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VIP Awards
Nominate staff, teams or volunteers for going above and beyond to provide outstanding service or care.
Values In Practice (VIP) Staff Awards
Nominations closed
Our Values in Practice (VIP) Awards are now closed for 2023. If you made a nomination, you will receive an email to let you know whether your nomination has been shortlisted or not.
About our VIP Awards
Our Values in Practice (VIP) Awards Programme allows staff, patients and members of the public to nominate staff, teams or volunteers for going above and beyond to provide outstanding service or care for patients, their carers and family members.
The awards are based on our Trust values of Caring, Open, Respectful, Responsible and Inclusive, with additional categories to acknowledge individuals and teams for clinical or non-clinical work.
The VIP Awards are a great opportunity to recognise the great work delivered by BCHC colleagues and volunteers.
As well as five values-based awards, there are 8 other categories in which you can nominate:
- Caring Award: exceptional contribution in line with our caring value.
- Open Award: exceptional contribution in line with our open value.
- Respectful Award: exceptional contribution in line with our respectful value.
- Responsible Award: exceptional contribution in line with our responsible value.
- Inclusive Award: exceptional contribution in line with our inclusive value.
- Unsung Hero - Clinical Award: outstanding contribution with positive outcomes for patients, patient groups, community groups or colleagues.
- Unsung Hero - Non-Clinical Award: outstanding contribution with positive outcomes for patients, patient groups, community groups or colleagues.
- Leader of the Year - Clinical Award: exceptional leadership by an individual who manages or supervises other colleagues.
- Leader of the Year - Non-Clinical Award: exceptional leadership by an individual who manages or supervises other colleagues.
- BCHC Improving 2gether Quality Improvement Award: for individual or team that has achieved significant and positive quality improvement within any area of the Trust's work.
- Clinical Team of the Year Award: for any team working within the Trust's clinical services and teams, and which has made an outstanding contribution.
- Non-Clinical Team of the Year Award: for any team working within the Trust's non-clinical services and teams, and which has made an outstanding contribution.
- Divisional Superstar Award: for any colleague who has made an outstanding contribution with positive outcomes for patients, patient groups, community groups or colleagues. There will be one award for each of our five clinical divisions, plus one for corporate services.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the shortlisting process ?
Nominations are presented to a panel who select one winner and two finalists for each category.
The panel is made up of:
- An executive director
- A non-executive director
- A staff side representative
- Someone from our public membership
Everyone who is nominated, whether successfully shortlisted or not, will be contacted regarding the status of their nomination.
How do I make my nomination stand out?
- Select a category which best represents the reason for your nomination. Our categories are based on our five values (Caring, Open, Respectful, Responsible, Inclusive).
- 'Sell' your nomination to our juding panel. Paint a picture of the nominated team or individual using real examples, evidence or comments from patients.
- Keep it short and punchy!
How else can I nominate?
There are three ways to submit a nomination:
- Via an easy-to-complete online form or click the button below.
- By emailing info.bchc@nhs.net and we will send a form to you (we can pop one in the post but encourage you to use email).
- Or you can call 0121 466 7282 and we will send a form to you (award administrators can fill in a form on behalf of callers if needed).