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RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards 2024

Clinical Leadership Award

RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards

Nursing leaders inspire and motivate. They advocate for nursing and for high-quality person-centred care and are prepared to challenge and speak up for nursing.

 

About the award

Open to all registered nurses and midwives working in a clinical leadership role in the health, social care or the higher/further education sector. This award aims to recognise an exceptional leader who, by inspiring others, has made a significant difference to service delivery and quality of care. 

 

Who can be nominated?

Registered nurses and midwives who are in a clinical leadership role within health and care in Scotland.

 

Criteria:

The nominee should clearly demonstrate:

  • effective leadership in creating an environment where nursing is valued, recognised and supported
  • a commitment to person-centred care, innovation and delivering high-quality services that make a difference to the people receiving care
  • the positive impact of their leadership for service users, families and colleagues
  • the use of a credible evidencebase and/or developing an evidence base to underpin the work for which they are being nominated
  • how their work contributes to the delivery of local and national policy and strategy within health and social care.

RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards 2024

Sponsored by

Anderson Strathern

Nominations have now closed and, following the judging process, our finalists have been chosen by our panels.

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

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What makes a winner

Read more about our 2022 category winner below:

Michelle Dalgarno

Lead Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Kirkintilloch Health and Care Centre, East Dunbartonshire HSCP

Described by her colleagues as kind and courageous, with a background in District Nursing, Michelle completed the ANP pathway and was appointed as a District Nurse Advanced Nurse Practitioner in February 2021, the first post of its kind in her NHS board. Michelle’s commitment to research and evidence defines her leadership style, supporting transformation in her team and across the wider health and care locality team. Leading an anticipatory care planning (ACP) work stream she has introduced ACP champions across DN, Community Rehab, ANPs, Social Work, Care at Home, Care Homes and Older Peoples Mental Health services. Michelle acts as a role model, providing assessor and supervisor roles for DNs and student DNs. Michelle also leads a standardised approach to baseline assessment and clinical handovers which supports the early recognition of deterioration and triage. Michelle has implemented a multi-disciplinary team approach to increasing awareness around frailty, establishing and facilitating weekly MDT meetings. Michelle has also had a significant impact on GPs referrals. The unique contribution of her role is in undertaking a holistic nursing assessment alongside complex clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and care planning.

Michelle Dalgarno

Sponsored by

Anderson Strathern

About our sponsors:

Anderson Strathern’s legal specialists have represented RCN for more than 50 years. The firm’s service spans every area of the law, and for RCN, this has included regulatory law, personal injury law, employment law, criminal law, assistance with parliamentary and health policy law, and judicial review. Our relationship, and particularly their highly personalised approach, are second to none.

Page last updated - 19/01/2024