The Richard Tompkins Nurse Development Scholarship 2017
The Foundation of Nursing Studies (FoNS) is delighted to offer this exciting development opportunity for a registered nurse, midwife or health visitor who is committed to developing person-centred cultures of care. This scholarship is open to practitioners who are working clinically in any health or social care setting UK-wide, and is targeting in particular, those at ward sister level or equivalent.
For over two decades FoNS, an independent organisation, has supported nurses across the United Kingdom (UK) to lead innovation in the workplace that transforms the way nurses work and care for patients. Over this time, we have developed an excellent reputation for this unique and practical hands-on approach to supporting nurses. With help from FoNS, nurses have been able to make significant improvements to their practice and their patients’ experience of care.
The late Richard Tompkins saw the potential of FoNS to enable nurses to develop knowledge and skills that benefit patients. The Tompkins Foundation remains a valuable supporter of FoNS and we are delighted that Mrs Elizabeth Tompkins is supporting this scholarship opportunity.
The scholarship includes:
· Attendance at a 5-day residential international practice development school (3rd – 7th July 2017) (see http://www.fons.org/programmes/schools.aspx). The scholarship covers the cost of the course fee, accommodation, food and reasonable travel expenses. FoNS has been involved in these schools for more than 10 years and believes that they enable individuals to gain knowledge and skills to facilitate the development of more person-centred cultures of care
· 12 months bespoke mentorship from FoNS to support an innovation in practice including face-to-face visits, and support via email and telephone
· Opportunity to work towards publishing a paper in the International Practice Development Journal (see http://www.fons.org/library/journal.aspx) as a novice writer
· Honorary FoNS Associate registration for 12 months
Application process:
· Submission of full application before closing date - 5pm on 13th March 2017
· Shortlisting - each application is carefully considered and all applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by 23rd March 2017
· Telephone interviews with shortlisted applicants will be held on the 6th April 2017
· Scholarships awarded and winner announced by 12th April 2017
· Scholarships will be awarded at the FoNS 30 Year Celebration Event in London on the evening of Wednesday 14th June 2017
Organisational support:
Applicants must secure an internal sponsor at a senior/strategic level to ensure that they are able to maximise the opportunities created by the scholarship. Should the applicant be successful, it is anticipated that regular face-to-face meetings will be held to enable the sponsor to offer support where possible.
The Richard Tompkins Nurse Development Scholarship 2017 Application Form
NB. It is essential that all sections are completed in full
This is a Word document. You can save it to your computer by choosing “save as” from your file options and selecting an appropriate place to save it that makes sense to you. You can use any name to save it e.g. ‘FoNS application’. As you complete the contact details and proposal, the spaces within the tables will expand to accommodate your text.
1. Name:2. Job title:
3. Contact details:
Address:
Email address:
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4. Professional details:
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Expiry date:
5. Organisational sponsor:
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Job title:
Supporting statement. This should confirm the suitability of the applicant and outline your commitment to providing internal support over the 12 month scholarship period (max 300 words):
6. Please tell us about your career to date (up to 300 words):
7. Please tell us about relevant learning opportunities to date (up to 300 words):
8. Please tell us about contributions or achievements that you feel you have made as a healthcare professional (up to 300 words):
9. Personal statement: Please tell us how you think that this opportunity will contribute to you, your practice and patient care (up to 300 words):
10. Where did you find out about the Richard Tompkins Scholarship?
Requests for further information and submission of applications by email to:
Kate Sanders
Email:
Website:
http://www.fons.org/programmes/scholarships.aspx
Closing date for applications: 5pm on 13th March 2017
Richard Tompkins Scholarship 2017 Application Pack
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