I trained as a Registered General Nurse (RGN) at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and have worked clinically in both the NHS and the private healthcare sector, caring for patients from all specialties during my nursing career.
For most of my career, I specialised in Respiratory and Cardiothoracic Intensive Care and worked for many years as a Sister/Charge Nurse in Cardiac ICU and Surgical High Dependency.
More recently, I worked in conjunction with Scottish Government on several projects for the NHS, implementing those across Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC). I also worked as a senior manager in NHS GGC before retiral (early) and retrained as an accredited psychotherapist.