Biography

I have extensive experience as a registered nurse, starting at the Christie Hospital in Manchester. Afterwards, I moved into the healthcare industry sector, specialising in wound care as a senior territory manager and then as a product manager in diabetes. I returned to nursing full-time and spent a decade working in the Channel Islands. I gained valuable experience living and working in a very remote location delivering trauma care, minor injuries, outpatient clinics, community nursing, long-term care, acute care, palliative care, and medical evacuations by air for service users for the whole population.

Dementia became my focus as an adult nurse; I wanted to understand individual experiences to provide safe, kind, and effective care to support my patients and families. I commenced degree studies in 2015 and achieved a prestigious new award in Guernsey, which led to a further award from the Royal College of Nursing Foundation to begin postgraduate study in Dementia.

I am a peer reviewer for Sage Publishing, Bloomsbury Publishing, and the Nursing Standard Journal. I specialise in reflection, Dementia, lived experience, ethics and professionalism, well-being, and change management.

 

Qualifications and memberships

  • MSc Dementia Studies - University of Stirling (2021)
  • Post Graduate Certificate Learning and Teaching for Higher Education - University of Cumbria (2020)
  • Post Graduate Certificate in Partnerships in Dementia - University of Derby (2019)
  • BSc Honours Nursing Studies - University of Derby First Class Honours (2018)
  • Vocational Assessor, NVQ- Institute of Health, Guernsey (2011)
  • Registered General Nurse - South Manchester University Hospitals (1991)
  • Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
  • Nursing and Midwifery Council member
  • Royal College of Nursing member

Academic and research interests

  • The Reflective Process and Evidence-Based Practice  
  • Ethics and Professional Values within Nursing
  • Holistic care of the older person
  • Academic writing skills for the pre and post registered nurse

 

Recent external roles

External Examiner - University of Essex