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2024 Winners and Finalists
The South Australian Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards Gala Dinner was held on Friday 3 May, with nurses and midwives acknowledged and celebrated for their exceptional contribution to their professions and the health and wellbeing of the wider South Australian community.
Congratulations to the winners and finalists:
Excellence in Aged Care
WINNER
- BIRCH Team Strathalbyn and District Aged Care – Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network
FINALISTS
- Janine Winterfield – Wheatfields Residential Aged Care
- Kara House Residential Aged Care Facility: Hospice in Residential Aged Care Facility Project – Yorke and Northern Local Health Network
Excellence in Education
WINNER
- Donna Boord – Northern Adelaide Local Health Network
FINALISTS
- Janine Pullin – Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network
- LCLHN Nursing and Midwifery Education Team – Limestone Coast Local Health Network
Excellence in Leadership and Governance
WINNER
- Nicole Kelly – Central Adelaide Local Health Network
FINALISTS
- Cathy Lyon – Women’s and Children’s Health Network
- Emily Pumpa – Southern Adelaide Local Health Network
Excellence in Leadership – Emerging Leader
WINNER
- Michelle Lock – Women’s and Children’s Health Network
FINALISTS
- Kerri Grant – Northern Adelaide Local Health Network
- Mandy Smallacombe – Royal Flying Doctor Service
Excellence in Practice – Aboriginal Nurse/Midwife (Mary Buckskin Award)
WINNER
- Courtney Nowak – Flinders and Upper North Local Health Network
FINALIST
- Carolyn Gill – Central Adelaide Local Health Network
Excellence in Practice – Early Career Nurse/Midwife
WINNER
- Marrisha Singh – Central Adelaide Local Health Network
FINALISTS
- Clare Gurney – Eyre and Far North Local Health Network
- Daniel Kiprop – Southern Adelaide Local Health Network
Excellence in Practice – Enrolled Nurse
WINNER
- Theresa Xanthopoulos – Eyre and Far North Local Health Network
FINALISTS
- Eucel Johns – Northern Adelaide Local Health Network
- Samantha Hackett – Southern Adelaide Local Health Network
Excellence in Practice – Midwife
WINNER
- Megan – Northern Adelaide Local Health Network
FINALISTS
- Alisha Murphy – Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network
- Therese McCallum – Flinders and Upper North Local Health Network
Excellence in Practice – Registered Nurse
JOINT WINNERS
- Mary Young – Central Adelaide Local Health Network
- Michael Fitzgerald – Southern Adelaide Local Health Network
FINALISTS
- Sharon Sibenaler – Eyre and Far North Local Health Network
- Toni Slotnes-O’Brien – University of South Australia
Excellence in Research and Innovation
WINNER
- Dr Megan Cooper – Flinders University
FINALISTS
- Langduo Chen – Southern Adelaide Local Health Network
- Professor Marion Eckert – University of South Australia – Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre
Excellence in Practice – Team
JOINT WINNERS
- Early Pregnancy Unit – Northern Adelaide Local Health Network
- Let’s BRUNCH 24hrs a day Initiative – CALHN Surgery Programs 1|2|3 – Central Adelaide Local Health Network
FINALISTS
- Eldercare Palliative Care Team – Eldercare
- Memory Support Transition Team – Southern Adelaide Local Health Network
Excellence in Clinical Specialisation
WINNER
- Ashleigh Mabbott – Limestone Coast Local Health Network
FINALISTS
- Leah Van Kasteren – Northern Adelaide Local Health Network
- Nicole Glaetzer – Women’s and Children’s Health Network
To view the videos of each finalist please visit: sahealth.sa.gov.au/nursingandmidwiferyexcellenceawards