ER registration clerk recipient of BEE Award
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Every day at Warren General Hospital, there are personnel being exceptional.
One particular employee has been helping the emergency room registration process run more smoothly.
Hospital personnel awarded emergency room registration clerk Mary Posker as the fifth Being Exceptional Every day (BEE) Award recipient on Oct. 19.
Posker was nominated by emergency room nurse Alizabeth Clark.
"I am nominating Mary for the BEE award for multiple reasons," Clark said. "Mary has been employed with WGH for 27 years; however, I have only had the pleasure of working with her for the last 9 years."
"Mary is our friendly face of the ER, always a team player; going above and beyond for our patients," she said. "My nominee consistently fetches ice for those swollen extremities, assists with collecting urines, grabs warm blankets and other things to aid in the care and comfort of our patients."
"She will meet ambulance services at the back door speeding up the registration process, has the ability to recognize and alert nursing staff to critical patients as they come through the front door and does all of this with a smile," Clark said. "I look forward to the days I work with her as she makes the ER process run more smoothly."
The BEE Award was created as a way to honor hospital employees who are not licensed nurses.
"This award was created by nursing leadership to compliment the DAISY Award and honor patient care staff that continuously goes above and beyond for patients and their family's every day," according to a Warren General release.
"It is important our employees know their work is highly valued, and the BEE Program provides a way for us to do that," Chief Executive Officer Rick Allen said.
"Just like in nature, bees are loyal, hardworking, and cannot exist without the daisy, as neither can the daisy exist without the bee," according to the release. "The BEE Award acknowledges the employee for going above and beyond for patients, their families, and our hospital every day. The Warren General Hospital Leadership Team appreciates everything they do to make the Hospital and our patient's top priority."
Employees may be nominated by patients, families, and colleagues. The award recipient is chosen by a committee at Warren General Hospital to receive The BEE Award. Awards are presented throughout the year at celebrations attended by the Honoree's colleagues, patients, and visitors. Each Honoree receives a certificate commending her or him for Being Exceptional Every day. Honorees also receive a BEE Award pin, a generous gift card at the hospital's Window Box gift shop, four free lunches at the cafeteria, eight hour awards day off and a beautiful, very rare crystal called the Bumble Bee Jasper, found at Mount Papandayan in Indonesia.
"We are proud to recognize our exceptional healthcare workers," Chief Nursing Officer Joe Akif said. "They are everyday heroes, and it's important that they know their work is highly valued. The BEE Award provides a way for us to do that."
"Congratulations Mary, Warren General Hospital is honored to have an exceptional employee like you working here," the release said. "On behalf of all of us at Warren General Hospital, we thank you, Mary Posker, for choosing Warren General Hospital as your employer and for the skill, care and compassion you give to our patients and coworkers every day."