Award Categories

 
QNMU members can enter themselves or nominate a colleague (who must also be a member) in one of our award categories. There's a total prize pool of $20,000 to be won! 
 
Please read the eligibility criteria and requisites for entry for each award carefully before making your submission or nomination.
 
Nominees will be contacted to complete their submission online before they are eligible for an award. Entrants and nominees will be able to make changes to their entry after it has been submitted until the closing date. 
 
And don't forget, our People's Choice Award allows members of the public to vote for the finalist they believe most clearly demonstrates their contribution to a positive practice environment in their workplace (and win $1000 for professional development opportunities). 

 

Excellence in Leadership and Governance Award

This award recognises a nurse or midwife who is a professional inspiration in raising the profile of nursing and/or midwifery. A transformational leader in their area of practice, promoting shared governance and a strong vision for the future for nurses and/or midwives. 

Positive Practice Environment Champion Award 

This award recognises an Assistant-in-Nursing, Enrolled Nurse, Registered Nurse or Midwife who champions a positive practice environment as demonstrated through one or more of the six Positive Practice Environment Standards.

The Aunty Dulcie Flower and Aunty Gracelyn Smallwood Award

This award recognises a First Nations Assistant-in-Nursing, Enrolled Nurse, Registered Nurse or Midwife who, through demonstrating one or more of the six Positive Practice Environment Standards, has contributed positively to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nursing and midwifery profession or health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities.

Early Career Award

This award recognises an early career nurse and/or midwife who demonstrates ongoing commitment to their own and others' professional development, commitment to improving patient, resident, client, woman or community outcomes and evidence of outcomes through one or more of the six Positive Practice Environment Standards.