TVS Trustee Bio Single Pages - Revised September 2018

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Trustee Biographies Ray Samuriwo, Chair Trustee since 2014

Dr Ray Samuriwo is based at the School of Healthcare Sciences, and the Wales Centre for Evidence Based Care (WCEBC) all at Cardiff University.

Ray’s research and teaching focuses on decision making and evidence based health and social care.

He has an emerging national and international research profile. Ray’s main research interests relate to decision making, wound healing, organisational studies, supportive care and evidence synthesis.

Ray has a number of ongoing wound healing and decision making research projects with colleagues from the UK and beyond.

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Linda Primmer, Vice Chair Trustee since 2014

Linda is Community Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist for Edinburgh, East & Midlothian Health & Social Care Partnerships in NHS Lothian.

Her nursing career, spanning more than 30 years, has been focused on Tissue Viability for the past 20 years and wound healing, burns and plastics nursing for the remainder of that time. Her experience has been gained within regional centres throughout the UK and Saudi Arabia.

Whilst in Saudi she developed and implemented the role of Clinical Resource Nurse for Skin and Wound Care in a major trauma hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. During this time, she was a member of the TVS and attended the conference in Blackpool.

On returning to the UK she became a Tissue Viability Lecturer Practitioner for East Anglia University and Kings Lynn/Wisbech Hospital NHS Trust.

Since 2004 she has been the Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist for Edinburgh, East and Midlothian Health & Social Care Partnerships. Linda has been a former Chair & active committee member of The National Association of Tissue Viability Nurse Specialists Scotland.

Linda has obtained MSC Advancing Practice in Tissue Viability (2009).

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Una Adderley Trustee since 2015

Dr Una Adderley is a Lecturer in Community Nursing at the University of Leeds. Her research interests are around the management of chronic wounds, especially leg ulceration and fungating malignant wounds.

Una has worked collaboratively with other organisations to develop and undertake several large HTA funded randomised controlled trials into interventions to promote healing in venous leg ulceration and has authored and contributed to several Cochrane reviews into treatments for chronic wounds. Her doctoral work researched the judgement and decision making of community nurses for managing venous leg ulceration and she is currently seeking to develop this line of investigation.

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Tina Chambers Trustee since 2012

Tina has worked in a variety of clinical areas since qualifying including surgical, medical, intensive care, primary care, elderly care and rehabilitation. She has a BSc (hons) in Specialist Nursing Practice (Tissue Viability) and is currently practicing as an independent Tissue Viability Consultant; prior to this she was a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Tissue Viability in the NHS for 17 years. Tina has 12 years’ experience of community and mental health in addition to the acute issues of Tissue Viability.

Currently Tina is proud to be working with the Tissue Viability team in Solent NHS Trust and is an active member of local formulary and pressure ulcer strategy groups in Hampshire. She has worked with NHSI in the Stop the Pressure Programme as a member of the steering group and chair for the Definitions and Terminology in Pressure Ulcers Work Stream and looks forward to contributing to the National Wounds Strategy She has been a member of the Tissue Viability Society for 29 years and is a past Chair and Vice Chair of the Society.

Tina has a keen interest in sharing and developing best practice in order to improve patient safety. Tina believes in keeping things simple and practical. She has sought to find answers as to “the who” and “the why” decisions are made and this has led to an interest in the politics of wound care. She has worked with commissioner groups, strategic health authorities and the Department of Health in order to raise awareness of Tissue Viability and to improve communications between these organisations and Tissue Viability practitioners.

Email: tina@tinachambers.co.uk

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Trustee Biographies Sarah Gardner Trustee since 2016

After working for 18 years as a community nurse, community practice teacher and clinical development lead, Sarah now leads a specialist community Tissue Viability team which aims to support clinicians in both the prevention and management of complex wounds in order to improve patient related outcomes. She feels strongly that it is only through good education, a nurturing culture and strong clinical leadership that this can be achieved.

Sarah has a particular interest in leg ulcer management and has been fortunate to win a nurse of the year award (trust specific) and a JWC award for her work on venous leg ulcer pathways. She is also very interested in the topic of patient ‘non-concordance’ and supports clinicians in using motivational interviewing in their assessments in order to enhance partnership working with the patient.

She has a wealth of clinical leadership experience and knowledge of how community services work. She has project management experience and works well with others to achieve successful outcomes as well as regularly delivering educational programmes.

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Jemell Geraghty DHRes, MSc, BN, RGN Trustee since 2016

Jemell is Lead Nurse in Tissue Viability at the Royal Free London, NHS Foundation Trust in Hampstead, having worked there for the last 11 years.

Recently awarded a Professional Doctorate in Health Research (DHRes) from the University of Hertfordshire, thesis titled: “Exploring the experience of injecting drug users living with leg ulceration, a qualitative design using diaries and semi-structured interviews by process of narrative inquiry”.

Jemell completed her Adult Nurse training at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, followed by a Bachelor of Nursing Degree at the University of Dundee. She attended the University of Hertfordshire where she completed an MSc Advancing Practice in Tissue Viability in 2008.

From 2011–12 Jemell led the tissue viability and leg ulcer modules at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Kings College London and continues to visit there.

