Star Awards shortlist announced

12 April 2012

The shortlist for the first Chelsea and Westminster Star Awards is announced today. Almost 800 nominations were received from staff and patients and now 3 individual staff and/or teams have been shortlisted.

The shortlist for the first Chelsea and Westminster Star Awards is announced today (Thursday 12 April).

Almost 800 nominations were received from staff and patients and now 3 individual staff and/or teams have been shortlisted by judging panels for:

  • 17 Staff Choice awards—staff nominated by staff
  • Patient Choice award—staff nominated by patients
  • Council of Governors Special Award

Chief Executive Heather Lawrence will also present a Special Award to recognise the long service and outstanding contribution of an individual member of staff at the awards evening which takes place at Chelsea Football Club on 14 May.

These outstanding individuals and teams make the greatest difference to our patients and hospital.

All staff shortlisted for the inaugural Star Awards will be invited to the awards evening which has been made possible by a grant from Chelsea and Westminster Health Charity.

Congratulations to all staff and teams who have been shortlisted:

Staff Choice awards

Healthcare Assistant of the Year

  • Zulfikhar Choudry (HCA, Nell Gwynne Ward)
  • Shanaz Khanom (HCA, Acute Assessment Unit)
  • Adnan Maan (HCA, Lower Ground Floor Outpatients)

Midwife of the Year

  • Emily Beonke
  • Fee Hussain
  • Iris Tsikimi

Nurse of the Year

  • Marylyn Joseph-Apple (Staff Nurse, Fracture Clinic)
  • Lucy Rodaway (Senior Staff Nurse, Annie Zunz Ward)
  • Kathryn Webb (Senior Staff Nurse, Neptune Ward)

Doctor of the Year

  • Dr Nick Fauvel (Consultant Anaesthetist)
  • Dr Rachael Jones (Consultant and Lead Clinician, West London Centre for Sexual Health)
  • Dr Duncan Wilson (Specialist Trainee, Medicine & Surgery)

Diagnostic and Allied Health Professional of the Year

  • Tom McBride (Senior Orthopaedic Practitioner, Fracture Clinic)
  • Philippa McDonald (Sonographer, Ultrasound)
  • David Pearce (Therapy Technician, Stroke Services)

ISS Facility Services Healthcare Star of the Year

  • Omar Abdulrahman (Security Guard)
  • Abdul Benkhadda (Healthcare Cleaner, Intensive Care Unit)
  • Manu Manbir (Healthcare Cleaner, A&E Department)

Scientist of the Year

  • Dr Berge Azadian (Director of Infection Prevention & Control)
  • Dr Peter Kelleher (Honorary Consultant Immunologist)

Researcher of the Year

  • Professor Mark Bower (Consultant Medical Oncologist)
  • Dr Peter Kelleher (Honorary Consultant Immunologist)
  • Dr Jeremy Lewis (Research Lead, Therapy Department)

Frontline Support Services Star of the Year

  • Janek Barcikowski (Clinic Co-ordinator, Lower Ground Floor Outpatients)
  • Sharon Burton (Porter)
  • Aaron Frimley (Receptionist, Fracture Clinic)

Behind the Scenes Support Services Star of the Year

  • Stella Ejindu (Senior Systems Support Analyst, IT)
  • Graham Henry (Business Analyst, Finance)
  • Rebecca Ryan (HR Advisor)

Manager of the Year

  • Cherry Brennan (Interim Maternity Inpatients Matron)
  • Catherine Gillespie (Clinical Cancer Services Manager and Macmillan Lead Nurse)
  • Alan Kaye (Head of Diagnostics)

Team of the Year

  • Discharge team
  • Medical Day Unit team
  • Porters

Most Improved Department of the Year

  • Acute Assessment Unit
  • Dermatology Department
  • Edgar Horne Ward

Volunteer of the Year

  • Frank Johnson (Volunteer, Outpatients & St Stephen’s Volunteers)
  • Amanda Pitt-Brown (Volunteer, Nell Gwynne Ward/Stroke Unit)
  • Claudia Thompson (Volunteer, Intensive Care Unit)

Educator/Mentor of the Year

  • Dawn Grant (Lead Nurse for Health Care Assistants and Volunteers)
  • Barry Jubraj (Lead Pharmacist for Academic Studies & Professional Development)
  • Dr Caroline Patterson (Specialist Registrar, Respiratory Medicine)

Outstanding Leadership Award

  • Mitch Haines (Matron, Medicine & Surgery)
  • Michelle Jenkins (Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Lead Clinician, John Hunter Clinic)
  • Sophie Western (Ward Sister, Lord Wigram Ward)

Improving the Patient Experience

  • Vivien Bell (Head of Midwifery and General Manager, Maternity Services)
  • Intensive Care Unit team
  • Serena Venticonti (Friends Patient Support Co-ordinator, Voluntary Services)

Patient Choice award

  • Sacha Newman (Clinical Nurse Specialist, Gynaecology)
  • Professor Mark Bower (Consultant Medical Oncologist)
  • Dr Sarkhell Radha (Specialist Registrar, Trauma & Orthopaedics)

Council of Governors Special Award

  • Infection Control Team
  • Mary Knight (Sister, Annie Zunz Ward)
  • Lesley-Anne Marke (Ward Sister, David Erskine Ward)