Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust celebrated the achievements of its staff and volunteers at the Trust’s very own OSCARS award ceremony last week.
The ‘Outstanding Service Contribution and Recognition Scheme’ is held annually to acknowledge and celebrate the outstanding work of staff and volunteers to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services.
Winners were announced at a special awards ceremony held on Thursday 18 March at The East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham. The headline sponsor for the event, which is in its seventh year, was Barchester Healthcare, Castlebeck and Grove, one of the Trust’s private sector partners.
The OSCARS comprised 11 categories for awards including valuing difference, leadership, unsung hero, lifetime achievement and team of the year. Over 150 nominations for the awards were made by staff, service users and carers, with 45 individuals and teams shortlisted.
Professor Clair Chilvers, Chair of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust says: “The OSCARS is an important event to recognise and celebrate the outstanding performance of our staff and volunteers, which is at the heart of delivering high quality services. Congratulations to the winners and also all of the nominees, whose hard work and dedication is highly valued by the Trust and is making a real difference to the people who use our services.”
And the winners were...
Unsung Hero – Clinical Award
Kerry Harrison, Community Nurse, Bassetlaw Community Learning Disability Team, Worksop
Unsung Hero – Non Clinical Award
Grace Nembhard, Personal Assistant, Duncan Macmillan House, Nottingham
Light Bulb Award
Michael Osborne, Service User Consultant, Involvement Centre,
Duncan Macmillan House, Nottingham
Leadership Award
Nigel Groves, Involvement Projects Development Worker, Rosewood Centre, New Ollerton
Team of the Year Award
Involvement Volunteer Team, Involvement Centre, Duncan Macmillan House, Nottingham
Volunteer of the Year Award
Eric Monk, Volunteer, St Francis Day Hospital, Nottingham
Views into Action Award
Dr Jennifer Clegg, Associate Professor & Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist, University of Nottingham and Highbury Hospital, Nottingham
Kate Smyth Award for Gender Sensitive Services
Treatment and Therapy Ward Managers, Highbury Hospital, Queen’s Medical Centre, and The Wells Road Centre, Nottingham
Valuing Difference Award
Angela Simpson, Sharon Esprit, Beverley Taylor, Samina Naz, Community Development Workers, Nottingham and Worksop.
Liam O’Neill Fighting Stigma Award
Alix Hind and Sally White, Substance Misuse Anti Stigma Leads, Involvement Centre, Duncan Macmillan House, Nottingham
Lifetime Achievement Award
Sharyn Findlay, Specialist Practitioner Substance Misuse, Rampton Hospital, Retford
Professor Clair Chilvers Honorary Award
Gladys Bombek, Involvement Team Volunteer, Involvement Centre, Duncan Macmillan House, Nottingham
