Nichola (Nic) Grainger, Quality Improvement Lead in OSJCT's Care Quality Team received the Order of Malta Bronze Medal of Merit at the St John’s Day mass and investiture at the Brompton Oratory, London, on Friday 23 June. Nic received the medal for her tireless work supporting care homes and extra care housing scheme with Infection Control role during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nic joined the Trust in 2008 and worked as a Home Manager before joining the Care Quality team. She said: “I feel very privileged to have received this Medal. But I am even more honoured to have worked with some amazing people over the years, and even more happy that I could care for our wonderful residents in our homes along the way. All the people I’ve met whilst working at OSJCT have given me so much and I am so thankful that I do what I do.

“This medal isn’t for me. It is for all of my residents and my colleagues who have been with me along the way. It’s also for my family who brought me up to always be kind and caring to people and who believed in me when I said I wanted to be a nurse.”

Ten OSJCT employees received Order of Malta Medals of Merit in 2023. The Order of Malta is one of OSJCT’s two sponsoring orders.