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Nursing Workforce Standards

Nursing Workforce Standards Champions

Standards Champions

Standards Champions are individuals who have made positive workplace changes by using the RCN Nursing Workforce Standards. 

Here you will find out what the role of a Standards Champion is, and how to become one.

The role of a Standards Champion is to:

  • support workplace improvements
  • share success and promote best practice
  • raise concerns when the Standards are not met
  • work with an RCN representative, local RCN branches and RCN staff in promoting and using the Standards
  • be part of the network of Standards Champions who support others, promote best practice, and work with organisations to implement the Standards in practice
  • attend quarterly meetings for updates, support and networking. 

How to become a Standards Champion at a glance

  1. Sign up to be a Standards Champion. You will receive an email from us shortly after signing up and a member of the RCN Staffing for Safe & Effective Care (SSEC) team will be in touch with you to discuss next steps.
  2. Work through the Standards Checklists to identify any improvement work that you can undertake in your workplace.
  3. Once you have done this work, tell the RCN by downloading and completing the Self-Nomination Form, and be formally endorsed as a Standards Champion.

Become a Standards Champion

Take the first step to becoming a Standards Champion by signing up today.

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The road to becoming a Standards Champion

Once you've signed up to become a Standards Champion, here's what you can expect the journey to look like.

Use the standards to identify any gaps in your workplace

Use the Standards Checklists to identify any gaps in your current workplace.

Make positive improvements to close the gaps you identified

Make positive improvements to close the gaps you identified.

Let people know what you did

Let people know what you did - as an RCN case study and on the self nomination form.

Get recognised as an RCN Nursing Workforce Standards Champion

Get recognised with a badge, certificate and membership to the Standards Champions Network. You'll be endorsed as an RCN Nursing Workforce Standards Champion.

Case studies

These case studies feature RCN members, RCN Reps and RCN Standards Champions who have used the Nursing Workforce Standards to support members in seeking resolution, supporting positive change and improving working conditions for all.
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