West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust is calling for nominations for its annual Celebrating Excellence Staff Awards which aim to shine a light on a member of staff, or a team, who does an incredible job and goes above and beyond the call of duty.

Any of the trust's 4,500 staff can be nominated, as well as their volunteers and contractors, such as catering and security teams. The categories for the annual awards are:

• Award of excellence for the midwife of the year

• Award of excellence for the nurse of the year

• Award of excellence for the doctor of the year

• Award of excellence for the healthcare/support worker of the year

• Award of excellence for the non-clinical staff member of the year

• Award of excellence for the team of the year

• Award of excellence for the volunteer of the year

• Award of excellence for improving the patient experience

• Chair’s award for excellence (selected from the monthly award winners)

Nominations can come from patients, staff, visitors, carers or one of the trust's partners.

All nominations received will be judged by a panel made up of the medical director, chief nurse, chair of the Patients Panel, staffside chair, director of workforce and director of communications.

The judges will be looking for efforts which reflect the trust's values, a positive outcome for patients, visitors or colleagues and a consistently high quality of service/performance.

In addition they want to see an effort and dedication that goes above and beyond their usual job role.

The nomination form can be found at www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/award/annualawards.asp and the closing date for all nominations is July 17, 2015.