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Directors of Nursing Award

Sponsored by the Health and Social Care Trusts

Please note, the interview date for this award is 1 April 2026.

This award is open to registered nurses and midwives in leadership roles at lead level (Band 8A) up to Assistant Director working within health and social care services in Northern Ireland. 

How to apply:

Fill out the application form below and complete a summary (up to 500 words) to demonstrate the following criteria:

Candidates should demonstrate:

Commitment to leadership development
A passion for developing their own leadership and supporting collective leadership within their teams, services or professional networks.

Understanding of whole system population health needs
Awareness of the challenges facing 21st century health and social care and an ability to contribute to system improvement, transformation and high quality service delivery in line with the principles of the Department of Health Reset Plan.

Enabling and championing professionalism
Promoting professional standards, values and behaviours that strengthen nursing and midwifery practice across all settings.

Collaborative and partnership working
Demonstrated ability to build relationships and work constructively with a wide range of stakeholders.

Innovation and improvement
Creativity in developing solutions, delivering improvements or influencing positive change, whether within clinical practice, workforce, education, corporate functions or system-wide initiatives.

Effective communication and influencing
Ability to communicate clearly, influence others constructively and demonstrate leadership impact at team, organisational or system level.

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.

 

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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


Interview dates are available here.

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 - 29/01/2026