
Become a Nursing Workforce Standards Champion
Champion the highest standards in your workplace – for your colleagues, patients and service users
Our outstanding Standards Champions are members who have made positive workplace changes using our Nursing Workforce Standards.
Standards Champions live and breathe the standards in their everyday roles. In doing so, they influence change and improve the lives of nursing staff, patients and service users.
Find out more about the role of a champion and how to become one.
Sign up to become a champion
What it means to be a Standards Champion
The role of a champion is to:
- work with your RCN representative, your local RCN branch and us to promote and use the standards
- support workplace improvements
- share success and promote best practice
- with our support, raise concerns when the standards are not met
- be part of the network of Standards Champions who support others, promote best practice and work with organisations to implement the Standards in practice
- attend quarterly meetings for updates, support and networking
How to become a Standards Champion

Drive improvements
Use our checklist to identify gaps and start making improvements. Your line manager can support you.
Get your checklist

Shout about it
Tell colleagues about your awesome work. Tell us too, using our short form.
Let us know

Be a champion
We'll give you a badge, certificate and membership to the Standards Champions Network.
Meet our champions