Nurse development programme is open

The Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland is now seeking nominations for The Queen’s Nurse Development Programme 2024.

The Queen’s Nurse title is awarded each year to 20 nursing and midwifery pioneers who complete a nine-month ‘journey of discovery’.  

Nominations for 2024 are now being invited from health boards and other employers.  

The programme is open to any community-based nurse or midwife with a clinical case load.

The Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland invites nominations from each health board – those who employers feel would benefit most from the programme.

For 2024, it is keen to open opportunities for those who are currently underrepresented, and some priority places will be given to applicants who  are:  

• from  black and ethnic minority communities

• young nurse leaders  

• men in community nursing 

• from social care nursing.  

The organisation is working to profile nursing’s role in social justice, so it would welcome applications from those working in areas of deprivation or in roles such as care home liaison, homeless outreach, addictions, working with children with complex needs, sexual health, and criminal justice nursing. 

If you meet any of the above criteria, please have a conversation with your line manager about nomination.

The closing date for receipt of nominations is October 4, 2023, at midday..

To read more about the Queen’s Nurse title click here, and about the Queen’s Nurses here.