Are you a changemaker, making a real difference to people’s health and wellbeing? Do you know someone who is? Are you passionate about addressing inequalities, looking to amplify the nursing voice in addressing the social determinants of health?
Each year, the Queen’s Nurse title is awarded to 20 nursing and midwifery pioneers who complete a nine-month ‘journey of discovery’.
Who can apply
Nominations for 2025 are now being invited from health boards and other employers.
The programme is open to any community-based nurse or midwife who is directly involved in care. For 2025, we are keen to open opportunities for those who are currently underrepresented, and encourage applications from Black People and People of Colour (BPoC).
We are working to profile nursing’s role in social justice, so we would also welcome applications from those working in areas of deprivation or in roles such as homeless outreach, addictions, working with children with complex needs, sexual health, social care and criminal justice nursing.
Click here to read more about the Queen’s Nurse title
Click here to meet the Queen’s Nurses
How to apply
For applicants
We are inviting nominations from NHS Boards, third and independent sector employers. Each candidate must be nominated (sponsored) by their Executive Nurse Director (or equivalent).
If you have had discussions about being nominated, you may find the following guidance helpful in considering whether this is an opportunity which would interest you.
Click here to access Guidance for applicants
Before you start completing the application form, please ensure that you have been nominated by your employer and that they have informed the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland by email so we can support you. The application form requires a great deal of thought. Please allow a few weeks to complete it and leave time to ask others to read it and give you feedback. It is designed to be an enjoyable process as you reflect on your personal and professional journey.
You might find it helpful to draft your answers before copying them into the application form.
Click here to access a sample version of the application form (downloads as PDF)
For sponsors
Click here to access Guidance for sponsors
Click here to access a sample version of the organisational support/manager statement form
Application forms
Please find below the application form to be completed by the candidate, and the organisational support form to be completed by the sponsoring line manager and signed off at executive level.
Application deadline
The application deadline is: 12 noon on Wednesday 6th November 2024.
Online forms must be submitted by then.
Support with your application
We recognise that this process might feel a bit daunting, so a number of previous candidates have agreed to share their applications to help and inspire you.
Whilst names have been removed, we have not been able to fully disguise the identities of those who wrote them. Please treat the information with sensitivity.
Click here to access a Care Home example
Click here to access a Community mental health nursing example
Click here to access a District Nursing example
Click here to access a Health Visiting example
Click here to access a Midwivery example
Click here to access a Respiratory Care example
Click here to access a School Nursing example
If you’d like to know more about the programme and the difference it has made, please get in touch and we will connect you with a Queen’s Nurse who has gone through the programme. Please contact: catriona.mcclelland@qnis.org.uk.
