Meet the Team

After qualifying from the University of Birmingham in 1992, I undertook PICU specialist training in Birmingham Leicester, Vancouver, Great Ormond Street Hospital, and finally as Chief Registrar in Melbourne. I started as PICU consultant in Bristol in 2003, being Director from 2007-2012, and then leading on the development of High Dependency in the hospital. From 2012-2016, I was a member of the NHSE Paediatric Intensive Care Clinical Reference Group, and in 2020, I was appointed chair. From 2011 to 2020, I was the Chair of the PICANet Clinical Advisory Group, and I have recently been appointed as Chair of the BPSU Scientific Committee. I am also a member of the SPOT (National PEWS) Oversight Group and the ALSG Advanced Paediatric Life Support Working Group.

Having completed the National Graduate Development Programme in 2007 I worked as a Planning and Commissioning Manager in Adult Social Care undertaking service planning, performance reviews and commissioning across a range of service areas including domiciliary care and care homes.  My first NHS role was as Service Improvement Manager for NHS North Somerset where I was responsible for a number of community services including lymphoedema, continence & enuresis and the community learning disability team.  I joined Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group as Programme Manager for Partnerships and then Performance Improvement Manager for Planned Care – during this time I also gained my MSc in Public Leadership and Management from Warwick Business School in 2015.  In my last role I was Assistant General Manager for Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre.  I joined the SW PCC ODN team in April 2024.

I qualified as an adult nurse with a degree in nursing from the University of Surrey in 1989 and initially worked in the specialties of cardiac surgery and cardiology. Travel plans moved me to Sydney for  five years and an opportunity to nurse on PICU and complete my Masters of  Health Personnel Education at the University of New South Wales. I came back to Bristol in 1996, joined the PICU nursing team at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (BRHC) and gained my children's nurse qualification. Specialising in paediatric critical care, I have subsequently enjoyed various roles in outreach, education, audit and research in the clinical setting at BRHC.  I joined the ODN team as Lead Nurse in March 2021.

I started my career in the NHS in 2018, working as an administrator in the Neurosurgical Pre-assessment Lounge for King's College Hospital. After taking a career break to pursue independent travel across Southeast Asia, I moved to Bristol where I worked for the National Blood and Transplant Service for three years before joining North Bristol Trust to start a joint position as an MDT Co-ordinator for the Spinal unit, as well as the Network Co-ordinator for the Severn Spinal Regional Network. I began my current role as Support Manager for the South West Paediatric Critical Care Network in August 2023 on a fixed term contract until being made permanent in August 2024. I also support the South West Surgery in Children Network.

I qualified as a Physiotherapist from Sheffield Hallam University in 2005 and specialised in Paediatrics, working in PICU/NICU at Oxford Children's Hospital. I moved to the Children's Hospital for Wales to take up the role as Physio Team Lead for PICU and Acute Respiratory in 2011, subsequently becoming Clinical Lead for the Paediatric physiotherapy team in 2015, before moving to the Royal London Hospital in 2023. Throughout my career, I have worked across all areas of physiotherapy in the acute setting, managing patients on PICU,NICU, HDU, wards and LTV. I have been involved in teaching and education and as a guest lecturer at undergraduate and post graduate level for physiotherapists and nurses. I also have a degree in Psychology and completed my MSc in Advanced Practice in January 2023. I have been part of the SW PCC ODN team since October 2023.