Our staff awards ceremony was held on Thursday, May 3 and was the biggest and best yet. I really look forward to the event every year. It’s a real highlight as it gives us an opportunity to recognise the genuine commitment and talent of our staff.
Despite our challenges we have many fantastic services run by dedicated, innovative and caring staff and our awards are a great way to recognise their work and encourage others to emulate them.
We received a record number of nominations this year with 792 in total, all showcasing the fantastic quality of care that is given to our patients and to their colleagues across all of our Lincolnshire hospitals.
Nearly 200 members of staff were at the EPIC Centre, Lincolnshire Showground to celebrate the innovation, dedication and hard work that has been taking place.
There were 12 categories including awards for outstanding leader, unsung hero, research and innovation and great patient experience.
The atmosphere was amazing, there were a few tears, a standing ovation and some very surprised winners. It was very humbling to hear some of the heartfelt nominations, some direct from our patients, and it reinforced how privileged and grateful I am to work with such an amazing group of people.
The awards are funded through sponsorship by suppliers and friends of the trust, without their support the evening would not have been possible and so a big thank you to them.
During the night, each highly commended and overall award winner was presented with a trophy or certificate by a member of the Trust Board, a patient representative or sponsor.
I was immensely proud to present my CEO award to the occupational health team for their work on flu. They spearheaded our flufighter campaign and it was so successful that we were the 15th best performing trust in the country out of 245.
I believe that there is a real can-do attitude in the organisation and those staff nominated, shortlisted and awarded this year are great examples of that approach. The winners reflect a real depth of talent within our organisation, and our staff and patients can all feel very proud of their achievements
The winners and highly commended entries were:
Great patient experience award
Winner: Reverend Alison Amelia, Chaplain, Christopher Flood, Obstetric Consultant, Louise Hugo, Sister in the Antenatal Clinic and Jill Wilding, Midwife at Lincoln County Hospital
Highly commended: Louise Stocks, Occupational Therapist at Grantham and District Hospital
Chair’s compassion and respect award
Winner: Pamela Beattie, Chaplain at Lincoln County Hospital
Highly commended: Edwell Munyonga, Team Lead Occupational Therapist at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston
Unsung hero – non clinical
Winner: Ken Hodder, Joiner at Lincoln County Hospital
Highly commended: Dave Pavier, Security Officer at Lincoln County Hospital
Volunteer of the year
Winner: Nigel Brasier, Administration Volunteer at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston
Highly commended: June Dales, Volunteer, Trustwide
Research, innovation and education
Winner: Catherine Kirkpatrick, Consultant Sonographer at Lincoln County Hospital
Winner: Karen Chapple, Staff Nurse on the intensive care unit at Lincoln County Hospital
Highly commended: Wendy Ross, Nursery Nurse on the neonatal unit at Lincoln County Hospital
Outstanding leader
Winner: David Knight, Senior Chaplain and Bereavement Service Manager, Trust wide
Highly commended: Shannon Rogers, Sister in A&E at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston
Team of the year – clinical
Winner: Stroke unit at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston
Highly commended: Ward 6 at Grantham and District Hospital
Extra mile – non clinical
Winner: Val Blatchford, Operational Service Manager, Lincoln County Hospital
Highly commended: Jo Hall, Reception Supervisor in A&E at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston
Chief Executive’s award
Winner: Occupational health team, Trust wide
The ULHT staff awards were funded through sponsorship by suppliers and friends of the Trust. These were:
University of Lincoln
Lincolnshire Clinical Research Facility
Intersurgical
Trinity fire systems
Alliance Medical
Phoenix medical
JH Walter
Progress Living
Micronclean
Veolia
Focus consultants
I look forward to next year’s event where I’m sure we’ll have even more successful stories and an opportunity to celebrate.
Jan Sobieraj is the chief executive of United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
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