Congratulations to Uniontown resident, Tonia Yost-Fullmer, licensed social worker, Mercy Regional Rehabilitation Center, for being named Mercy Medical Center’s October 2014 Star Performer employee. The Star Performer program is the hospital’s employee recognition and rewards program. Hospital employees, volunteers and staff are nominated each month for demonstrating outstanding performance, being a team player, going “above and beyond”, being creative and innovative and for championing service excellence.
She was nominated for her efforts to help a homeless patient on the rehabilitation unit. Yost-Fullmer took the lead to coordinate efforts to collect clothing for the patient and helped her get financial assistance for the Mercy Dental Clinic upon discharge. She has been an employee at the hospital since 2003 and was presented with her award by Thomas E. Cecconi, president & CEO of Mercy Medical Center.