Meet New Beginnings Team Member Rima Mujib, RN

Rima Mujib has worked at Flushing Hospital Medical Center as a nurse since 2022. As a nurse working on the postpartum unit, she is a strong believer in the principle of providing quality nursing care to all patients and treating each of them as an equal individual.

Rima is bilingual in Bengali and English, allowing her to communicate with and teach patients from the Bengali community as well as other communities. She believes that better communication establishes a rapport with patients and, as a result, helps her to better serve the Flushing community.

Rima finds her work with the New Beginnings team to be very rewarding; she enjoys being able to witness the joy her patients experience after childbirth. Her work involves comforting new mothers and guiding them through their postpartum care.

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September’s Employee Spotlight – William Ward

The September Employee Spotlight shines on William Ward the Executive Chef at Flushing Hospital Medical Center (FHMC).

For almost 2 years, William has overseen all the nutritional purchasing, production, staff scheduling and patient services for the Department of Food and Nutrition.

When not at work, William enjoys spending time with his wife and five children.  He is the Assistant Coach for boys’ baseball, loves catering food and playing poker.

William Ward is dedicated to his job.  He notes that “It is my priority to make our customers happy and always put my best foot forward.”

He is adept at getting the staff to work as a team so that it makes the job easier and more gratifying.

For these, and so many other reasons, William Ward is FHMC’s September Employee Spotlight.

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Employee Spotlight – Lois Pettis

This month’s Flushing Hospital Medical Center’s (FHMC) Employee Spotlight shines, once again, on Lois Pettis, LPN and Office Manager of the Wound Care Program.

Lois is best known as a member of the Wound Care Team.  Where a “normal” day is spent scheduling patients, meeting with patients, speaking with insurance providers, family member and working on staffing issues.

But, since January of 2020, days have been anything but normal.  When the COVID-19 virus pandemic hit the Borough of Queens, Flushing Hospital became an epicenter for the care of COVID-19 patients.  The Wound Care Department suspended treating patients and it was all hands-on deck to treat the patients being screened and diagnosed with COVID-19.

Lois never wavered.  She was willing to help in any capacity necessary.  She only went home after she contacted the COVID-19 virus herself.  Thankfully, she has made a full recovery.

Since then, Lois has been a part of the vaccination team and has been an extremely valuable resource in managing the “vaccination pod” at FHMC.

Lois is best known for her welcoming smile and gentle nature with our staff and patients.  She is an asset to any department she has been a part of during these trying times.

When asked what motivates her to do her job so well, Lois answers with a wide smile, “The patients! ”

Thank you Lois Pettis. You are a valued Flushing Hospital Medical Center team player. Congratulations on being our FIRST, TWO TIME EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT!

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Employee Spotlight – Leonel Torres

April’s Employee Spotlight shines on Leonel Torres.  “Leo” as he’s referred to, has been an employee at Flushing Hospital Medical Center (FHMC) for the past three years as the Information Systems Supervisor and before that, Leo worked at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center for 4 years.

In his capacity, he provides technical support related to network issues, computer systems and hardware and software issues to insure all departments, hospital wide, are able to provide the necessary quality of care to patients or meet departmental performance goals.

Leo finds his job very rewarding because he is ensuring patients get the best quality of care by helping the healthcare providers have the resources available to provide such care.

He admits that it can sometimes his job can be challenging especially when he is trying to understand an issue and resolve it in a timely fashion, especially when the user isn’t a technical person themselves, but Leo notes, “The silver lining is the ability to both resolve the issues for them and help them better understand what presents the issue in the future.”

When he isn’t at work, Leo spends a great deal of his downtime spending quality time with his family and working on continuing to enhance his skills in his field by keeping up with certifications and programming computers and network switches.

Flushing Hospital Medical Center congratulates Leonel Torres as April’s Employee Spotlight!

 

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October Employee Spotlight – Geraldine Brennan

Flushing Hospital Medical Center’s (FHMC) October Employee Spotlight shines on Geraldine Brennan. Geraldine is a Health Information Clerk in our Medical Records Department.

Geraldine has been a valued employee for the past 11 years.  She has one son, Patrick, who also works in healthcare and a daughter, Anna, who is an educator.

In her off time, Geraldine likes to take walks and reads.  She is active in her church and community civic projects.

The most rewarding part of her job is seeing how happy the patients are when you take the time to help them and provide what they need.  Although Geraldine always gives each request priority attention, there are some requests that are unique and are more difficult to provide information in a most efficient manner.

Even when those unique situations arise, Geraldine is always courteous, professional and works tirelessly to be sure all patient requests are met.

For these and so many other reasons, Geraldine Brennan is FHMC’s October Employee Spotlight

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Employee Spotlight – Diana Garcia

September’s Employee Spotlight shines on Diana Garcia, Newborn Nursery RN, AHN, CLC at Flushing Hospital Medical Center (FHMC).

Diana is tasked with overseeing the Newborn Nursery Unit, performing newborn assessments and educating mothers and families on how to care for their newborns.

Diana joined the FHMC team in November of 2010.  She is a graduate of Long Island University Brooklyn and proud alum of St. Agnes Academic H.S.

