This award recognises clinical research nurses and nursing teams who deliver vital cancer research trials and celebrates their impact on patient care and research outcomes.
Entrants will have demonstrated excellence and innovation in delivering cancer clinical trials.
Examples might include initiatives to:
– Provide innovative solutions to the challenges posed by the increasing complexity of cancer trials and their delivery
– Streamline the patient pathway thereby improving the experience and care of patients on cancer clinical trials
– Address issues relating to recruitment to cancer clinical trials
– Raise awareness and understanding of the role of clinical research nursing and its impact on patient care and outcomes
– Increase opportunities for patients to access cancer clinical trials
– Embed a research culture and promote clinical research opportunities to the wider nursing community, other health professionals and patients
Who can enter?
This category is for clinical research nurses and clinical research nursing teams working on cancer clinical trials.
Entries are accepted from clinical research nurses nominating themselves or their own teams or can be submitted on behalf of another nurse or nursing team. Non-nursing colleagues such as managers, researchers or consultants may also nominate their nursing colleagues for this award.
Please note, this award is not for nurse researchers or those involved in nursing research.
What your entry must include
Title
Please give your entry a title.
(25 words)
Team or individual entry?
If this entry is a team entry (either your own or another team), please double check carefully and list the full names and job titles of each team member and how they have each contributed to the entry.
Key aims
Describe the key aims of the initiative or project. What were the reasons behind it and how was it implemented?
(300 words)
Key roles
Explain the role you/the nominee played in this initiative and its implementation.
(200 words)
Challenges
What were the challenges of implementing the initiative and how were these overcome?
If the nominee is a team (either your own or another team), please check carefully and list the full name, job title and workplace of each team member, and describe how each one has contributed to the entry.
Evaluation
Describe the outcome(s) of the initiative, its impact and what will change as a result.
(300 words)
Sharing best practice
How has the initiative been shared to benefit wider nursing practice in this area, patients and cancer trial delivery, or what plans are there to do so?
(200 words)
You can also add up to three supporting files
Acceptable file formats are: .doc, .docx, .pdf, .jpg, .png
You can include case studies, evaluation reports, images, graphs – any information that will support your submission. The maximum file size in total is 6MB (2MB per file)
Entry Deadline
25 March 2022 – 00:00
Category Judging Criteria:
How creative/innovative is the initiative or project?
How instrumental was the nominee in setting up, delivering and leading the initiative?
Consider the level of obstacles the nominee overcame to set up and deliver the initiative.
Consider the impact the initiative has had, or could potentially have, on patient experience, patient outcomes, or nursing practice relating to clinical cancer research.
How has the nominee contributed to the future of clinical research nursing in cancer?
To what extent have/will findings and learning from the initiative benefit wider practice, patient experience and cancer research delivery?
To what extent does the nominee stand out as a champion and ambassador for the cancer clinical research nursing profession?
