Vermont Business Magazine Northwestern Medical Center recently heldits annual Employee Recognition Banquet, recognizing staff at five yearmilestones of service. The yearly event honors NMC’ers who reach thefive-year mark and then those at each 5 year increment above that milestone. Over 90 employees were honored this year, and the total of their years ofservices was 1,010! The highest numbers for years of service were 25, 30 and40 years. Staff in those top categories included:
• Amy Centabar, PT, 25 Years
• Bonnie Day, Radiologic Technologist, 25 years
• Shelley Howrigan, RN, 25 Years
• Stephanie Koch, Clinical Resource RN, 25 years
• Lindsay Thieken, Process Improvement Specialist, 25 years
• Lori Columb, Patient Accounts Representative, 30 years
• Annette Dragoon, RN Clinical Informaticist, 30 Years
• Lesley Palmer, Coordinator Clinical Safety and Health, 30 Years
• Deborah Timmerman, Senior Pharmacy Technician, 30 years
• Tammy Cyr, Coder, 40 years
The banquet was held at the Abbey in Sheldon and included a social hour andbuffet dinner. The event also includes the recognition of NMC’s ServiceExcellence All Star of the Year. The selection of an All Star of the Year isthe culmination of the 5-Star Caring recognition program in which patients,visitors and colleagues write “Caught You Caring” cards for staff.Outstanding Caught You Caring recipients are chosen as quarterly Rising Starsand one quarterly winner is honored as the annual All Star.
This year’s recipient was Nurse Practitioner Matt Boone who works inNMC’s Emergency Department. Boone received many patient comments along withthose from co-workers about his patience, his care and compassion, his workethic and his positive nature.VBM vermontbiz.com
Source:St. Albans, VT (May 23, 2017) --- Northwestern Medical Center