Left to Right: Becky, Sara and Sara's mom. Chris |
Congratulations to Sara O'Brien , MS, RD-AP, LDN, CNSC, Advanced Practice Registered Dietitian, for being selected as "August Colleague of the Month" for Lahey Hospital & Medical Center. This is a huge honor as Sara was chosen from hospital wide nominations. This is also the second time in eight months colleagues from the Food and Nutrition department were being selected as the winner. Maria Petkiewich, Jazzman worker, won the award in May this year. http://sodexoatlahey.blogspot.com/2016/05/congratulations-to-maria-petkiewich-for.html
To be eligible for the award, the nominated colleagues have to demonstrate a consistent commitment to the organization's mission, vision, and values by demonstrating any or all of the following:
- Quality Customer Service
- Excellent Patient Care
- Outstanding Teamwork and Communication
- Mutual Respect
- Positive Attitude
- Strong Work Ethic
- Contributions to Cost Savings or Increased Revenue
- Trust and Integrity
This is why Sara's manager, Rebecca Bradley, submitted the nomination:
“Sara was nominated as Colleague of the Month because of her
extraordinary contributions to Lahey and her professional commitment. She
has raised thousands of dollars by orchestrating bake sales to benefit the
Cancer Walk and, as a cancer survivor, by forming Team NED which has
participated in the cancer walk for the past several years. She has been
very involved in the Clinical Nutrition’s quality improvement initiative to
identify and treat malnutrition in the hospitalized patient. She works
with the Epic team to develop documentation tools that allow the diagnosis of
malnutrition to be added to the patient’s problem list. This is a
multidisciplinary effort with the coding teams, nurse, and physicians.
Her dietitian colleagues are important supports in this effort with educational
programs to develop tools and skills used in the identification of
malnutrition. She is one of twenty-two RDs across the United States to
pass a rigorous exam to become an Advanced Practice Registered Dietitian.
She has been invited to evaluate and revise exam questions at meetings with the
Commission on Dietetic Registration in Chicago. She is the first to
recognize that all this is possible because of the supportive relationship she
has with her Clinical Nutrition colleagues and the Sodexo management team.”
Thank you Sara! Thank you for making everyday a better day for all those we served
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