1. Read the criteria for the category you have chosen and try to cover all areas in your nomination form. 

2. Make sure you say what the nominee did (e.g, projects, activities, initiatives) that are above and beyond the person’s job description, giving specific examples. Then think about how did they do it?

• Initiative and/or leadership
• Teamwork
• Creativity and/or innovation
• Behaviours and/or attitudes
• What were the results and/or impact?
• What did the nominee’s efforts accomplish?
• What does this mean for UHNM?

3. Use emotive language to describe the difference the person made, the value of what they did and how it made you and or the team feel.

This year individuals and teams have the opportunity to nominate themselves to showcase their hard work and dedication. 

This award will be presented to an individual or team that has demonstrated exceptional innovation in their work or creative thinking to develop/improve services to ensure they are improved for our patients. Their improvement initiative will have made a difference to patients, either directly or behind the scenes, or made team-working more effective for service delivery. 

It will contribute to the delivery of the Trust Strategic Priorities and therefore the Trust Vision of Delivering Exceptional Care with Exceptional People.  Using research, partnership working, pathway or role changes, or by introducing new routines and systems, their work will have delivered evidenced change in the data that describes the service/work of the team.  

Submissions should consider the following elements:

• Alignment to the Trust Strategic Priorities
• Demonstrating a data driven approach
• Co-creation with key stakeholders
• Evidence of impact
• Improving Together

This award is to recognise an individual or a team who through living our values and behaviours creates an engaging and inclusive culture to significantly improve the health and wellbeing of their colleagues and/or patients and creates UHNM a great place to work. They must ensure they put kindness and respect at the heart of how they work with colleagues and patients and they create a respectful, inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and enabled to bring their best version of themselves to work.

This individual or team will have gone above and beyond to showcase how they create an environment that builds kindness and respect into everything they do and everything we ask of our teams.

Submissions should consider the following elements:

• Ensuring that nobody is excluded
• Evidence on how the individual or team has created an environment that builds kindness and respect
• Evidence how the team/individual has recognised that we should all feel able to be our true selves at work and can create an environment where everyone can flourish
• Evidence of impact

This award recognises a clinical team who work flexibly and collaboratively, with a ‘can do’ approach to overcome barriers. Having the ability to attract and develop excellent people whilst showcasing a culture which truly reflect our values and ensures an approach that fosters team growth and flexibility. Within this team they maintain a sense of belonging and ensure that all team members have a voice that counts whilst delivering a positive team and patient experience alongside ensuring exceptional performance and service delivery. Evidencing the effective use of individual strengths within the team and ensuring that diversity of thought is actively sought and encouraged. 

The team will continually demonstrate their commitment to providing exceptional levels of patient care while making UHNM a great place to work for everyone.

This award recognises a non-clinical team who work flexibly and collaboratively, with a ‘can do’ approach to overcome barriers. Having the ability to attract and develop excellent people whilst showcasing a culture which truly reflects our values and ensures an approach that fosters team growth and flexibility. Within this team they maintain a sense of belonging and ensure that all team members have a voice that counts while delivering a positive team and patient experience alongside exceptional performance and service delivery. Evidencing the effective use of individual strengths within the team and ensuring that diversity of thought is actively sought and encouraged.

The team will continually demonstrate their commitment to providing an exceptional service while making UHNM a great place to work for everyone.

Submissions should consider the following elements

• How has the team contributed to the measurement and achievement of corporate objectives?
• How does the team demonstrate good leadership skills and excellent team working?
• How the team have showcased innovative or creative working that has enabled the team to reach exceptional performance levels and provide excellent service.
• Evidence of impact

This award celebrates the individual or team that have made an outstanding contribution in supporting the work of the UHNM Charity

This award recognises a volunteer or voluntary team who have worked tirelessly and have generously given their free time, enthusiasm and energy to help improve NHS services, facilities and support to patients, visitors and their families.

This award is to recognise an individual who continues to substantially grow in their role or placement, showing drive and enthusiasm whilst role modelling our Trust values and behaviours. The rising star will be making a significant contribution to their development as well as showing initiative in supporting improvements to their area of work.  They will approach their work with the excitement that inspires themselves and others around them.

Submissions should consider the following elements:

• How the individual has developed themselves to be a great role model of our Trust values and behaviours
• Evidence of how they have respected and valued other people’s views, experiences, skills and role in all that they do
• Evidence of impact

This award is to recognise an individual who continues to substantially grow in their role or placement, showing drive and enthusiasm whilst role modelling our Trust values and behaviours. The rising star will be making a significant contribution to their development as well as showing initiative in supporting improvements to their area of work.  They will approach their work with the excitement that inspires themselves and others around them.

Submissions should consider the following elements:

• How the individual has developed themselves to be a great role model of our Trust values and behaviours
• Evidence of how they have respected and valued other people’s views, experiences, skills and role in all that they do
• Evidence of impact

This award is to recognise an individual who continues to substantially grow in their role or placement, showing drive and enthusiasm whilst role modelling our Trust values and behaviours. The rising star will be making a significant contribution to their development as well as showing initiative in supporting improvements to their area of work.  They will approach their work with the excitement that inspires themselves and others around them.

Submissions should consider the following elements:

• How the individual has developed themselves to be a great role model of our Trust values and behaviours
• Evidence of how they have respected and valued other people’s views, experiences, skills and role in all that they do
• Evidence of impact