We are so very pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 CKW Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards.

We received more than 60 nominations across the seven categories.

As we can’t hold a large award ceremony at the moment, we invite winners to come to the central corridor of Caboolture Hospital today between 10am and 1pm to collect your award.

Please join us in congratulating these wonderful nurses and midwives who make CKW an exceptional place to work while they deliver safe and compassionate care for our community.

Assistant in Nursing

Winner: Jean Craufurd, Emergency Department

Winner: Alma Walsh, COVID-19 Response Team Concierge

Highly Commended: Kerri-Ann Souter, Children’s Ward

Enrolled Nurse of the Year

Winner: Samantha Anderson, Kilcoy Hospital

Highly Commended: Sharon Gode, DPU

Graduate of the Year

Winner: Chantel Conwell, Children’s Ward

Highly Commended: Melanie Thompson, DPU

Highly Commended: Shaniah Duggan, Transit Lounge

Highly Commended: Nikki Navie, Emergency Department

Highly Commended: Chantelle Cripps, Kilcoy Hospital

Highly Commended: Lydia Campbell, Maternity

Registered Nurse/Midwife of the Year

Winner: Cathy Stead, Maternity

Winner: Jane Pencheon-Young, Maternity

Winner: Dean Izzard, Hospital Coordinator

Highly Commended: Alana Hogan, Ward 2A

Highly Commended: Nigel Barr, Infection Control

Highly Commended: Nicole Isaacs, Damara MGP Midwife

Highly Commended: Lauren Smyth, Discharge Planner

Highly Commended: Ann Hopper, Nursing Education

Deadly Nurse/Midwife of the Year

Winner: Kandace LaRocca, Ward 3A

Highly commended: Jasmyne Turnbull, Maternity

Highly commended: Bailey Ward, Ward 3A

Professional Practise and Clinical Excellence

Winner: Helen Quelch, Patient Access and Clinical Effectiveness

Highly commended: Elisa Dioth, Lactation Support – Maternity

Highly commended: Mark Fullerton, Caboolture Adult Mental Health Team

Nurse/Midwife Leader of the Year

Winner: Anne Clayton, Nursing and Midwifery Director – Women, Children and Family Service Line

Highly commended: Maree McIntosh, Endoscopy

Well done everyone!

Angie Dobbrick & Ben Ballard

Angie Dobbrick
Executive Director
Caboolture, Kilcoy & Woodford Clinical Directorate

Ben Ballard
A/Director of Nursing and Midwifery
Caboolture Kilcoy Woodford Directorate