ABOUT ME

From a very young age I recognised my passion and desire in helping others. It seemed the most natural thing to do and I found supporting others very rewarding. After starting a family, the vocation of midwifery called upon me.

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I commenced my midwifery studies in 1999 and upon qualification secured a post in a busy inner-city midwifery unit as a rotational midwife. My passion lay within labour ward, caring for women who presented with complexities but also gave care to those women labouring within the midwife led unit. After 5 years of working within the hospital, my career path changed, and I began practising as a community midwife. This role led onto me securing a secondment for a specialist midwife role in teenage pregnancy where I gained a vast amount of experience within safeguarding.

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After 12 years of working for the same NHS organisation, I moved NHS trust and became an antenatal/postnatal ward manager. Within this same organisation I was appointed the role of maternity matron and gained a wealth of understanding with regards to leadership, staff management, project management, clinical governance, audit, change implementation and trust guidelines.

 

I became a Lecturer in Midwifery in 2017 and I was registered as a Midwifery Teacher on the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register in 2018. Within that same year, I became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I was also a Supervisor of Midwives (a role that no longer exists within midwifery) but felt the need to complete a bridging course to acquire the certification as a Professional Midwifery Advocate. Within this role I support student midwives undertaking the midwifery programme to enable sourcing solutions to both their personal and professional problems. I facilitate restorative supervision sessions which enhances their resilience in both the academic and practical setting.

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Within my role as a Professional Midwifery Advocate and as a Senior Lecturer in midwifery, I have gained a vast amount of experience in restorative supervision and am passionate about supporting others to aid with achieving their goals. I recognised that I was able to develop resilience in others and empower people to achieve. I felt that my skills could be extended further and decided to undertake a post graduate certificate in Coaching and Mentoring for which I was awarded a Distinction. These additional skills complimented my role as a Professional Midwifery Advocate and in time I felt that my skill set could be applied to not only supporting student midwives, midwives and nurses within the NHS but also outside of the NHS and university setting. 

 

My skill set can transform my clients thought process and enable self-awareness and eagerness to re-energise, change and flourish using positive thinking strategies and techniques. I am proud of my achievements and feel a sense of self satisfaction and pride when my clients achieve their goals.
I continue to work as a Senior Lecturer in Midwifery and support student midwives at the university with restorative clinical supervision sessions. Additionally, I continue to provide coaching workshops and one to one sessions to midwives and nurses who work within the NHS as well as facilitating coaching sessions for my other clients. The coaching work I facilitated at a London based maternity unit was presented at a national conference and additionally the findings supported my thesis.
 
I ensure that I keep myself updated with professional development in both midwifery and coaching practice and am registered as a professional coach with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC).

 

For leisure I enjoy long walks and have a passion for running. I feel that running aids with me processing and compartmentalising any issues or stress related thoughts that may cause anxiety. My parents have been influential, constant and supportive and their unconditional love fuels my desire to be a better version of myself. I am a proud mother to 6 wonderful grown-up children, four that I grew myself and 2 stepdaughters. I have 5 grandchildren who melt my heart and a wonderful supportive husband who without, none of this would have been possible.