Staff Awards & Recognition
Celebrating Excellence with Our Awards and Recognition Program
New England Baptist Hospital’s Rewards and Recognition program serves to highlight the excellence that exists in all areas and job functions across the organization. New England Baptist Hospital supports growing a culture of development and recognition for our staff.
Recognition is most effective when it takes place on a regular basis and in a variety of different ways. It is also important that recognition activities be aligned with the culture of the workplace.
To this end, New England Baptist Hospital provides many different opportunities for acknowledging co-workers and peers.
The formal, hospital-wide awards will be presented at an annual ceremony, administered by Human Resources. This includes Team Awards, the Legendary Leader Annual Award, and the President’s Award for Excellence in Quality.
The Excellence Awards acknowledge the extraordinary efforts made by members of the Hospital toward fulfilling our goals, values, and mission. These are among the highest honors awarded to staff by New England Baptist Hospital. Professionalism, commitment to best practices, and high standards of excellence are at the heart of these awards.
The Legendary Leader Award recipient consistently embraces and demonstrates New England Baptist Hospital’s Legendary Service philosophy and core values. They lead through innovation & efficiency of programs. This visionary leader creates an environment of high employee and/or patient loyalty through unprecedented efforts of sustained excellence in their responsibilities and service to the organization. The President’s Council will review the nominations and select the recipient.
The President’s Award for Excellence in Quality recognizes and honors a New England Baptist Hospital employee or physician who has demonstrated a true passion and dedication for improving clinical quality and promoting patient safety. This individual has made a lasting impact on the care delivered to our patients by meaningful contributions and distinguished achievements in patient safety and quality improvement that ultimately result in the improvement of patient care and outcomes. This person has had an extraordinary and positive impact on the Hospital community and has made distinguished achievements due to their desire to enhance the clinical experience of our patients through innovative ideas and safe practices. The recipient will be selected by the President’s Council.
The Team Awards are designed to recognize the many improvements, innovations, and outstanding collaboration New England Baptist Hospital staff are making to ensure that New England Baptist Hospital is the best place for patients to receive care, and the best place for employees to work.
The Award Categories are:
- Excellence in Patient Care: This award will recognize a team that has made significant strides in providing unsurpassed patient-centered care, by designing and delivering care based on what patients need most.
- Building a Better Workplace: This award will recognize a team that has created a great place for employees and physicians to work, either within a single department or across New England Baptist Hospital. Team projects may focus on any aspect of work life: professional development, communication, diversity, etc.
- Innovation: This award will be given to a team that has found and implemented a better way to deliver care or services. The emphasis is on projects that represent a “break with the past” and may demonstrate risk taking, out of the box thinking, or effective use of ideas adapted from other departments or organizations.
- Community: The Community award will be given to a team that has made the most significant contribution to improving the health and well being of the communities we are committed to serving.
- Cost Savings/Revenue Enhancer Program: This award is to recognize a team that has identified and implemented a successful cost savings initiative or created a better process to ensure budgetary discipline.
- Unsung Heroes: This award will recognize a team or department that consistently exceeds expectations without fanfare and/or is a quiet but reliable high-performing presence at New England Baptist Hospital. By demonstrating a willingness to always help when needed, taking initiative to solve problems or make improvements, this exceptional team working behind the scenes ensures our continued success.
The awards program has specific eligibility and nomination requirements. A committee chosen by Human Resources will select winners within that calendar year.
The DAISY Award is a prestigious recognition program that honors extraordinary nurses for their compassionate care, clinical excellence, and dedication to improving patient outcomes. At New England Baptist Hospital, receiving a DAISY Award signifies a nurse’s outstanding commitment to making a meaningful difference in the lives of patients and their families, celebrating the exceptional impact of their nursing practice.
