Publish date: 5 January 2023
November's Employee of the Month winner is Kirsty Love from the Health Visiting team. Kirsty was nominated by Nicola McGillicudd for the value of Continuous Improvement.
"Kirsty has supported a family in being able to access a suitable nursery provision with support available for their child. The child has been unable to attend a nursery that could meet his needs, which in turn affected the family as Mum works full time and is distraught that she may lose her job, and this will have financial consequences for the family. Kirsty worked with other agencies, the family and nursery to ensure that the child received the right care, which, in turn, enabled mum to continue to work.
The Mother contacted Kirsty to thank her for her support and kindness “because without you all I can honestly say I wouldn’t have got thought this.” The mother is now able to go to work, knowing that her child is being cared for a looked after in a suitable setting, with suitable support for the child. This is a very positive story of how, when services all work together, families can be supported in a timely manner, and to have all the correct services involved."
November's Team of the Month winner is the Dickens Ward. The team was nominated by Jenny Saunders for the value of Respect.
"Dickens ward respectfully cared for a patient at the end of his life. His dying wish was to spend his last days at Ashworth, a place he called his home, with the only friends he had. They worked with the Palliative care Team and Health Centre Team to provide excellent care that was consistent and compassionate. The standard of care given to this patient was truly of a high standard. Added to that they welcomed all the MDT recognising what each team could bring to support them and their patient. It was commented on by The Palliative Care Team that they felt that it was marvellous how well the patient was cared for. This is even more impressive because end of life care is outside of our normal practice. Huge well done. Dickens showed how well we can work as an MDT when the opportunity arises.
Respecting other skills is something that we don't always recognise in our day-to-day work but when we rise to the occasion as a team, we can deliver all things that make us proud to be working in a caring community. Patients on the ward were supported by their staff, psychologist, chaplain to manage their feelings at such a difficult time. I think patients were able to see how much staff care and nothing is too much trouble to deliver if it is what the patient needs at that time."