Press release -
Mersey Care NHS Trust's young achiever awarded for positive practice
ID Medical, the UK’s leading multi-disciplinary healthcare recruiter, proudly sponsored Mersey Care NHS Trust’s Positive Achievement Awards 2013, held at Aintree Racecourse on Friday 8th November with over 400 guests and 140 nominees in attendance.
As part of its lasting commitment to supporting Trusts and commending the outstanding achievements of NHS staff, ID Medical presented Shameem Zia Gissa with the ‘Young Achiever Award’, an award which pays tribute to Michael McNally, a Finance Cadet whose young life was sadly cut short in 2011.
This award celebrates the achievement of an inspirational young person (aged 14 to 24) who has made an outstanding contribution to the life of a service user or the work of the Trust.
Harjit Nandha, Mental Health division manager at ID Medical is pictured presenting Shameem Zia Gissa with her Young Achiever Award. Shameem, a clinical psychology student, took on the task of developing a booklet for Muslim carers and families to overcome the possible inequalities experienced by Muslim people with learning difficulties.
Harjit commented: “I felt extremely privileged to present Shameem with the Young Achiever Award.
“With 1 in 4 people in the UK experiencing a mental health problem, ID Medical understands the importance of having the sustained presence of highly specialised and committed mental health professionals to deliver high quality care to patients experiencing mental health difficulties.
“It is clear thatShameem has played a key role in helping Mersey Care become the esteemed and reputable mental health trust that it is today.
“Our involvement with Mersey Care’s Positive Achievement Awards gave us the opportunity to join the trust in recognising those awe-inspiring individuals making a positive influence. I would like to say special thanks to Mersey Care NHS Trust for enabling us to be a part of the event and congratulations once again to all nominated staff.”
Chief executive of Mersey Care NHS Trust Joe Rafferty said: “It is the support we receive from sponsors that makes it possible for us to celebrate and honour in a fitting way those who improve the lives of those we serve.”
BBC TV Breakfast Show business reporter Stephanie McGovern and Everton footballing legend Derek Temple were also among the award presenters.
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Topics
- Health, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals
Categories
- mersey care
- nhs
- events
- mental health
- doctor
- nurse
- ahp
- hss
- clerical
About Mersey Care
Mersey Care provides specialist inpatient and community mental health, learning disability and substance misuse services for adults in Liverpool, Sefton and Kirkby. It has a wider role too, providing medium secure services for Merseyside and Cheshire, and high secure services covering the North West of England, the West Midlands and Wales.
About ID Medical
Award-winning, multi-discipline healthcare recruiter ID Medical was formed in 2002 and is a superior quality supplier of locum doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and clerical staff to over 90% of NHS hospitals and private medical sector organisations.
From its headquarters in Milton Keynes as well as its central London office, ID Medical provides practical, cost-effective and innovative workforce solutions, supplying more than 3 million hours to the NHS per annum. Crown Commercial Service (CCS), HealthTrust Europe (HTE) and London Procurement Partnership (LPP) framework approved, ID Medical supplies medical staff into over 38,000 available shifts per month in hospitals nationwide.
Within each of its professional divisions, the workforce solutions provider has dedicated client and candidate teams covering the multitude of medical specialties and roles to ensure every valued customer receives its premier level service, ultimately ensuring patients are always put first. Further to this, ID Medical School was launched in 2014 to offer candidates Continuing Professional Development accredited courses and workshops to enhance their medical careers.
Since its foundation, the company has earned itself industry-wide accreditation and success with an amounting collection of accolades. These include the Recruiter FAST 50, Real Business Hot 100, Recruitment International Top 250 and The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100. Most notably, through an abiding focus on employee satisfaction, ID Medical was crowned Recruitment International’s ‘Best Recruitment Company to Work for 2013’ and made its debut in The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work for 2014 at list position 33. ID Medical is delighted that for the second year running it features in The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work for 2015.
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