·          BSc (First Class Hons) in Occupational Health Nursing (Specialist Community Public Health Nursing

·          Cardiff University Bond Solon Civil Expert Certificate

·          UKAS accreditation ISO_15189

·          Certificate with Distinction in Managing Occupational Health Services

·          Member of the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC)

·          Member of the Society of Occupational Health Medicine

·          Member of The Commercial Occupational Health Providers Association (COPHA)

·          Fellow of The Queen’s Nursing Institute

·          Fellow of the royal Society for Public Health (RSPH)

·          A member of the Faculty of Occupational Health Nurse Practitioners (FOHN)

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I am a highly respected and experienced specialist public health community nurse with over 30 years of nursing practice, specialising in occupational health nursing since 2009.  I am an expert invocational rehabilitation and workplace health management.

I have over 15 years of preparing medico-legal and expert witness reports for the Courts, covering all aspects of personal injury and Occupational Health. I understand my duties under the Civil Procedure Rules pertaining to expert witnesses and Part 35.

I have considerable experience working with public and private sector clients facing complex barriers to employment and am skilled in the following areas:

·          Vocational rehabilitation assessments

·          Evaluation and assessment of work skills and capacities

·          The full remit of occupational health in the workplace

·          Workplace risk assessments including NOISE / HAVS / COSHH

·          Planning and managing complex cases return to work rehabilitation

·          Occupational health physical and mental wellbeing

·          Workplace risk assessments and health surveillance

·          Public health advice in relation to work activities

·          Travel health and occupational immunisation programmes

·          Occupational acquired illness and disease

·          Sickness absence assessments

·          Ergonomic work station assessments

I have worked across a wide range of organisations ranging from NHS wards, nuclear facility sites, marble manufacturers to Formula 1 motor racing.

I have received the honorary title of Queen’s Nurse in recognition of my commitment to public health nursing and innovative practice in the speciality of occupational health.

Through my clinical experiences I have developed a portfolio career which incorporates practitioner work, education, research (including several published papers) and I am clinical director of my own occupational health consultancy.

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