One of the original four says goodbye. Thank you to a Monash Legend.
Jill Shineberg was one of the first four employees at Monash Medical Centre, alongside Chief Executive Officer Just Stoelwinder, Ian Forster and Jan Martorana.
In fact she was named as one of the ’20 Legends of Monash Health’ during our 20th anniversary celebrations.
This week she reaches 41 years of service and says goodbye as she embarks on long service leave before retirement at the end of 2022.
Jill has worked as an EA for most of her time at Monash, supporting the former and current Executive and senior leadership team. Last year, as she was recognised for her 40 years’ service, Jill said one of her many professional highlights was working with Dr Syd Allen to achieve Monash Medical Centre’s first accreditation.
In the lead up to last year’s length of service awards, Jill also acknowledged some of our people who had played such an important role in a very sad time for her family.
Jill’s younger sister Kaye was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 39 and passed away a few months before her 50th birthday. Jill is grateful Kaye received such excellent treatment at Moorabbin through those years, and Kaye was clear for eight and a half years. Her family will always appreciate the love and care they felt during Kaye’s final week, from Sharon Wood and Trish Dito arranging a bed quickly, to the wonderful team on Ward 2, the food services and cleaning team, Peter in security, and her manager, who allowed her to take leave at short notice so she could spend much of the week with her sister, Kaye.
Thank you for everything you’ve done for us, Jill. What a legend!
