St. Joseph Healthcare celebrates exemplary employees [Video]

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) -St. Joseph Healthcare celebrated the service of employees Wednesday with their annual Mother Mary Angela Awards Ceremony.

Awards are given in 4 categories that exemplify the hospital’s mission including excellence, collaboration, compassion, and integrity.

This year’s winners are Heidi Ketch, Kelly Oakes, CJ Pelletier, and Jims Jean-Jacques.

The employees work in different departments of the hospital.

Colleagues nominate and select the awardees each year.

”Every year colleagues of the recipients actually nominate them for these awards. So folks recognize amongst their peers those that are going above and beyond in service to our mission,” said Sandy Nesin, Vice President of Operations at St. Joseph Healthcare.

“It’s a team effort so it’s not just me, it’s a group of individuals gathering together for the well being of our patient. So it makes since that not only me but everybody that has taken apart in this organization is also being awarded, so I am privileged to be among them,” the recipient of the Integrity Award, Dr. …