Last week at the employee forum, we heard from our final STAR Awards winner for 2021. The STAR Awards are a great opportunity for employees to say thank you and acknowledge the important work of their colleagues.
If you would like to nominate an individual or team for a particular achievement or contribution they have made, complete a nomination through the STAR Awards portal here.
Nominations for the Q4 STAR Awards are now open and will close on Friday 31 December.
You can learn more about our Q3 winners and the many great reasons why they were nominated, here:
In Pursuit of Excellence – Amy Morris, Paediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist. 
Outstanding Care or Service Delivery – Tayn Martindale, Registered nurse who works on 3A Forest at Monash Children’s Hospital.
Excellent Experiences – Janette Briscoe, Wellbeing Assistant at Chestnut Gardens. 
Exceptional Teamwork – Sacha Purvis, Nurse Unit Manager in our COVID-19 Vaccination Workforce. 
Excellence in Research, Teaching and Innovation – Silvana Pignataro, Assistant Deputy Director of Pharmacy for Kingston Pharmacy Department. 
Improving Care and Access – Matt Woronczak, Clinician, Emergency Department, Dandenong Hospital. 
Managing Wisely – LED Replacement Program, Monash Medical Centre.
Excellence in Occupational health, safety and wellbeing – Monash Medical Centre Emergency Department Wellbeing Group, Danielle Jackson and Benjamin Cheung.
For more information about the STAR Awards Program, visit the Monash Health COVID-19 website.
Congratulations to all nominees and winners of this year’s STAR Awards, we look forward to continuing to recognise individual and team achievements across Monash Health in the new year.
Approved by Karen Lowe.