Shared on behalf of David McConnell, Director, Regional Cancer Care Northwest & Prevention and Screening Services
Please join me in wishing our colleague Karen Roberts, Manager, Outpatient Clinic Operations, Nursing, Systemic Therapy, Palliative and Supportive Care all the best as she enters into retirement, April 30th.
Karen graduated from Lakehead University and started her nursing career as a Registered Nurse in 1989 at Port Arthur General Hospital in General Medicine where she worked until 1995. There she found her passion for oncology nursing and began her career on the Acute Oncology inpatient unit. She took on many roles during her time working in Oncology including, Outpatient Chemotherapy Nurse, Clinical Oncology Educator, Primary Nurse in Hematology as well as Hemophilia Nurse Coordinator, until finally becoming Manager in August 2014.
Karen has been instrumental in leading many projects and quality improvement initiatives over the years. She helped lead the Regional Cancer Care team during the hospital amalgamation, implemented the non-same day chemotherapy model thereby improving patient safety and wait times, standardized the oral chemotherapy ordering process, and improved patient access to care and services by recently expanding to a 10 hour treatment day in outpatient chemotherapy as well as implementing a Triage Nurse and Clerk in the Regional Cancer Centre.
Karen has many strengths, but her focus on delivering exceptional cancer care sets her apart. Her passion for oncology nursing, equal access to care for all patients in our region, her dedication to providing care and service to patients and families across the cancer journey have truly made a difference.
Please join me in wishing Karen well in her retirement.