Bambi Downing, a recovery specialist for Memorial Behavioral Health, is the Memorial Health Ambulatory Group Colleague of the Month for July.
Downing is appreciated as a strong advocate for those served by Memorial Behavioral Health. Her nominator described a situation where Downing volunteered to assist a client with serious mental health challenges and also complex medical conditions that included an advanced cancer diagnosis.
“Bambi volunteers and takes on the most complex and challenging cases,” the nominator wrote. “This patient was going to need a lot of coordination with providers, advocacy and connection to natural supports. She was able to coordinate care with all the patient’s providers during what ended up being end-of-life care.”
Downing helped reconnect the patient with family, which is just one example of the quality care, extra effort and compassion she shows patients and colleagues daily.
Downing has worked for Memorial Health since 2005.