Valued Star Awards

August’s Individual Valued Star Award goes to Martyn Buxton, Health care support worker, FYPC.LD

Nominating Martyn, Healthcare assistant Catherine White said:

“Martyn has spent the majority of his time over the last two years working with the same patient. This patient has been very challenging and was highly violent when they were first admitted and was at one point nursed 4:1.

Martyn has been an integral part of the team which has helped this patient go from 4:1 staffing, to 2:1 and no longer needing to be nursed under long term segregation.

Martyn continues to go above and beyond with this patient and has helped integrate them back into community events, such as going to the fair and numerous sporting activities, ready for discharge.”

August’s Team Valued Star Award goes to the Charnwood Community Mental Health Team, DMH

The team were nominated by Amy Evans, Developmental community psychiatric nurse:

“I would like to recognise the Charnwood Community Mental Health Team – they are an absolutely excellent team.

I have only recently joined the team however from day one I was made to feel comfortable and welcomed by the team – everyone has been very kind and considerate in showing me the ropes and they continue to demonstrate such compassion and interest in me as a person. They have been vital in supporting me in my new role. I know that I can speak to any team member from management to admin for support and guidance and it has been evident how much effort and hard work everyone puts in to support our patients.

I truly appreciate each team member and want to thank them for being so accommodating and recognise what a brilliant job everyone does.”

Angela Hillery recorded a special message for the team.

September’s Individual Valued Star Award goes to Gemma Rees, Generic therapy technical instructor, CHS

Gemma was nominated by Zoe Bell, Occupational therapist who said:

“Gemma is a relatively new addition to our team here at Hinckley and since her arrival has demonstrated a real passion and commitment to patient care. I received two phone calls from relatives last week praising Gemma’s calm approach and compassionate nature. Gemma has offered to provide clinical cover (often at the last minute) when we have needed an extra staffing resource and has also offered staff support and a listening ear when needed. She is really proactive in offering up extra capacity when needed and always offers to pitch in with additional appointments without being asked.

She is supportive, diligent and hardworking and it is a real pleasure to have her in our team. Gemma has been successful in securing a therapy apprenticeship and I know that she will apply the same skills in that venture too.

Thank you for all your hard work Gemma. We really value you at Hinckley.”

Angela Hillery, chief executive, recorded a thank you message for Gemma:

September’s Team Valued Star Award goes to the Communication café in speech and language therapy LD service, FYPC.LD

The Communication café in speech and language therapy LD service Team were nominated by Jennifer Worsfold, Speech and language therapy professional team lead:

“Nikki West and Aaminah Patel have set up a Communication Cafe from scratch to offer support to people accessing the learning disability service and for people who use communication aids, maintain and improve their communication skills.

Nikki and Aaminah made sure that they involved as many of the Speech and Language Therapy Team to share learning. They have gone above and beyond to make this work with and for patients and carers. The initiative has helped to reduce inequalities and give hope and confidence to patients. It wouldn’t have happened without their drive and commitment.”

Angela Hillery recorded a thank you message for Aminah and Nikki:

October’s Individual Valued Star Award goes to Nicola Brewin, Operational lead for the CAMHS Eating Disorder Team, FYPC.LD

Nicky Ward, Clinical nurse specialist, who nominated Nicola said:

“Nicola has only been in post for nearly 12 months and what a difference she has made to the team. Nicola is the operational Lead for the CAMHS Eating Disorder Team which is a new post. She has embraced the position and offered her experience and passion to the role from the beginning. The last two years have been a very difficult time, seeing a huge increase in the number of referrals to the CAMHS Eating Disorder Service and Nicola has been instrumental in finding creative ways to ensure all referrals are managed well and in a timely way despite the increase in the number of referrals, reviewing risk constantly and supporting the whole team to offer an exceptional service.

Whilst Nicola is not a clinician by background, she also has an incredible insight and appreciation of the patient journey. She steps into clinical meetings and forums when required and represents the team in a professional manner. Nicola’s work has a huge impact on patient care; she is always up to date with current guidelines and standards, she is a huge advocate for outcome measures and evaluating our impact and ensures we are always capturing the patient and families’ voices in everything we do.”

Angela Hillery recorded a special message for Nicola:

October’s Team Valued Star Award goes to the Safeguarding Admin Team, Enabling

The Safeguarding Team were nominated by Carol Smith, Safeguarding governance, performance and assurance officer, who said:

“The Safeguarding Admin Team are an amazing team of hard-working individuals.  They support each other, share workload, prioritise tasks, all of this whilst being the backbone of the LPT Safeguarding Team.  They are always caring, compassionate and willing to help others.

Over the last 12-24 months they have undergone a lot of change, having to learn new processes and systems.  They have taken this in their stride, with a positive can-do attitude.

I could not wish for a harder working, dedicated team of individuals.”

Angela thanked the team for their hard work:

November’s Individual Valued Star Award goes to Nicola Glover, Nurse, DMH

Nicola was nominated by a service user:

“Nicola became my support worker spring time 2022 and has never failed to leave me feeling a little calmer. She has the true ability to help me understand and guide me through different types of techniques to help with my severe anxiety.

Nicola really goes the extra mile to help me, she’s often offered to call at an earlier date if I felt that would help. I’d like to nominate Nicola for the Valued Star Award for going the extra mile in the way she upholds all of the Trust values. Finally I’d like to say a huge thank you to Nicola in helping me with challenges I face with my mental health.”

Watch Angela Hillery’s message for Nicola:

November’s Team Valued Star Award goes to the Community Paediatrics Medical Secretary Team – Group 1, FYPC.LD

Lyndsay Wright, Administrative support manager, nominated the Community Paediatrics Medical Secretary Team:

“I am nominating this team because of their constant teamwork, their compassion for one another and all service users. They take daily difficult calls, listen and make sure every single call is dealt with such respect. They worked tirelessly throughout COVID to support the clinician staff and service users and continue to do so, even when workload is increasingly high.  They are a pleasure to work with and for all this hard work, I would like to nominate them for a Valued Team Star Award.”

Watch Angela’s message to the team: