Nominations open for HESTA Excellence Awards

Nominations are open for the 2022 HESTA Excellence Awards, which celebrate exceptional professionals working in disability, allied health, aged care and community services in Australia.

With a $60,000 prize pool on offer, the national awards celebrate professionals from the four sectors who are going above and beyond the everyday high-quality care they provide to achieve outstanding health outcomes for Australians.

HESTA CEO Debby Blakey said coming out of the pandemic and adapting to a ‘new normal’ has demonstrated the critical importance of these professionals in protecting and supporting Australia’s communities and economic recovery.

Anyone working in the four sectors who is involved in the delivery of exceptional care or service can nominate or be nominated.

Nominations are open for both the Outstanding Organisation and Team Excellence categories. Independent judging panels comprising industry experts will select finalists and choose a winner from each sector and for each category. Nominations will close at midnight on Sunday, 14 August 2022.

The eight winners will each take home $7500, donated by Australian bank and longstanding Awards supporter ME, to be put towards professional development or development of their chosen initiative.

Finalists will be announced on 25 October 2022 and the winners revealed at the awards ceremony in Melbourne on 24 November 2022.

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