Coming together as a team during testing times was an underlying theme of the 17 excellence awards which were announced at our QSuper Community and Oral Health Staff Excellence Virtual Awards.

Congratulations to our oral health and community-based teams who were nominated, and who received awards.

A big thank you to our partners QSuper who donated some great trophies for the winners and highly commended recipients. Please congratulate our highly commended award recipients and winners.

People Focus

Highly Commended: Fiona Hanley, Administrative Officer, Oral Health Centre

Winner: Brighton Brain Injury Service

Innovation

Winner: Kristin Mainey, Team Leader, Community Transition Care Service

Excellence in Performance

Highly Commended: Sally Ware, Executive Support Officer, Clinical Operations

Winner: Michelle Kane, Nursing Director

Leadership

Highly Commended: Tenille King, Administration Coordinator for COVID-19 Clinics

Winner: Anna-Marie Barrett, Senior Dental Assistant, Oral Health Centre

Values in Action – Dual Winners

Winner: Zoe Johnston, Oral Health Therapist, Metro North Oral Health

Winner: Bedded Service Leaders – Maria Podger, Georgina Quin-Conroy, Trish Turner, Belinda Sawtell, Michael Bishop and Dane Robinson

Excellence in Integrated Care

Winner: Smarter Smiles Program

Excellence in Training and Education

Winner: Systems Management Team

And, there were a few additional awards this year:

Operations Director Awards – Community and Oral Health Response to COVID-19

Most Creative Video – the COVID-19 Administrative Team

Executive Director Award – Better Together Team

Executive Director Award – Anita Keightley, Assistant Director, Allied Health

Executive Director Award – Tai Channer, Trust Officer