The Chifley District Hospital Nursing Case Study

Aim of assessment: This first assessment requires students to critically discuss the organisational structure of the Chifley District Hospital ( CDH) in the following case study. The module 1 readings are the framework for this assignment and are the support theories for the next two modules

Case Study The Chifley District Hospital (CDH), a 130 bed community hospital situated in the outer suburbs of Sydney, has provided general acute medical, surgical, obstetric and emergency services to the local community.
Over the last 10 years, the population of the area has increased significantly to i nclude a m uchlarger proportion of young families and a significant n umber of retirement villages.
The hospital has reviewed the needs of this growing community and is changing its range of services in response to that review.
To deal with these changes the CDH has a plan to redevelop the hospital facilities and restructure the organisa-tion to provide a focus on the health needs of the growing population and to provide a number of specialty services including cancer, paediatric, cardiovascular, renal, trauma, aged care and community services.
The bed number will increase to 300, with an increase in the capacity for community based clinics in the specialty services.

The Vision statement of the hospital is to Provide health experiences that are able to respond to the changing needs of the community.

The stated mission of the restructured hospital is to provide highest quality, specialist health care in partnership with patients, carers, the community at large and other health care providers.

The overall strategic goals of the new organisation are to develop high performing, multidisciplinary teams within the specialist services in order to provide high quality, patient-centred care that is effective, efficient and able to respond to the changing health needs of the population.
Currently, CDH has a traditional, functional (bureaucratic) organisational structure but the management team is reviewing alternative organisational structures which might better suit the changing internal and external environ-ments of the organisation and have the potential to improve communication and collaboration across teams and accountability for resource utilisation, quality of care andpatient outcomes.

Assignment 1 Instructions:
After reading the case study above use the course materials and essential readings to develop a short (1500 word), critical essay-style paper that discusses the strengths and limitations of the current organisational structure in relation to the vision, mission and goals of the Chifley District Hospital (CDH).
Students are required to identify an organisational structure that might better support the vision, mission and goals of the CDH, detailing the strengths and weaknesses of this new organisational structure and why it might be a better fit for this hospital. Support and guidelines will be available on the vUWS site in the assessment 1 folder. Please use the first 6 readings in module 1 (before looking for further references)