The full list of our 2024 International Day of the Midwife and International Nurses Day award winners. 

Congratulations to all the nurses and midwives who received awards as part of our facilities' celebrations for International Day of the Midwife and International Nurses Day 2024. Here is the full list of winners.

Balmain Hospital

• Partnering with Patients, Carers, the Community & Clinicians: Parminderjit Gill, AIN John Beasley Ward
• Improving Patient Safety and Quality Care: Yonglin Rao, RN John Beasley Ward 
• New to Practice Nurse of the Year: Silvia Limbu, RN Wakefield Ward
• Leadership & Professional Development: Nancy Jeanifer, CNE Wakefield Ward
• Sian William's Award for Excellence in Clinical Nursing: Evalyn Elderling, RN GPC

Canterbury Hospital

• New Graduate of the Year: Bianca Abraham – RN Gumnut Ward  
• Rotary Nurse of the Year: Marian Sayed Ahmad  - RN Boronia Ward  
• Canterbury Hurlstone Park Scholarships: Rheannwynn Sneesby, CNC Child Protection and Penelope Abouharb, A/CNC Osteoporosis and Refracture Prevention 

Mental Health Services

• Stan Alchin Award for Transforming Practice and Education: Marc Barba, CNC Short Stay Unit, Professor Marie Bashir Centre 
• 2024 Leadership Award: Aimee Nichols, NUM High Dependency Unit, Professor Marie Bashir Centre 
• Helen Blum Award for Sharing the Journey with Consumers: Heather Ryan, CNC Staff Health and Consumer Vaccination
• Douglass Grant Award for Excellence in Aboriginal Healthcare: Hong Cai, Forensic CNC, Concord Centre for Mental Health 
• 2024 Mental Health Nurse of the Year: Rachel Middleton, CNC Mental Health Liaison Team Emergency Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 

Concord Repatriation General Hospital

• Perioperative Nurses’ Award: Engelbert Celis, A/NUM Team 4, Perioperative Services 
• Jan Bell and Diane Watson Scholarship: Kelly Stewart, Registered Nurse Ward 2A, Manoj Basnet, Clinical Nurse Specialist Ward 3A 
• Cardiology Training Nurses’ Award: Catherine Choi, Registered Nurse Ward 3 East 
• Gastroenterology / Hepatology Scholarship: Jing Wu, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Direct Access Colonoscopy 
• Professor Dan Neuroscience Scholarship: Jake Zappacosta, Registered Nurse, Ward 5 North 
• Celia Curteis Memorial Scholarship: Jennifer Lee, Clinical Nurse Educator, Ward 4 East 
• Clifford Buchanan Memorial Scholarship: Vivienne Chau, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Haemovigilance, Apheresis and BMT 
• Usha Khandke Memorial Scholarship: Lisa Tienstra, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Renal Department
• Lodge Chelmsford Technology Scholarship: Joy Contemplacion, Nursing Unit Manager, Day Therapy Centre 

Concord Hospital NUM's Choice Awards 

• Ward 3A: Mahshid Kasraei, Registered Nurse 
• Ward 3B: Adarsh Bhandari, Registered Nurse 
• Ward 2A: Punam Subba, Registered Nurse 
• Ward 2B: Alison Prentice, Registered Nurse 
• Ward 17: Nabin Singh, Registered Nurse 
• Day Therapy Centre: Luci Buckley, Registered Nurse 
• Apheresis and Cell Therapy Unit: Elmera Begovich, Registered Nurse 
• Radiology: Melissa Barden, Clinical Nurse Educator 
• 4 East: Claire Lee, Registered Nurse 
• Ward 1A: Luke Woolnough, Registered Nurse 
• Concord Centre for Palliative Care: Angela Hahm, Registered Nurse 
• 3 North: Sophiya Basnet, Registered Nurse 
• 3 East: Sapana Ramjali, Registered Nurse 
• 3 West Cardiac Cath Lab: Robert Yip, Clinical Nurse Specialist 
• 4 North & 4 North Haemodialysis: Farisa Rahman, Registered Nurse 
• 5 North: Gabrielle Songco, Registered Nurse 
• 5 East: Rolly Cortezano, Registered Nurse 
• 1C/6 North: Anna Ambagan, Registered Nurse 
• Yaralla House: Krittin Submanee, Enrolled Nurse 
• Emergency Department: Alison Kwak, Registered Nurse 
• Intensive Care Unit: Hiba Adawe, Registered Nurse 
• 1 North: Soniya Bhusal, Registered Nurse 
• 1 East: Pravin Mani, Enrolled Nurse 
• 1 West ACE: Zhen Grace Liu, Registered Nurse 
• Satellite Dialysis Unit: Jessica Clinton, Clinical Nurse Specialist 
• 6 East: Florinda Miguel, Registered Nurse 
• Burns Unit: Mairead Martin, Registered Nurse 
• DOSAC: Cheng “Winnie” Tan, Clinical Nurse Specialist 
• Anaesthetic Nursing: Antoinette Nigro, Registered Nurse 
• Recovery: Georgia Burt, Registered Nurse 
• Team 1 Perioperative Nursing: Wenwen Ling, Registered Nurse 
• Team 2 Perioperative Nursing: Laurie Walker, Registered Nurse 
• Team 3 Perioperative Nursing: Helena Huang, Registered Nurse 
• Team 4 Perioperative Nursing: Laura Stanger, Registered Nurse 
• Drug Health: Alvin Au Yeung, Registered Nurse 
• National Centre for Veterans’ Healthcare: Kylie Baker, Clinical Nurse Consultant 
• Concord Repatriation General Hospital Executive Award: Susan Taggart, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Burns Support 
• Concord Repatriation General Hospital New Graduate Award: Ghadeer Mohsin, Registered Nurse 3A 

RPA 

• Excellence in Research/Quality Improvement: Jana Pinkova, Clinical Nurse Consultant and Case Manager Vascular Surgery 
• Excellence in Clinical Practice AIN/EN/EEN: Chanel Murray, Enrolled Nurse 9 West 1 
• Outstanding Graduate Nurse or Midwife: Cynthia Batisan, New Graduate Nurse Emergency 
• Excellence in Clinical Practice Registered Nurse: Maricar Senturias, Registered Nurse Neurosciences Ambulatory Care Outpatient Unit 
• Excellence in Clinical Practice Registered Midwife: Madeline Smith, Registered Midwife Postnatal Ward 
• Maureen Ryan Award for Excellence in Midwifery: Krystie Veldkamp, Clinical Midwife Consultant Aboriginal Women and Babies 
• Excellence in Leadership: Douglas Billing, Clinical Nurse Consultant CPR Coordinator 
• Excellence in Education: Alijah Tanner, Clinical Nurse Educator 7 West 2 UroGynae Ward 
• Nursing Executive Award: Heather Shaw, Patient Flow Nurse Manager