MLHD Excellence Awards Finalists Announced

With 84 nominations across 9 team award categories and 4 individual award categories, the judges had their work cut out for them to choose the finalists for this year’s annual Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) Excellence Awards.

They did, however, manage to narrow down the list to just a few finalists for each category and those possible winners have now been announced.

MLHD Chief Executive, Jill Ludford said the response was pleasing. “We’ve seen such a diversity and high quality in the nominations this year,” Ms Ludford said.

“The judging panels really have had a tough time determining the top three in each category.”

“The Excellence Awards celebrate the achievements of individuals and teams for their pursuit of excellence and commitment to improving the lives of others.”

Awards focus on achievements that reflect the MLHD vision and priority areas.

The focus is on wellness and seizing every opportunity to work in partnership with consumers to build and maintain wellness.

The objective is to enable MLHD to be the best place to work, lead, practice, volunteer, teach, learn and grow.

Winners will be announced at the gala presentation evening on Friday, June 16.

Team Award Categories and their finalists are:

Enriching consumer experience:

• Day Only Hip Replacement Program;
• Emergency to Community Initiative; and
• Establishing Mobile BreastScreen Assessment Services.

Value-Based Healthcare:

• Emergency to Community Initiative;
• Establishing Mobile BreastScreen Assessment Services; and
• Teleburns: Collaborating for better patient outcomes (Wagga).

Exceptional Aboriginal Healthcare:

• Gimhiimaldhanny Aboriginal Leadership Program;
• Aboriginal Health Engagement Project (Griffith); and
• Murrumbidgee Out of Home Care (OOHC) Pathway.

Patient Safety First:

• Community MHDA Clinical Pharmacy Project;
• Suicide Prevention Outreach Team: SPOT; and
• Waterline Maintenance and Testing Regime: Reducing Biofilm: Dental Unit.

Innovation and Health Research:

• Magseed; and
• Virtual Nurse Assist.

Keeping People Healthy:

• Empowering Older People;
• Lockhart LHAC keeping people healthy; and
• Saving Sight Is Our Vision!

Digital Innovation:

• Establishing Mobile BreastScreen Assessment Services;
• Rural Medical Consultation Service; and
• Tele Burns, Enhancing the Consumer Experience (Griffith).

Enhancing People and Culture:

• Emerging Leaders (Griffith and Western sector); and
• Inclusion and Belonging Working Group.

Sustainability and Environment:

• Snowy Valleys;
• Virtual Physiotherapy Services; and
• Women’s Health Nurse-led MTOP (Medical Termination of Pregnancy) Service.

Individual Award categories and their finalists are:

Allied Health Staff Member of the Year:

• Alicia Madden (Harden);
• Brianna Chown (Temora); and
• Cassandra Morris (Wagga).

Nurse or Midwife of the Year:

• Bianca Jones (Cootamundra);
• Jane Turner (Tumut/Gundagai);
• Janine Sutton (Wagga Wagga Base Hospital); and
• Rebecca Stimpson (Temora).

Staff Member of the Year:

• Joanne Casey (Cootamundra);
• Kelly-Anne Marchioni (District);
• Nigel Smith (Deniliquin); and
• Paige Frater (Temora).

Volunteer of the Year:

• Dot Livermore (Culcairn LHAC);
• Judy Wettenhall (former Chair Holbrook LHAC); and
• Syd Dudley (LHAC Chair Finley).

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