The South Australian Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards (Awards) recognise and acknowledge the significant contribution that nurses and midwives make to their professions and the wider community through their practice.

The Awards are open to all nurses, midwives or nursing and midwifery teams working in a specialty area or health care environment. This includes those working in the public, private, aged care, primary health care, community, education, research or non-government sector who you feel deserve to be recognised for their excellence.

Nominations for the 2025 Awards are now open! Nominations close 17 November 2024

Award categories

The 2025 Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards comprise of 13 Award categories.

Individual or Team Awards

  • Excellence in Aged Care
  • Excellence in Education
  • Excellence in Research and Innovation

Team Awards

  • Excellence in Practice – Team

Individual Awards

  • Excellence in Leadership and Governance
  • Excellence in Leadership – Emerging Leader
  • Excellence in Practice – Aboriginal Nurse/Midwife (Mary Buckskin Award)
  • Excellence in Practice – Early Career Nurse/Midwife
  • Excellence in Practice – Enrolled Nurse
  • Excellence in Practice – Midwife
  • Excellence in Practice – Nurse Practitioner
  • Excellence in Practice – Registered Nurse

Individual Award - University of South Australia-nominated

  • Excellence in Clinical Specialisation

Nominations

Nominations close: Friday, 17 November 2024

All nominees will be assessed against specific criteria. To read more about the nomination and assessment process (PDF 20569KB).

All nomination entries must be submitted via the online nomination portal.

Prior to submitting your nomination online, you may wish to download the Microsoft Word nomination form to use as a “working document”. 

Links to the working documents for each category (PDF 881KB) are available. 

Award ceremony

Award category winners will be announced at the South Australian Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards Gala Dinner at the Adelaide Convention Centre on Friday, 2 May 2025 and will receive a trophy and prize money of $1,500 in recognition of their achievements.

Ticket sales

The 2025 South Australian Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards Gala Dinner will be held on Friday, 2 May 2025. Tickets will be available in February 2025.

Partners

SA Health would like to acknowledge the contribution of the following sponsors in recognising and celebrating the achievements of nurses and midwives in South Australia:

  • Platinum Sponsor:
  • Gold Sponsor:
  • Silver Sponsor(s):
  • Bronze Sponsor(s):
  • Photobooth Sponsor:
  • Award Category Sponsor(s):

See the sponsorship prospectus (PDF 20170KB) for information on sponsorship opportunities available and the benefits. 

For more information

Contact the Nursing and Midwifery Office, SA Health on:

Phone: (08) 8226 5882
Email: health.nursingandmidwifery@sa.gov.au

2024 Award winners