Good Nurse Award finalists' list in full

Tamara Davidson

Specialist palliative care nurse at Oxford University Hospitals

She said: “When I was informed of my nomination, I felt a huge sense of pride for my profession and team. It is an honour to know that I have had such a positive impact on my patients and their families at the end of their lives.”

Tamara was nominated by Martin Eggleston, who said: “I will forever be grateful to Tamara for making sure that my wife's final hours were as gentle and painless as they could. She slowly drifted away, feeling loved and cared for. On Kirsty's behalf, I wanted Tamara to be nominated for this award as the smallest way of saying thank you to her for all the precious actions she took over those few days.”

Amy Bancroft

Registered nursing associate at Oxford University Hospitals

Amy Bancroft

She said: “I am very shocked and grateful to be nominated. I am very lucky to be doing a job that I love. Thank you very much to the person that nominated me!”

Amy was nominated by Bethan Jones, who said: “Amy is a very valued member of the acute stroke unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital. She is a highly dedicated person with a can-do attitude. She takes everything in her stride, will accept any challenge and will take any opportunity she can to learn new skills. Amy is a very valued member of the acute stroke unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital.

"Amy has amazing bedside manner and no stone will be left unturned if you are under her care, she puts every patient at the centre of their care which is an amazing skill to have within this job role. She cares for patients as if they are a family member and ensures that patients have a say in how they receive their care.

"She is a highly dedicated person with a can do attitude. She will take everything in her stride and will accept any challenge and will take any opportunity she can to learn new skills"

Fiona Johns

Children’s speech and language therapist at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

She said: “I’m very humbled and surprised to be nominated. I work with children in schools so when the schools closed I volunteered to go and help with whatever was needed and I ended up working as a nursing assistant. I’m very proud to work for the NHS.”

She was nominated by her manager, Karen Fern, who said: "Fiona, a children's Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) for Oxford Health NHS Trust, volunteered to be redeployed during the first COVID-19 Lockdown to Witney Community Hospital's Emergency Medical Unit (EMU) for around 3 months.

"Fiona was a nurse in a previous 'life' but has been a Children's SLT for around 20 years, so this redeployment was a huge challenge for her on many levels. She worked as a support worker at EMU as her nursing qualifications had long since expired. Fiona has been an inspiration to us all. She has a family at home with school aged children and was required to work 10 hour shifts in a hospital with COVID patients. A number of the team were also redeployed to community Services but due to Fiona's previous knowledge and skills she was the only therapist redeployed to EMU so buddy support for this unique situation came from a whole new wonderful team of individuals. Fiona juggled her home life, family, home schooling and work in such a positive and inspirational way that we could not be more proud of her."