This award recognises and rewards individuals working in a healthcare support role such as healthcare assistants (HCAs) and assistant practitioners (APs) who work under the guidance of a registered nurse, health visitor or midwife.
Who can enter? Entries for this category are accepted from individual healthcare assistants and assistant practitioners. Healthcare assistants and assistant practitioners can also be nominated by colleagues such as nurses, managers or consultants. Team entries are not accepted for this category. Entrants do not need to be a member of the Royal College of Nursing.
How to enter: Entries must be submitted online via the ‘enter this award’ button. We highly recommend you write the body of your entry in a word document and then cut and paste it into the online entry form to prevent work being lost.
Entry questions for the RCN Healthcare Assistant Award 2018
1. Entry title (25 words)
Please give your entry a title.
2. Key roles (150 words)
Please clearly explain the role you / the entrant played in this entry.
3. Your reasons for entering (150 words)
Describe why you want to nominate yourself / the entrant for the award.
4. Above and beyond (150 words)
How have you / the entrant gone above and beyond the expectations of healthcare assistants?
5. Patient Care (150 words)
Please give a specific example of the difference you / the entrant has made to patient care.
- Consider the level of contribution the entrant makes / has made to the team
- What impact has the entrant’s contribution made to patient or client care?
- Consider specific examples cited to illustrate the difference the entrant makes/made to patient care.
- Has entrant applied learning in practice to improve patient care?