Siobhan receives Excellent Employee award for going above and beyond to support patients and colleagues
A Sister has been presented with a Monthly Making a Difference Award after the support she gave to her colleagues, patients and their families and other members of the emergency services during a “difficult night shift”
Siobhan Kelly, who works in Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) at Royal Derby Hospital, was nominated by one of her medical colleagues within 24 hours of her going above and beyond when handling a serious incident on the unit, showing “unwavering compassion and empathy that was really next level.”
The nomination continued: “I feel it’s really important that Siobhan is recognised for her help, professionalism and care. I could not have got through it and the situation could have ended very differently without her.”
Executive Chief Operating Officer, Sharon Martin, presented Siobhan with her award in front of her colleagues on MAU and commended her for going above and beyond for her patients and colleagues at UHDB:
“This is such a busy area of the hospital and Siobhan really went above and beyond so I really want to say well done.
“For a colleague to nominate you so soon after the incident happened shows just how much of an impact your actions had so thank you very much.”
Siobhan received a rapturous round of applause from her colleagues and said: “Thank you all so much, this is absolutely amazing!”
If you would like to nominate a colleague or team for a Monthly Making a Difference Award, please let us know.
There are four monthly Making a Difference Awards categories:
- Chief Executive Award – chosen by Gavin Boyle
- Patient Hero Award – nominated by patients
- Team UHDB Award – you can nominate your team or another team
- Excellent Employee Award – you can nominate your colleagues
You can send a 300 word nomination, along with the name of the team or individual, their job title and where they work, to: uhdb.employeeawards@nhs.net.