Adult Nursing Award

Adult nurses can be found working with adults of all ages across health and care settings from hospital awards, outpatient units, patients’ homes, general practice and clinics.

Open to registered nurses working in adult services. This award aims to recognise those who have succeeded in raising standards of care for their patients and service users and have made an outstanding contribution to the care of adults.  

A registered adult nurse working in a clinical role or managing clinical services within adult services in Scotland.

Clinical Nurse Manager, Raigmore Hospital, NHS Highland

Described by her colleagues as energetic, inspirational and ‘one of the best nurses I’ve ever worked with’, at the time of nominations, Amy led the respiratory ward at Raigmore Hospital before recently becoming Assistant Divisional Nurse Manager. Amy elevates those around her to do their best and is noted to have been instrumental in the development of the future nursing workforce in NHS Highland. She prides herself on leading by example, setting evidence-based standards to ensure care is driven by what matters to the patient and their families. Amy led the way in developing a partnership with Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland which meant that readmissions dropped from 20% to 8% benefitting both patients and the ward. Amy meets the challenge of caring across a wide geography head on, liaising directly with GP’s to ensure equality of access. In her new role, Amy newest challenge was developing an infectious disease specialist team, appointing and nurturing staff to do what’s best for patients. With attracting people to the profession difficult in the current climate, Amy is determined to inspire new students and to encourage people to return to nursing.

District Nursing Team Lead, Adult Community Nursing & Treatment Rooms, Greenock Health & Care Centre, Inverclyde HSCP

Described by his colleagues as being committed to delivering high quality services and an inspiration to his team, Neil leads the Adult Community Nursing and Treatment Rooms in Greenock Health and Care Centre. His nomination centres around his development of health and care services for asylum seekers who were placed in a hotel in his locality. Within a few days, Neil had linked in with the wider bridging team, identified the key people needed within his team and the wider MDT and ensured everyone was upskilled to meet the needs of this vulnerable group. Setting up treatment rooms in the hotel, Neil ensured equality of access with multi-lingual resources, including new ID cards for patients to share with other health and care professionals and using personal time to learn key greetings and phrases to encourage participation. He managed to ensure that each individual who received the care they needed. Neil is leading the way across Scotland by sharing learning with teams in other health boards. His hope is to share more positive stories about the key role that district nursing plays in the health of the nation.

If you have any questions or queries regarding the awards, please get in touch by emailing scotlandnurseawards@rcn.org.uk

Return to the homepage