Nikki Kieffer Medal

To recognise individuals who have demonstrated innovative and successful nurse-led initiatives in the endocrine field that have advanced best practice in patient care, education or research.

Winners of the Nikki Kieffer Medal will receive:

• the opportunity to gain recognition for their work by presenting at our SfE BES conference
• complimentary registration and travel allowance for our SfE BES conference
• an honorarium of £1,000
• the opportunity to publish an article detailing their work in the Society's quarterly magazine The Endocrinologist.

In honour of the great work Nurse Member, Nikki (Veronica) Kieffer contributed to our Society, the Endocrine Nurse Award has been replaced with the Nikki Kieffer Medal from 2021.

Nikki sadly passed away in 2019 and was the inaugural winner of this Award. She was a key part of our Society where she served as Chair of the Nurse Committee, led the development and publication of the Competency Framework for Adult Endocrine Nursing and championed the creation of the Society for Endocrinology–Oxford Brookes Masters-level module in Endocrine Nursing.

You can read her full obituary in The Endocrinologist.

Eligibility

• Open to all endocrine nurses who are Society members and involved in the care of patients with endocrine disorders, either working individually or as part of a team. Applicants must be qualified nurses and registered to practise.
• Applicants must have undertaken a project/ piece of work which demonstrates a measurable impact upon endocrine nursing practice.
• Relevant projects may cover any aspect of endocrine nursing. Examples include: development of a resource for patients, clinic management initiative, best practice development, community liaison education, nurse prescribing or medication management, use of technology to improve nursing care, research innovation.

How to apply

A completed Nikki Kieffer Medal application form should be supported by:

1. a statement (under 1,000 words) detailing the significance and impact of the project undertaken.
2. a statement (up to 200 words), from a manager/supervisor, explaining the contribution of the nurse and verifying the applicant’s statement.