When asked why she is so passionate about her work, Diana responded, “I was looking forward to breastfeeding my first child.  No one taught me how to breastfeed. I thought I was breastfeeding properly, but I wasn’t.” It was that lack of information which caused her son to become jaundiced and placed under phototherapy. This incident caused Diana to be discharged from the hospital before her infant.

That unsettling experience gave birth to why Diana Garcia is so committed to teaching mothers about the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding.

Throughout Diana’s day, she encounters a few challenges.  One of her “personal” challenges is getting mothers who relied on formula to try to breastfeed.  “So many mothers do not have the knowledge on how to breastfeed or the benefits that breastfeeding brings.” This was something Diana wanted to change and has dedicated her professional career to education and encouragement.

Although the breastfeeding journey begins in the hospital, Diana realizes that it is a challenge to maintain exclusivity in breastfeeding, especially when the mother is physically exhausted.  That is why she spends time reinforcing education and reminding the mothers of the benefits

In closing, Diana stated that she is “Honored to work at Flushing Hospital Medical Center because it is a Baby Friendly Hospital.”

For these and so many other reasons, we congratulate Diana Garcia for being September’s Employee Spotlight!

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August Employee Spotlight – Michael Saavedra

August’s Employee Spotlight shines on Michael A. Saavedra, Lead Material Handler at Flushing Hospital Medical Center (FHMC).

Michael has been a valued employee at FHMC for the past 32 years.  First, as a Material Handler and currently as Lead Material Handler, Michael supervises the day to day operations of the store room and receiving.

Michael Saavedra attended New York University, is a motor cycle enthusiast, and through the motorcycle community, raises money for various charitable organizations.

“Working with my great team and supply chain makes my job so much easier.” stated Michael.  “I make it my duty to ensure that all departments are accommodated with the items to help them better serve the patients and the hospital.”

He prides himself on making sure that the inventories are at optimal stock, continually checks expiration dates and cycles out any expired items from being brought to the departments he serves.

Flushing Hospital Medical Center congratulates Michael A. Saavedra for receiving August’s Employee Spotlight!

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Employee Spotlight – Delmi Arias

July’s Employee Spotlight shines on Delmi Arias, RN, and Clinical Analysis for the Performance Improvement Department at Flushing Hospital Medical Center (FHMC).

Delmi Arias is a valued employee who works collaboratively with the MediSys Sepsis and Stroke Coordinators as well as conducting chart audits for regulatory compliance and reports findings to the New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH).

In addition to her degree as a Registered Nurse, Delmi is studying for a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.  She is slated to graduate by the end of 2019.

Delmi credits much of her drive and success to her loving family. “I like to lead by example and I am blessed with doing what I love and having the support of my ‘Better Half’ Junior and children, Daniel, Anisa and Rosie.”

When not at work, Delmi loves binge watching countless episodes of her favorite show, “The Office,” being adventurous by exploring the city with her children and listening to Pastor T.D. Jakes sermons for inspiration.

“Serving this community and enhancing our patient’s stay and quality of life is a couple of the things I love best about my work. But, there are challenges too.  I am tasked with learning all the latest guidelines from the NYS DOH for management of the Stroke and Sepsis programs.  The guidelines are always changing.  As soon as I think ‘I GOT IT!’ the guidelines change.  It keeps me at the top of my game. “

Flushing Hospital Medical Center congratulates Delmi Arias for receiving July’s Employee Spotlight!

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Employee Spotlight – William “Jasper” Jackson

Flushing Hospital Medical Center’s (FHMC) Employee Spotlight shines on William “Jasper” Jackson.  Jasper is the Program Administrator in the Department of Medicine.

As Program Administrator, for the past five and a half years, Jasper has the responsibility of assisting in the day-to-day workings of the department.  He assists with the planning, implementation and monitoring of various processes and systems, as well as providing general office suppoemployee spotlight flushing hospital medical centerrt for the faculty, residents and staff.

When not at work, Jasper enjoys hiking and spending time with his family.  Additionally, he is involved in his community.  He is currently a board member at his Co-op as well as the Shirley Chisholm Day Care Centers, Inc.

Jasper loves the work he does even though there can be challenges with ensuring compliance with departmental and institutional requirements.  “The most rewarding part of my job is the sense of accomplishment as projects and tasks are completed.  I also love my interactions with colleagues throughout our network.”

Congratulations William “Jasper” Jackson for being chosen as June’s Employee Spotlight!

 

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Employee Spotlight Shines On Cyril Reid

May’s Employee Spotlight shines on Cyril Reid, better known to all as “CJ,” a Third Cook at Flushing Hospital Medical Center’s (FHMC) cafeteria.

Each morning, CJ is at the server grilling delicious breakfast fare for visitors and employees.  He is well known for his vegetable omelets.  He takes great pride and care in the preparation and presentation of each dish prepared.

Although CJ is a fairly new employee at FHMC, he has quickly developed a positive reputation and following.

When CJ is not at FHMC, he enjoys spending time with his lovely girlfriend, mother, grandmother and siblings.  When they are together CJ shares with them his love for family, basketball and, of course, food.

CJ stated that the most rewarding part of his job is, “Getting compliments from customers telling me that what I served them was delicious.” He tries his very best to make sure that any and all unforeseen obstacles within his control are addressed before he takes his place at the grill station.

For serving it up just right, we shine the Employee Spotlight on Cyril Reid.

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