| Name of award or bursary? | BSG Outstanding Contribution to GI and Hepatology Nursing Award |
| Responsible officer or team member? | Section Committee Manager |
| Amount and details of award? | This award is designed to recognise outstanding contributions to any field within GI nursing. This could be through exceptional patient care, leadership, innovation, research, education and training or quality improvement projects. Applicants must be BSG members to be eligible. Applications can be self-nominations, or nominations can be made on behalf of a BSG member. The successful applicant/s will receive free registration at BSG LIVE for the day and a £500 award. The award ceremony will take place at the BSG annual conference. The winner is required to attend to receive their prize; registration that day will be free of charge. If the winner wishes to attend additional days, a discounted registration will apply. |
| Scope | The BSG Nurse Association award is looking for an individual who has made outstanding contributions to any field within GI nursing. |
| Criteria | Applicants must demonstrate how they or a colleague have made outstanding contributions to any field within GI nursing, either through exceptional patient care, leadership, innovation, research, education and training or quality improvement projects. Applicants must be BSG members to be eligible. Applications can be self-nominations, or nominations can be made on behalf of a BSG member. The winner is required to attend to receive their prize; registration that day will be free of charge. If the winner wishes to attend additional days, a discounted registration will apply. Application form: • Name • Contact info • Role and Trust • Please indicate why you are nominating yourself/your colleague for this award (200 words) • Please describe how you/your nominee has made an outstanding contribution to GI nursing (200 words) • Please outline how this contribution has had a positive impact on patient care (200 words) |
| Timeline | Opens 6 months prior to the Annual Meeting at the same time as the Trainees and CSSC awards, and closes 4 months before the meeting. Suggested time table found below. |
| Scoring Process | The BSG will convene a panel of judges to review the applications independently. They will score out of the following criteria. A free text box is available for judges to add additional notes or feedback comments that could be shared with the applicant on request. In the event of a tie, judges may be requested at attend a meeting to review applications to make a decision.
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| Decision maker | Panel of 3+ BSG reviewers recruited by the BSGNA Committee |
| How is it paid? | The winner will receive £500 paid by the BSG with the award which will be presented at the Annual Meeting, as well as free registration for the day. The award ceremony will take place at the joint medical and nursing plenary session at this year’s BSG annual conference. The winner will also receive a framed certificate. The certificate is sent as PDF via email if Annual Meeting is digital. |
| What | Timing | Who Responsible |
| Request BSGNA Chair to identify reviewers for award | 1 month before the closing date | Section Committee Manager |
| Send criteria to reviewers and remind them of timelines | 2 weeks before closing | Section Committee Manager |
| Download applications from the website and send them to the office Committee lead | Day after the application deadline | Marketing |
| Applications sent to reviewers | Day after the application deadline | Section Committee Manager |
| Reviewers to return scores for collating | 3 weeks after the application deadline | Section Committee Manager |
| Scores collated and sent to BSGNA Chair to review | 1 day after receiving all scores | Section Committee Manager |
| BSGNA Chair to review and confirm the winner with Committee Lead and bsg marketing | 2 days to review | Section Committee Manager |
| Notification emails sent to winner and applicants | 1 month after the application deadline | Marketing |
| Winner notified to Head of Communications and finance | Once emails have been sent | Section Committee Manager |