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Team Manager Award

Sponsored by the Clinical Education Centre

The Team Manager Award is open to all registered nursing and midwifery team managers working in all health care sectors in Northern Ireland who have succeeded in raising standards of care for their patients or clients. Nominations are invited from fellow health care professionals.

Candidates will be required to demonstrate that they motivate, support and develop team members; have effective leadership and managerial skills and through the development of their team, have raised standards of care for patients and clients. 

Who can be nominated?

Nominees for the Team Manager Award must currently be a registered nurse working in Northern Ireland. Please check that the person you wish to nominate is content for you to nominate them. Nominations must be made by someone who is familiar with the work of the nominee.

How to apply

Fill out the application form and complete a 500 word summary showing evidence of how the nominee has:

• motivated, supported and developed team members

• shown leadership and managerial skills

• developed the team, leading to raised standards of care for patients and clients.

Please read the nomination form guidance note before beginning your submission.

Please note you will not be able to save the form, it must be completed in one go.

Please note you will not be able to save the form, it must be completed in one go. Therefore please make sure you have the place of work and contact details for both the nominee and the verifier. Please do not use colons, ampersands or arrows when completing the form, as it will not submit correctly.

When your nomination has been successfully submitted you will receive a confirmation email – if you do not receive this, it means we have not received your nomination. In this case please contact the Nurse of the Year team on 028 9038 4600 or ninurseawards@rcn.org.uk to resolve.

Section 1 - Before completing your nomination

Section 2 - Nominee details

Section 3 - Your details (nominator)

Section 4 - Verifier details - It is important that a third party verifies your nomination. Please ask a colleague of the person you are nominating, or a suitable person, to verify that your entry is genuine and sincere.

Section 5 - Reason for nomination

Section 6 - How did you hear about the RCN Northern Ireland Nurse of the Year awards?

Page last updated - 20/01/2025