A Barwon Health nurse is one of three workers nominated for WorkSafe Victoria’s health and safety representative of the year.
Alyce Dickson was recently named as one of three finalists at the WorkSafe Awards, which recognised excellence in workplace health and safety.
Alyce was nominated for her tireless work “to advocate for a safer workplace in response to incidents of organisational violence in her designated work group”.
Her nomination also commended her for helping “to break down barriers between management and staff in her designated work group to improve safety for nurses caring for patients who become violent”.
“This included successfully advocating for improved staff ratios when caring for patients who have been violent and for better use and positioning of duress alarms,” the nomination said.
“Alyce also successfully advocated for staff in her designated work group to have appropriate information, instruction and training to reduce their exposure to workplace violence and aggression.”
Alyce’s work to advocate for greater safety was also the focus of a WorkSafe campaign earlier this year, where she shared her experiences with verbal and physical abuse in the workplace.
University Hospital Geelong Baxter 7 nurse unit manager Rhiannan Parry said Alyce was a “valuable member” of the team and “we commend her nomination as a finalist for the WorkSafe Health and Safety Representative of the Year award”.
“Alyce has championed education and training in occupational violence and aggression for her colleagues and has been a key safety ambassador for the Baxter 7 COVID ward during the pandemic.”
The winners of the WorkSafe Awards will be announced at an awards ceremony on February 24.
