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