A&NZ Bupa Awards Nominees 2017

NOMINEES | PEOPLE MANAGER OF THE YEAR
NOMINEES | PEOPLE MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Bupa Aged Care Australia
Vinney Joseph
Vinney Joseph joined the Bupa Echuca team in
March 2015 as a Registered Nurse. Since then, Vinney
has shared his outstanding clinical skills and warm,
generous personality within the care home, which saw
him promoted to Clinical Manager in August 2016.
In the Bupa Model of Care, the Clinical Manager is
responsible for the clinical leadership within the
home to support the residents to live longer, healthier,
happier lives. This is something that Vinney is extremely
passionate about and always goes above and beyond to
provide outstanding results.
Through his excellent communication skills, Vinney
demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the
needs of each resident in consultation with their
families, their GPs and other relevant participants,
facilitating resident choices and decision making
where possible. His advanced capability enables him to
evaluate complex healthcare needs of residents from
entry through to palliative care, ensuring that residents’
preferences are respected.
To continue to provide the best care possible to
residents, Vinney is always seeking ways to enhance his
skills and those of the clinical team at Bupa Echuca.
Recently Vinney conducted a full assessment of the
entire clinical team to understand where he can
provide educational opportunities to ensure the team
skill base is aligned with the care needs and preferences
of our residents.
Vinney is extremely dedicated to his team and is
always available to provide caring support, which has
established a warm and trusting environment for his
team to flourish.
Finance & Strategy
John Rizzo
John Rizzo is described by his team as someone who is “tough
on deadlines and outcomes, yet manages to find time to
discover the human being hiding in every employee”. Everyone
that works with John describes him as an inspiring leader who
enables his team to succeed to the best of their ability.
This year through John’s continuous guidance, drive and
encouragement, Edward Scott secured an exclusive partnership
deal with Nest Private Maternity to deliver Australia’s first nogap
private maternity experience. This is a significant result for
Bupa as customers were not seeing value in Bupa’s maternity
proposition, and thus choosing the public system.
As a people leader, John demonstrates the importance of
investing in each individual to build a high-performing team.
He takes the time to work with each team member to provide
feedback on their areas for improvement.
Empowering his team is key to John’s leadership. Rather than
himself, he ensures his team represents their own work to senior
stakeholders, enabling them to flourish.
Not only has John provided stellar support to his team, he
has also guided certain team members through some truly
challenging personal times, which has allowed them to return
to health and to work with confidence.
People Team
Jess Conradie
Jess Conradie exemplifies the Bupa Values, creating an open and
authentic culture within her team. Jess’s authentic leadership
allows her team to have honest conversations about what they
are feeling. Promoting a culture of collaboration, Jess inspires
peers and team members throughout the recruitment team.
Supporting innovation to enhance efficiencies, Jess challenges her
team to bring a fresh outlook to how things are traditionally done.
Jess is passionate about building a place where all people love
to work and she channels this through her contributions to key
initiatives within the People Team.
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