Health Care Assistant, Tracey Tyler, scoops national G.E.M award
A Health Care Assistant based on George Eliot Hospital’s Alexandra Ward has won NHSP's G.E.M Award.
Tracey Tyler, who works night shifts on the ward, was selected from 500 nominees across England to receive our “Going the Extra Mile” (G.E.M) Award.
Nominated by nurses who work with her, Tracey took the initiative to improve nutrition on the ward by doing nightly tea and snack rounds to encourage wound healing, all helping to greatly improve patient care and experience.
Celebrating her award, George Eliot Hospital’s Nursing Director, Daljit Athwal, said: “Tracey has excellent communication skills and is an exceptionally caring and friendly member of the ward team. She upholds our Trust values and her colleagues praise her as a fantastic person to work alongside. Well done to Tracey and thank you to our partners at NHS Professionals for recognising her contribution.”
Dan Hinsley, Chief Operating Officer, who presented the award to Tracey, said: “I’m delighted to have had the privilege to meet Tracey this morning and present her with her G.E.M award. Our judging panel thought Tracey’s initiative to improve nutrition on the ward was innovative. We are proud to have such a forward-thinking bank member as part of NHSP family. Congratulations Tracey!”
Chief Operations Officer, Dan Hinsley with G.E.M award winner, Tracey Tyler.
The nomination was received from Clare Harries, Staff Nurse at George Eliot, who added: “Tracey has excellent communication skills, talking with patients, comforting them and taking a genuine interest in their experience and always aiming to improve their stay where possible. Tracey promotes safe and effective care, both for herself and amongst her colleagues. She is an absolute credit to the ward and routinely receives positive feedback from patients about her professionalism and work ethic. We are very proud!”
NHSP launched the G.E.M awards in 2019 to recognise bank members who go above and beyond, showing outstanding commitment in supporting their Trust and making a real difference to patients’ lives every day.
About George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust provides a range of hospital services to more than 300,000 people across North Warwickshire, South West Leicestershire and North Coventry. The hospital, which was opened in 1948 provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services. For a full list of the services we provide, go to our website www.geh.nhs.uk/directory-of-services.
About NHS Professionals
(https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/)
NHS Professionals (NHSP) is the market leader in managed flexible worker services. They work in partnership with over 55 NHS trusts to help them to reduce their reliance on agencies by providing a service that combines an intimate understanding of the trusts’ temporary workforce requirements with the reassurance of a safe, quality and reliable supply of cost-effective temporary staff.
And because NHSP is wholly owned by the Department of Health and Social Care, all our profits are reinvested back into the NHS.
The business was founded on nursing and midwifery, but now specialise in much more. They have over 130,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades and specialities. NHSP bank members fill around 26 million hours for our clients each year, working flexibly around their lifestyles by choosing the hours that suit them.