PAH Interprofessional Recognition Award 2023
Aim
The aim of this award is to recognise an interprofessional team or team member for their/his/her significant contribution/s made through collaborative practice with a nurse/Nursing Services, that has positively influenced the clinical care of patients.
Eligibility
To be eligible the applicant:
- Must be an employee/s of PAH and working within any unit or team outlined within the
PAH Organisational Structure (PDF, 655.11 KB) - Must work in a discipline outside of the nursing stream, but include a collaboration or partnership with at least one nurse.
Criteria
Submit a maximum of 1 page which addresses ONE of the following:
- Outline a collaborative interprofessional quality improvement activity that has resulted in a positive outcome; OR
- Identify the contribution/s that have been made through interprofessional collaborative practice that has ensured care coordination and/or continuity of patient care; OR
- Outline an interprofessional patient education activity that was associated with an improved patient outcome; OR
- Outline an improvement in patient outcome/s associated with a collaborative plan of care.
Nomination process
Nurses are to nominate an interprofessional staff member by completing the online nomination form below. The Centre of Nursing Excellence (CNE) is accountable for coordinating this award.
Timelines
- Submissions open: Wednesday, 1 February 2023
- Submissions close: Wednesday, 29 March 2023 – final call!
Decision making governance process
Nominations will be judged by a panel that consists of nursing executive; interprofessional colleague; and a consumer representative from the PAH Consumer Consultative Committee. Each member will have equal voting rights, although in the event of a conflict of interest (i.e. nominee is from respective work unit) these rights will be rescinded. The panel will utilise a Likert scale from ‘Strongly Agree that Applicant Meets Criteria to Strongly Disagree that Applicant Meets Criteria’ to assist in determining the top 5 nominations and recommend a winner of the award. The top 3 nominations and recommended winner will be tabled at the Nursing Director/Assistant Director of Nursing (ND/ADON) Committee Meeting. The ND/ADON committee will endorse the final decision. The top 3 teams will be notified and invited to the award presentation for the announcement of the award winner.
Reward and recognition
- A Certificate of Recognition will be presented on International Nurses Day.
- Photo and award details included within the PAH Nursing Services Annual Review.