Healthcare Workers of the Year honored
Ambulatory Care Services held its annual Healthcare Workers of the Year reception on May 15. Each year, staff, physicians, and management are asked to nominate those employees who consistently exemplify the organization’s values of accountability, respect, excellence, and adaptability throughout the year. Staff members are nominated in one of four categories:- Registered Nurse of the Year
- Licensed/Certified Healthcare Worker of the Year
- Healthcare Assistant of the Year
- Administrative Support Staff of the Year.
All 20 nominees were recognized at the reception held in the Performance
Improvement and Staff Development Conference room, Rutledge Tower.
Each nominee received a certificate and a corsage.
This year’s recipients are:
RN of the Year—Cheri McElwee, R.N., clinical care coordinator,
Rheumatology
Licensed/Certified Healthcare Worker of the Year—Kathy Hood, anaplastologist, Maxillofacial Prosthodontics Clinic
Healthcare Assistant of the Year— Gwendolyn Frazier, PCT, Adult Primary Care
Administrative Support Staff of the Year—Tracy Halvelka, regional registration representative, Regional Registration
Licensed/Certified
Healthcare Worker of the Year, Kathy Hood, right, with nominees Nancy Shahid,
second from left, University Diagnostic Clinic, and Donna Gallahorn, second
from right, Pediatrics. During the reception, Sherry Gillespie Miller,
left, clinical director, Ambulatory Care Services, read excerpts from the
winners' nomination forms.
Dave Neff, administrator for Ambulatory Care Services, Sherry Gillespie Miller, clinical director, and Brenda Falls, administrative director, read excerpts from the winners’ nomination forms, as they congratulated the recipients.
Ceri McElwee, R.N., was also selected by MUSC as a co-winner of the hospital’s Registered Nurse of the Year award.
Each winner was presented with an engraved plaque and was given a $75
“Be My Guest” American Express dining card to be used at the restaurant
of her choice.