Linda Hazard, RPT, has been selected as employee of the month at Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center.
Hazard is a physical therapist who serves inpatients of the MAHHC Acute Rehabilitation Center. She is being recognized for her commitment to patient and staff safety, particularly related to injury prevention that may result from lifting and moving patients. Most recently, Hazard served as a champion in the Hospital’s Safe Patient Lifting Task Force. Her insight and experience guided the development of a policy designed to keep patients safe and well-cared for, while preventing staff injury. She regularly teaches staff proper techniques for lifting and use of equipment.
Founded in 1933, Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center is a not-for-profit community hospital network including the critical access-designated Mt. Ascutney Hospital in Windsor, Vermont, and Ottauquechee Health Center in Woodstock, Vermont. Affiliated with Dartmouth-Hitchcock, the Hospital provides people in communities across the Connecticut River Valley with primary care and a comprehensive suite of specialty services, along with 25 inpatient beds, a therapeutic pool and an acclaimed, 10-bed inpatient rehabilitation department.