This award is in recognition of individuals who have embraced training and development for the benefit of our patients. As an organisation, we depend upon our team members to mentor and train the next generation of health care workers, ensuring we have a healthy and skilled workforce for patients.
These are truly the educational heroes which help to us to become outstanding in all we do.
Meet the nominees:
Aimi Dillon, Education Lead
Aimi is a passionate, inspirational and motivating nurse and educator. Not only has Aimi shown great personal development by completing her MSc in Education, but she is also supporting others by developing and running a remarkable preceptorship programme which is recognised as one of the attractions for students to come and work at DBTH. Her dissertation work on resilience amongst newly qualified professionals has contributed to the learning, development and retention of the newly qualified workforce.
Esther Lockwood and Beth Cotton, Falls prevention practitioner and Dementia Education Nurse
Esther and Beth worked together to create the Trusts’ Person Centred Care Day. The study day is specifically designed to make sure that all front line staff receive their falls prevention and dementia awareness training. Staff are guided and advised on how to follow person centred interventions which have resulted in record reductions of patient falls across the Trust. Wards who have had staff attend the study day have also seen a huge decrease in costs spent on temporary staffing for enhanced care, their length of stay has reduced and they have less staff nurse vacancies. A huge achievement for the benefit of patient care.
Rachael Lockwood, Sister
Rachel was nominated by a student nurse, Danielle, who she mentored through her third year. Rachel helped build Danielle’s confidence and enabled her to widen her knowledge in paediatric nursing. The pair now work alongside each other and Rachael continues to guide and support Danielle. Danielle said: “she has been there every step of the way I couldn’t have done it without her.” Rachael delivers a high level of patient care, ensuring all their needs are met and going above and beyond at all times.