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HOMEWARD BOUND
VNA's Bi-Weekly In-House Newsletter
June 29, 2015
In This Issue
Save the Date!
Grin Magazine!
Good Bye from Clair!
VNA University
Spirit Committee's Hike!
Legislative Update
The Great Escape
Job Openings
Transamerica
Quick Links

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4th of July


Business Offices will be closed on Friday, July 3rd!
Dates to Remember:
  • All Agency Forum Thursday July 8 and 9
All Agency Forum 

 

Please join us at one of the All Agency Forums in the Green Mountain Room at VNA Administrative offices, 1110 Prim Road, Colchester:

Wednesday, July 8, 8:00 - 9:00 am  

Thursday, July 9, 3:30-4:30 pm

The All Agency Forums are an opportunity for Senior Management to update staff on quality improvements, finances, budget and our new 2016 strategic goals! There will also be time provided for staff comments and questions.

Do you know the difference?

Please click here for more information regarding the difference between Fire Alarms and Panic Alarms!
 
VNA Goes to the Ball Park
Reserve your Seat Soon! Thursday July 23rd, at Centennial Field! Please click here for more details!
 

Join the Challenge!

We're off to a good start with our 100 Days of VNA Love Challenge (#100DaysofVNALove), but we have a long way to go and need your help! Each day for 100 days this summer, we're highlighting a staff member on Facebook with a photo and something they like about working at the VNA.

All we need is a photo - send one or we can take a photo - and a sentence or two about why you like working at the VNA or what you find most rewarding.

Be a part of #100DaysofVNALove and be entered into a drawing for

a 3-day pass to the Champlain Valley Fair!

Contact Amy Perry (860-4434 or perry@vnacares.org)

or Ellen Kane (860-4475 or kanee@vnacares.org).

Here's a sample of one of our posts from this week:

  Linda R. - Front Office

 

"I love the people I get to meet, the client interaction. It's a good atmosphere here."

 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION! 

 


Grin Magazine!
Northeast Delta Dental proudly announces
Grin! Magazine.  This quarterly publication features a variety of helpful and educational articles centered around the importance of good oral health.  Each issue offers trivia, reader questions and answers, feature articles, and a whole lot more.
Click Here to check out the issue today! 

 

Good Bye from Claire McCabe
It's just a few hours to go before I leave. Today is my last working day. It's hard to imagine that I won't be coming here tomorrow. Before I go, I want to say thank you and good bye. I am grateful for the opportunities provided to me here for the last 10 years. I have felt thrilled to be a part of the professional health care teams and the management and leadership teams and especially the Intake and Referral Team and very proud to say I worked for the VNA. Thank you for your support and for the care that you all provide on a daily basis. We are truly privileged to serve our clients and their families and you all do it so well!

Personally, many of you opened up your hearts and homes to me and as a "Flatlander" in the area and I remember those kindnesses very well. Many of you have become my friends and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.  

So, cheers to the time we spent together. I wish you all good things in life. I am on Facebook if you want to connect!

 

Fondly, Claire McCabe

 

 

VNA University

 

Student Rotations

 

Albany College of Pharmacy- Another student has completed a rotation. Find out

more about what great things Princess did this week for the Quality and Education Team!  

Education 

 

Mandatory ICD-10 Training- For nursing, therapy, and social workers in AHC, FCS, Intake/Referral and Hospice/Palliative Care. An Overview was taught over the course of June and we will be focusing on Wounds/Documentation in July. Several sessions will be offered. Click here for more details. 

 

Fish Awards

The Intake and Referral Team, Kayla Della-Grotta, and Rosie Towne have all received Fish Awards recently. Please click here to read more about why they were each nominated! 

Spirit Committee's Hike!

Saturday, June 20th turned out to be a perfect day for the Spirit Committee's hike at Colchester Pond.  Participants enjoyed a two hour excursion through the woods around the pond with bright sunshine, no humidity and no bugs!  Check the newsletter later in the summer for another date when we will take to the trails!

Legislative Update:  Higher Fees for Licenses Not Renewed on Time

  

            On July 1, 2015 a revision to 3 V.S.A. § 127 increases fees for reinstating a license not renewed on time. This applies to all professions regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation.   The goal of the new law is to ensure that people renew on time and do not practice in Vermont without an active license.  A license which is not renewed will expire. 

 

Click Here for more information!        

 

 

The Great Escape & Splash Water Kingdom

 

In Lake George, New York 

 

The VNA of Chittenden and Grand Isle is now signed up for 2015 savings! Just log into the special Six Flags site below to buy tickets with substantial savings off the main gate price. This online benefit program offers not only substantial savings, but allows you to "print and go" so you have your ticket in hand when you get to the park with no waiting in the line to purchase tickets. Tickets must be purchased on-line only and paid with either a credit card or debit card.

 

Special Ticket Link:

https://shop.sixflags.com/clients/sixflags/affiliate/index.php?m=33599&emerchant_id=5053

Username: VNA15

 

Password: SixFlags13  (Password is Numeric & Case Sensitive)


We're Growing!
VNA programs are seeing an increased demand and are being recognized for making positive impacts on a patient's care.

Contact Human Resources if interested in one of the positions listed online or REFER A FRIEND and be eligible for a cash or gas card bonus.

 


"Take Control of Your Retirement Plan"

 

Confused about your retirement options and don't know where to start?

Let Transamerica help.  Private individual meetings are available to all employees for assistance in enrolling in the 403b plan or managing your retirement plan(s). 

 

Tuesday July 7th from 8:30 - 4:00 at the Prim Road Location

Tuesday August 4 from 8:30 - 4:00 at the Prim Road Location

 

To schedule an appointment go to https://booknow.appointment-plus.com/6sxs9dls/ 

Or you may contact Human Resources at 860-4449.