Helen Mcinnes wins Teaching Excellence Award 2015

The Faculty’s Helen Mcinnes (Clinical Teacher in Adult Nursing) has won a Teaching Excellence Award 2015. 

Helen celebrated with other winners at a celebration event held on 11 June.

King’s introduced the Teaching Excellence Awards in 2002 to provide students with an opportunity to recognise teaching staff from each Faculty.

Students who nominated Helen said:

“Helen works so hard to organise teaching sessions every Monday for the nursing students who are on placement. She has ensured that all of them are dynamic and easy to process. She is the most approachable and empathetic lecturer I have met on the course and I really believe that she deserves to be recognised for all her efforts.”

"Helen's practice is the very embodiment of empowering and supportive teaching. In her role as lead clinical tutor for student nurses based at the NHS Foundation trust Kings College Hospital, Helen consistently demonstrates a very ‘open door' policy, and is always there going the extra mile for her students. Helen responds very quickly and gives thorough considered answers/solutions to questions/issues raised. Furthermore, she has built a superb clinical teaching programme at the hospital, facilitating teaching from CNS's in a wide range of areas of expertise to student nurses. Finally, Helen's co-run teaching podcast 'Research Roundup' is both informative and relevant.”

A delighted Helen said: “I am so excited to receive this award and want to thank my students who make my job so enjoyable.”

Angela Parry, Director of Clinical Education said “Helen joined the Faculty in 2013 from clinical practice, and quickly established herself as an integral member of the clinical teaching team, and the Faculty. Helen’s role is to support adult nursing students undertaking their clinical practice at King’s College Hospital, and all nursing and midwifery students when learning their clinical skills in the simulated environments. She is industrious and innovative in her work, with the interests of students clearly in her sights at all times.  Helen exemplifies the qualities of a good nurse and a good teacher which makes her an outstanding resource to students, a great role model and an asset to the Faculty.”

Each Faculty may award £1,000 for teaching excellence to an individual or split amongst two or more individuals. All awarded lecturers received a certificate of nomination with a quote from students about what makes them so excellent.

Congratulations, Helen.