Celebrating outstanding staff from Caboolture and Kilcoy Hospitals and Woodford Correctional Health Service
Left-right: Jamie Spencer, Executive Director CKW Directorate; 2026 CKW Staff Excellence Awards winners; Bernard Curran, Metro North Board Chair; Nick Steele, Metro North Health Service Chief Executive.
Compassion, teamwork and high performance were on display as Caboolture Hospital, Kilcoy Hospital and Woodford Correctional Health Service (CKW) celebrated the 2026 CKW Staff Excellence Awards this week.
Twelve individuals and one team were winners, with 26 individuals and four teams receiving high commendations, for standout achievements across 13 award categories.
These annual awards recognise clinical, non clinical and operational individuals and teams who model the Metro North values and make a difference at work or in the community.
Thank you to the CKW awards sponsor, QSuper, and to the event organisers, the CKW Consumer and Community Engagement team.
CKW winners will join staff from across Metro North Health at the 2026 Metro North Staff Excellence Awards in November.
Congratulations to the following winners and highly commended finalists:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Excellence and Health Improvement
- Winner: Chris Ewin, Community Engagement Officer (Men’s Business) Bribie Island Satellite
Health Centre - Highly Commended: Chantel Gablonski, CNC Surgical Clinical Reviewer ACS NSQIP
- Highly Commended: CKW Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Service
CKW Executive Director Jamie Spencer, Enabling Care award winner Ella Moore, and Metro North Board Chair Bernard Curran.
Values in Action
- Winner: Cassandra Dunn, Gardener
- Highly Commended: Cameron Sneesby, Clinical Nurse Consultant Emergency
- Highly Commended: Dr Steven Hocken, SMO Anaesthetics
- Highly Commended: Deborah Lasserre, Nurse Practitioner, Caboolture Satellite Minor Injuries and Illness Clinic
Transforming Care
- Winner: Christie Martin, Clinical Nurse Consultant Outpatients
- Highly Commended: Lucy Anderson, Child Life Therapist
- Highly Commended: Jordan Worcester, Senior Physiotherapist
- Highly Commended: Sarah Gabriel, CNC Safety and Quality Officer
Safety and Quality Improvement
- Winner: Dr Manuel Bautista Morales, SMO Paediatrics, and Maureen Wilson, Clinical Facilitator
- Highly Commended: Beth Charlton, Registered Nurse, Neonatal Unit
- Highly Commended: Maddison White, Medication Safety and Quality Pharmacist
CKW Executive Director Jamie Spencer, Executive Director’s Award winner Skye Gibson, and CKW Director of Medical Services Dr Ted Chamberlain.
Performance
- Winner: Karen Henderson and Ward 4A Nursing Team
- Highly Commended: Dr Sarah Gaukroger, RMO Medicine
- Highly Commended: Dr David Le, Chief Medical Registrar
- Highly Commended: Allied Health Administration Team
People Focus
- Winner: Jaimi Nelson, Senior Social Worker Palliative Care
- Highly Commended: Dr Ammar Fadel, Registrar Surgery
- Highly Commended: Janelle Downing, Enrolled Nurse Outpatients
- Highly Commended: Kym Ball and Ann-Maree Maguire, Consumer Liaison Officers
Partnering for Care
- Winner: Emma Thomson, Clinical Nurse, Children’s Ward
- Highly Commended: Allied Health Multidisciplinary Feeding Team
- Highly Commended: Thomas Casey, Christopher Ewin and Tanika Idai, Community Engagement
Officers Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Service
Leadership
- Winner: Gary Von Dohren, Acting Nursing Director, SICU
- Highly Commended: Madonna Otto, A/NUM, Children’s Emergency
- Highly Commended: Security Supervisors Group
- Highly Commended: Marni Kaddatz, Clinical Nurse, Ward 2A
Enabling Care
- Winner: Ella Moore, Support Officer Medical Director MOPS
- Highly Commended: Kody Barr, Data Quality Coordinator Ambulatory
- Highly Commended: Jeannine Monk, Patient Support Services Site Manager
- Highly Commended: Jessica Haley, Executive Support Officer DMS
Education, Training and Workforce Development
- Winner: Dr Kavipriya Kuppuswamy, RACP – Paediatric Local Training Coordinator
- Highly Commended: James Weston, Speech Pathologist
- Highly Commended: Jordan Brown, Fire Safety Advisor
- Highly Commended: Michael Gordon, Acting Nurse Educator Paediatrics/Neonates
QSuper Award
- QSuper Overall Individual: Chris Ewin
- QSuper Overall Team: Ward 4A
Executive Director’s Award
- Winner: Skye Gibson, Bribie Island Satellite Health Centre and Woodford Corrections Health Centre