctor or nurse practitioner about getting checked for breast cancer. Learn more: http://ow.ly/gNO350BSe6A #BCAM2020

Grow your career at Waterloo Region’s largest hospital. We are now hiring for full-time permanent RN and RPN positions with competitive salaries and benefits. Visit www.grhosp.on.ca/careers to apply today!

No one appreciates a no-show. With COVID cases on the rise, no-showing for a COVID test appointment means someone who requires testing has to wait. If you have a scheduled COVID test and no longer need the appointment, please cancel online so your appointment can go to someone else. For more information about testing, including how to book and cancel an appointment, visit: https://www.grhosp.on.ca//covid-19/covid-19-testing-clinics

A little behind-the-scenes look at the Waterloo-Wellington Area Warehouse operated by GRH at 137 Catalyst in Kitchener. This 8000sq ft warehouse receives, stores & ships PPE and other #COVID19 supplies to 100+ health care providers across Waterloo-Wellington and beyond. Read the full story: http://ow.ly/6gQ650BStzm https://youtu.be/ZiQqUiWEaSw

It's #FaceMaskFriday and we're celebrating our future nurses during National Nursing Students' Week! Thank you for showing dedication and resilience while caring for patients during the pandemic.

It's #MedicalDeviceReprocessing Week! Thank you to our MDR technicians who work hard behind-the-scenes ensuring we have safe and sterile equipment to deliver exceptional patient care. The team has also played a big role in our COVID-19 response, reprocessing N95 masks and disinfecting reusable respirators to help conserve our PPE supply. Please join us in saying thanks to this amazing department!

This Thanksgiving, please remember that we're here for you, so please, #StayHome for us. If you are visiting loved ones, do so safely and: visit outside wear a mask... physically distance wash your hands if you feel sick, don't go See more

On World #MentalHealthDay we are proud to announce our partnership with The Awesome Music Project to be the first Canadian hospital to offer a digital #musictherapy program for our mental health patients. Thank you Waterloo Region Record for sharing this great story. Read more: http://ow.ly/TwuM50BOBwv

Our COVID-19 drive-thru testing clinic is open this weekend for individuals who require testing, as per ministry of health guidelines. To ensure those who require appointments can be tested, please do not book at multiple testing centres!

It's National Cervical Cancer Awareness Week and we’re encouraging all eligible people to get screened! Did you know #cervicalcancer is almost entirely preventable with regular screening? Find out how you can stay up-to-date with your cervical screening: https://bit.ly/2F6lkQw

If you are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms or have been exposed (as directed by Public Health or the COVID Alert App), you need to be tested. Testing across Ontario is now by appointment only. Visit https://covidtestregistration.grhosp.on.ca/ to book an appointment at our testing clinic.

With #COVID19 cases still on the rise, it's time for all of us to do our part to #StopTheSpread. #WearAMask, #StayHome, #PhysicalDistance and take the @OntHospitalAssn Pledge: ontariocovidpledge.ca

GRH is proud to be a part of this local video featuring #essentialworkers talking about their experience working on the frontlines of the pandemic. Watch the video below to hear from GRH nurses Molly and Ejehi, as well as other local frontline workers across Kitchener-Waterloo! #inthistogether https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=797633374328291

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