Adj. Prof. Alanna Geary, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer
Yesterday, Jane Hancock, Acting CE, and I were fortunate enough to virtually award the recipients of the Metro North Nursing and Midwifery Awards. Thank you everyone who attended, either to receive an award or to celebrate with colleagues. It’s always a joy to celebrate amazing nurses and midwives at all stages of your careers across Metro North.
Congratulations to the finalists and winners for 2024.
Assistant in Nursing
Winner: Aoifou Fili, Community and Oral Health
Highly Commended: Siddihben Patel, Community and Oral Health
Enrolled Nurse/Enrolled Nurse Advanced Skills
Winner: Janette Rowling (ENAS), Caboolture, Kilcoy and Woodford
Nurse/Midwife Award for significant contribution to First Nations/ health equity initiatives
Winner: Tara Denaro, Metro North
Graduate of the Year
Winner: Louise Forster, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Midwife of the Year
Winner: Lauren Scott, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Registered Nurse of the Year
Winner: Max Hunter, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Highly Commended: Rina Waller, Community and Oral Health
Nurse/Midwife Leader of the Year
Winner: Tanya Beaumont, Community and Oral Health
Highly Commended: Lorna Grennan, Community and Oral Health
Dr Lesley Fleming OAM Professional Practice and Clinical Excellence Award
Winner: Lisa Blyth, Metro North
Congratulations also to all the winners of the directorate awards. I was delighted to attend some of the award ceremonies and to provide recipients with their certificates. Thank you so much for the invite. Remember that you all do amazing things for our patients/clients and their families. Every one of you is in some ways a winner. We do work in the biggest, best, and nicest health service, where nurses and midwives are the heartbeat of health.
Stay safe and have a wonderful weekend.
Alanna.