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Colleagues get the VIP treatment!

The stars of Team BCHC have been recognised in a special evening of celebration at the 2023 Values in Practice (ViP) Awards.

More than 200 BCHC guests, including colleagues from across the Trust and their friends and family, our valued sponsors and representatives from the community and voluntary sector attended a glittering ceremony at The Rep Theatre in Birmingham to see 16 colleagues and four teams announced as the ViP winners on the night.

The awards recognised individuals and teams who had showed outstanding commitment to the Trust’s values, it also put the spotlight on the unsung heroes and superstars within our divisions and directorates. Exceptional leaders and teams were also recognised through the ‘team of the year’ and ‘leader of the year’ awards. For the very first time, a Chair’s Award was announced in special recognition of high quality care, innovation, living by our values and persistence.

Congratulations also go to our finalists and all other nominees – more than 400 nominations were made in this year’s awards, and in opening the awards evening, Chair Professor David Sallah took time to recognise colleagues outside of the room by saying: “the stories we hear tonight are just part of the story”.

He added: “Delivering the very ‘best care’ day in, day out, which supports us to build ‘healthy communities’ is driven by the commitment of many more people in ‘Team BCHC’.

“We are in constant admiration of the dedication and commitment shown by our colleagues – so I would like to say a huge thank you to all our staff.

“Our finalists here tonight have all been nominated by your colleagues or service users – that is a tremendous tribute to you as individuals and teams – and in that sense you truly are, of course, all winners.”

Chief executive Richard Kirby added: “It is difficult to put into words how incredibly proud The Board and I are of the work you all do and the ways in which our values are put into practice every day. A huge congratulations to all our winners and finalists!

“We would also like to say a big thank you to all our sponsors for supporting us to create a fitting celebration for a special group of colleagues.” 

The full details of winners and finalists for each of the award categories can be found below. You can also view a slideshow of the evening's highlights on Vimeo .

Our winner of the CARING Award…

Marina Gallagher, Clinical Nurse Specialist- HMP Birmingham

Well done to finalists:

  • Kerry-Anne Wootton, Specialist Heart Failure Nurse
  • Lavinia Barnhurst, Healthcare Assistant

 

Our winner of the OPEN Award…

Keeley Hambrecht, Clinical Practitioner, Perry Tree

Well done to finalists:

  • Maureen Mason, Deputy Team Leader, Stirchley IMT
  • Charlotte Thirkettle, Team Manager

 

Our winner of the RESPECTFUL Award…

Leona Blake, Speech and Language Therapist/Chief of Therapies Fellow

Well done to finalists:

  • Dr Tamryn Renwick, Clinical Psychologist
  • Amanda Kitson, Acting Lead Matron

 

Our winner of the RESPONSIBLE Award…

Melanie Dowden, Lead Pharmacist

Well done to finalists:

  • Langley Community Nursing Team
  • Ravinder Mann, PA and Office Manager

 

Our winner in the INCLUSIVE category is…

Ramal Royal, Talent Development Manager

Well done to finalists:

  • Afton Kearney-Swani, Physiotherapist
  • Fatima Zakia, Community Connexions Development Worker

 

Our winner of the NON-CLINICAL UNSUNG HERO Award…

Robert Fisher, Driver

Well done to finalists:

  • Ladywood and Perry Barr Health Visiting Admin Team
  • Elaine Yardley, Catering Supervisor

 

Our winner of the CLINICAL UNSUNG HERO Award…

Lorraine Horton, Touch Therapist

Well done to finalists:

  • Binu Mathew,. Physiotherapy Team Lead
  • David Spary, Consultant Orthodontist

 

Our winner of the NON-CLINICAL LEADER OF THE YEAR Award…

Famida Kowsar, Central Booking Manager

Well done to finalists:

  • Katie Owen, Clinical Illustration Manager
  • Claire Capewell, Associate Director of Safeguarding

 

Our winner of the CLINICAL LEADER OF THE YEAR is…

Laura Adlington, Team Leader, Speech and Language Therapy

Well done to finalists:

  • Sheena Kotecha, Head of Service - Orthodontics
  • Emma Sedgwick Moore, Service Clinical Manager - Children's Complex Care
  • Kyah O’Sullivan, Deputy Unit Manager – Riverside Lodge Short Breaks and Day Centre

 

Our winner of the BCHC IMPROVING 2GETHER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT Award is…

Children's Speech and Language Therapy

Well done to finalists:

  • Amputee Rehabilitation
  • Tissue Viability Service

 

Our CHILDREN AND FAMILIES DIVISIONAL SUPERSTAR is…

Julian Brown, Senior Physiotherapist

Well done to finalists:

  • Devinder Sond, School Health Administrator
  • Chris Holness, Service Clinical Manager

 

Our CORPORATE DIVISIONAL SUPERSTAR is…

Jean Dipple, Infection, Prevention and Control Assistant

Well done to finalists

  • Dawn Clarke, Office and Helpdesk Manager
  • Tony Brown, Digital Communications Officer

 

Our ADULT COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISIONAL SUPERSTAR is…

Gail Gray, Practice Educator

Well done to finalists:

  • Hayley Hanson, District Nurse
  • Bracebridge District Nurses

 

Our ADULTS AND SPECIALIST REHABILITATION DIVISIONAL SUPERSTAR is…

Dawn Caine, Senior Medical Support Officer

Well done to finalists:

  • Joy Stevens, Medical Secretary Amputee Rehabilitation
  • Kelly Ellis, Clinical Team Leader

 

Our DENTAL DIVISIONAL SUPERSTAR is…

The Orthodontic Team

Well done to finalists:

  • Community Admin Team
  • Sinuba Naidu, Senior Dental Officer

 

Our LEARNING DISABILITY SERVICES SUPERSTARS are…

Joint winners:

Kyah O'Sullivan, Deputy Unit Manager – Riverside Lodge Short Breaks and Day Centre

Natalie Knight, LD Nurse Specialist

Well done to finalists:

  • Sharon Mackenzie, Interim Lead Matron
  • Derrick Aris, Healthcare Support Worker

 

Our NON-CLINICAL TEAM OF THE YEAR is…

The Catering Team

Well done to finalists:

  • Land and Property Team
  • Safeguarding Children’s Team

 

Our CLINICAL TEAM OF THE YEAR is…

Urgent Community Response

Well done to finalists:

  • Community Paediatricians
  • Orthodontics

 

The winner of the first CHAIR’S AWARD is…

Sinuba Naidu, Senior Dental Officer and the Dental Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Service

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