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Warkworth clinical nurse Jesse Gamutan is taking her family to Australia later this year after winning the Supreme Award at the Summerset Retirement Village staff awards, held at Te Papa in Wellington, last month.
Jesse, who has worked at Summerset’s Warkworth village since it opened in 2013, also won the Inspiring Leader Award and was a finalist in the Clinical Nurse of the Year Award.
“It was an honour and privilege to receive the awards,” she says. “I was the most surprised person in the room. It feels like a great acknowledgement.”
The Supreme Award came with a $3000 travel voucher, which Jesse intends to spend on taking her husband Ralph, their two sons and her mother from the Philippines to Australia to visit family and friends.
“The longer I spend in aged care nursing, the more I enjoy it,” Jesse says. “I always find the elderly so appreciative. It’s the contact with residents that I love most about my job.”
Jesse says Summerset in Warkworth has a dynamic team, who come from many walks of life.
“We are like a real family.”
Jesse’s job is to supervise the day-to-day running of the care facility, which accommodates 41 residents. She also assists with emergency calls and coordinates with the carers of serviced apartment residents to make sure they get the services that are available.
Prior to joining Summerset, Jesse worked for Amberlea Rest Home in Algies Bay and Maygrove in Orewa.
