Lead Cancer Nurse Practitioner Anna Wilson wins a ViP Award
Anna Wilson, Lead Cancer Nurse Practitioner at UHP has been presented UHP’s VIP Award.
Starting at the end of 2023, The VIP Awards are an ongoing recognition scheme, submitted by staff and patients to celebrate and recognise the hard work of our colleagues and what they have done well.
Anna received a nomination by colleague Charlotte Burgoyne, Clinical Admin Manager, who highlighted that Anna is an inspiration for all future nurses and has brought a lot of positive changes for urology patients, in particular, taking on clinics to cut cancer waiting times for prostate cancer patients and help reach 2WW targets.”
Charlotte added on her nomination, that “Anna is everything a nurse and leader should be. She is a tower of strength, a listening ear and a champion of our well-being and the well-being of patients. She is a shiny beacon of the trusts core values.”
The VIP Award judging panel has also commended her work through her nominations, with one commenting that Anna has “clear impact on staff and patients driving innovation and solutions that support new ways of working and positive outcomes”, while another panellist stated that “her communication methods with other staff are excellent which is so important”.
Mark Hackett, Interim Chief Executive at UHP came down to the Chestnut Urology Investigation Unit to present the award to Anna and said: “You have been nominated because you do put values into practice. That is a huge credit to you, you are a real role model for your colleagues and for nurses.”
“You are very patient focused, which is helpful, but you have been clear on how you communicate what needs to be done and what the expectations are of people. It is clear that you are very supportive to your staff and look after their wellbeing and their interests at work and their experiences!”
Anna was joined by her whole department as she was presented with the VIP Award and thanked her colleagues for recognising her hard work in providing support for the Radiotherapy team, particularly during some really challenging times over the last year.
Anna said: “Thank you! This is very unexpected, and you all caught me by surprise today. I just think I’m really lucky, because we have a really amazing team, and I don’t think I could half of what I do without the team, and I think we’re very fortunate that we look after each other. Now that we have got the new unit, hopefully, we can continue to make things better for our patients.”
Anna’s nominator Charlotte said: “I nominated Anna for the ViP Award because she is an exceptional nurse, leader and friend. Nothing is ever too much trouble for Anna, personal or work wise. Anna has such amazing values and such a brilliant leader, with the way she looks after everyone and the way she builds everyone to be our best is amazing, and that is why I nominated her.”
You can watching Anna and Charlotte’s conversation about the VIP Awards here:
The VIP Awards is a great opportunity to nominate more junior or hidden staff who may otherwise go unnoticed in clinical and non-clinical roles, to highlight and recognise their actions within the Trust.
Do you know a member of the University Hospital Plymouth’s #1BigTeam who has done well in their work? Would you like the chance to praise them and show your appreciation?
If you want to celebrate a member of the #1BigTeam by nominating them for a VIP Award by making a nomination, or want to find out more, you can visit the VIP Award website.
The next VIP Award winner will be announced this Autumn. In the meantime, you can watch Anna being presented with her VIP Award by Mark below:
