South Australian Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards

Congratulations to the winners of the Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards 2024!

Winners were announced at a Gala Dinner held at the Adelaide Convention Centre on Friday 3 May 2024.

Please see below for the videos of winners and finalists in the categories they were awarded.

Excellence in Clinical Specialisation

Winner: Ashleigh Mabbott - Limestone Coast Local Health Network
Finalist: Leah Van Kasteren - Northern Adelaide Local Health Network
Finalist: Nicole Glaetzer - Women's and Children's Health Network

Excellence in Education

Winner: Donna Boord - Northern Adelaide Local Health Network
Finalist: Janine Pullin - Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network
Finalist: Nursing and Midwifery Education Team - Limestone Coast Local Health Network

Excellence in Practice – Enrolled Nurse

Winner: Theresa Xanthopoulos - Eyre and Far North Local Health Network
Finalist: Eucel Johns - Northern Adelaide Local Health Network
Finalist: Samantha Hackett - Southern Adelaide Local Health Network

Excellence in Practice - Aboriginal Nurse/Midwife (Mary Buckskin Award)

Winner: Courtney Nowak - Flinders and Upper North Local Health Network
Finalist: Carolyn Gill - Central Adelaide Local Health Network

Excellence in Research and Innovation

Winner: Dr Megan Cooper - Flinders University
Finalist: Langduo Chen - Southern Adelaide Local Health Network
Finalist: Prof Marion Eckert – University of South Australia - Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre

Excellence in Practice – Early Career Nurse/Midwife

Winner: Marrisha Singh - Central Adelaide Local Health Network
Finalist: Clare Gurney - Eyre and Far North Local Health Network
Finalist: Daniel Kiprop - Southern Adelaide Local Health Network

Excellence in Practice – Registered Nurse

Winner: Mary Young - Central Adelaide Local Health Network
Winner: Michael Fitzgerald - Southern Adelaide Local Health Network
Finalist: Sharon Sibenaler - Eyre and Far North Local Health Network
Finalist: Toni Slotnes-O'Brien - University of South Australia

Excellence in Practice – Midwife

Winner: Megan - Northern Adelaide Local Health Network
Finalist: Alisha Murphy - Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network
Finalist: Therese McCallum - Flinders and Upper North Local Health Network

Excellence in Practice - Aged Care

Winner: BIRCH Team Strathalbyn and District Aged Care - Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network
Finalist: Janine Winterfield - Wheatfields Residential Aged care
Finalist: Kara House Residential Aged Care Facility: Hospice in Residential Aged Care Facility Project - Yorke and Northern Local Health Network

Excellence in Leadership and Governance

Winner: Nicole Kelly - Central Adelaide Local Health Network
Finalist: Cathy Lyon - Women's and Children's Health Network
Finalist: Emily Pumpa - Southern Adelaide Local Health Network

Excellence in Leadership - Emerging Leader

Winner: Michelle Lock - Women's and Children's Health Network
Finalist: Kerri Grant - Northern Adelaide Local Health Network
Finalist: Mandy Smallacombe - Royal Flying Doctor Service

Excellence in Practice – Team

Winner: Early Pregnancy Unit - Northern Adelaide Local Health Network
Winner: Let’s BRUNCH 24hrs a day Initiative - CALHN Surgery Programs 1|2|3 - Central Adelaide Local Health Network
Finalist: Eldercare Palliative Care Team – Eldercare
Finalist: Memory Support Transition Team - Southern Adelaide Local Health Network

Premier’s Nursing and and Midwifery Scholarship

Congratulations to the 2025 Premier’s Nursing and and Midwifery Scholarship recipients:

Amanda Fitzgerald, CALHN
Bob Harrington, SALHN
Chelsea Meintjes, DHW
Ellen Murray, WCHN
Jessica Rice, CALHN
Tabatha Rando, CALHN

Partners

SA Health would like to acknowledge the contribution of the following partners for 2024:

Platinum Sponsor: University of South Australia
Silver Sponsors: Tripple S, University of Melbourne, YNA, HESTA
Bronze Sponsors: Leahurst Nurses’ Foundation, RDNS Silverchain
Photobooth Sponsor: YNA
Dancefloor and Music Sponsor: Flinders University
Award Category Sponsors: Australian College of Midwives, CATSINaM, HCA, St Andrew’s Hospital

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