Award categories
The Deakin University Leadership in Nursing/Midwifery Award of $20 000
This award will recognise a nurse or midwife who has demonstrated exceptional leadership that has significantly influenced health care, health policy and/or patient outcomes. This nurse/midwife leader will have made a substantial contribution and demonstrated outstanding commitment to their profession and/or the health industry through their achievements and innovation. The contribution will have advanced professional practice, influenced health policy and promoted quality and patient safety.
The Deakin University Leadership in Nursing/Midwifery Finalist Awards of $6000
There will be two awards presented for leadership in a specific locale. These awards will be presented to nurses/midwives who have demonstrated leadership activities beyond that expected of their position. Their leadership activities will have clearly benefited the profession, patients, clients and/or health services to achieve:
- Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Leadership in a Metropolitan Health Care Environment
or - Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Leadership in a Regional/Rural Health Care Environment
A further award may be presented should an eligible nurse/midwife emerge who demonstrates exceptional potential for leadership of the profession in research, practice or policy.
In addition to the prize money, all award recipients will receive ongoing benefits intended to foster their personal leadership. It is expected that enhanced profiling through speaking engagements, lecturing and mentoring networks will promote excellence in leadership in nursing/midwifery generally.
All finalists will be notified in September 2011. The winners will be announced at the gala dinner for the presentation of the 2011 Leadership In Nursing and Midwifery Awards, presented by Deakin University and Health Super, to be held on 26 October 2011 at the Olympic Room, Melbourne Cricket Ground