Clinically, Jemell leads a team of specialist nurses in a large teaching hospital that focus on a number of wound referring specialties including: Intensive care, Transplantation, Dermatology & Rheumatology, Older Adult Medicine, Oncology, Pediatrics & Emergency Care. Jemell is passionate about raising the profile of research in nursing practice and understanding the experience of both clinician and patient in wound care.

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David Hibbitt MSc, DipM, MCIM, Chartered Marketer Trustee since 2018

David is passionate about wounds, clinicians and patient outcomes. He started his career working for 12 years within the NHS and then moved into industry.

He has extensive experience at differing levels within sales and marketing, at a UK, EU and Global level, with the last 18 years working with a high focus on wound healing. He is currently the Global Marketing Manager for Advanced Medical Solutions, responsible for the ActivHeal brand.

Board experience includes: Tissue Viability Society (under the Chairmanship of Prof Mike Clark and Prof Jane Nixon), Vice Chair of Barnsley Hospice since 2010, Trustee of the Lindsay Leg Club Foundation and previously a School Governor. He holds an MSc in Marketing Management, as well as being a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

He has a thorough understanding of the UK wound care market and has worked as part of the Eucomed/ EWMA Patient Outcome Group, promoting wound care at an EU and country level.

Tel: 07792 093066 Email: david.hibbitt@admedsol.com

Heidi Sandoz (formerly Heidi Guy) Trustee since 2011 and previous Chair

Heidi is Tissue Viability Services Lead, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. Previous to this, she was Lead Nurse for Wound Care at Accelerate CIC and Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust and, since July 2010, has been an Honorary Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire.

Her passion for Tissue Viability began in 1987 when she first became interested in pressure ulcers.

She has been a member of the Tissue Viability Society since 1988 and a Trustee since 2011. Heidi has a particular interest in pressure ulcers and has published several articles in nursing journals. She also greatly enjoys delivering education in Tissue Viability.

Email: h.sandoz@herts.ac.uk

Twitter: @HeidiSandoz

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Trustee Biographies Fran Spratt Trustee since 2014

Having been nursing for 20+ years, with a career mostly within the acute environment.

Fran obtained an MSC in Advanced Practice - Tissue Viability from Hertfordshire University in 2011. She is the Lead Nurse for tissue Viability within a large acute hospital.

Her primary focus is to ensure that any patient with a wound has both the best possible management but also experience, which in a hospital setting can be a challenge.

When starting out in Tissue Viability in 2008, she found the TVS an invaluable source of information and support and wants to give something back and help continue this excellent work providing an accessible forum to share good practice.

She has an appreciation of current issues and a passion to improve the profile of the speciality and the overall management of wounds to ultimately improve the quality of care provided to patients.

She has a special interest in Surgical wounds and the long term issues these often cause for many patients.

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Julie Sturges Trustee since 2014

Julie currently works as the Clinical Lead for Tissue Viability at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, which is an integrated trust.

She has spent many years working in the field of burns and plastic surgery and moved into Tissue Viability 15 years ago. Having completed her BSc in Tissue Viability and the NHS Post Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Leadership she is now undertaking her masters degree at Oxford Brookes University.

Julie has a special interest in the prevention of pressure ulcers and has worked on this with both the Oxford AHSN and NHS England and also clinical procurement particularly products related to Tissue Viability. She is also a member of The European Wound Management Association (EWMA).

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Nikki Stubbs, Treasurer Trustee since 2017

Nikki has spent most of her career working in community settings. As a District Nurse, Nikki developed her love for wound care and became a Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist in 2000. Having completed her MSc in Evidence Based Practice in 2005 Nikki’s interest in wound care research began. This led to the establishment of the first nurse led wounds research team in the UK. Nikki collaborates with a number of Universities, recruiting to clinical trials and supporting the embedding of research evidence into practice.

In 2018 Nikki took up an Interim Professional Lead for Nursing and continues to champion all things wound care in this new role.

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Joanna Swan Trustee since 2018

Jo qualified as an RN in 1994 and worked in liver surgery, medicine and intensive care. Wanting to further expand her skills she moved into general intensive care and, due to her interest in wound management, became the tissue viability link nurse. Jo completed her BSc (Hons) in nursing and gained a critical care outreach and acute pain management post which expanded her knowledge and skills and an ability to work with a variety of ward staff and members of the multidisciplinary team across a large University hospital. These skills were instrumental in Jo successfully gaining a Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse post in 2006 and, subsequently the Lead Tissue Viability Nurse job in 2008. She is now coming to the end of her MSc in tissue repair and wound healing from the University of Cardiff.

Jo has a passion for empowering patients to be involved in their care and in wound prevention. She has a particular interest in pressure ulcers and prevention of surgical site infection.

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Trustee Biographies Gill Sykes

Trustee since 2016 Gill has over 30 years of experience as a specialist podiatrist, working to develop close links with the multidisciplinary team, Ion Wound Management. Her main role is with vascular and critically high-risk patients, taking part in joint clinics where she works alongside a vascular consultant with a particular interest in Tissue Viability, an orthotist and an amputee team.

Gill also undertakes the measurement and fitting of prescription orthopaedic footwear in order to address the long-term prevention of re-ulceration.

Much of her work is in co-ordinating care for patients with foot wounds, working closely with district nursing teams in order to provide a seamless journey for the patient between secondary and primary care.

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Connie Traynor Trustee since 2017

Connie has long had an interest in tissue viability and wound repair.

She completed an MSc in Wound Healing and Tissue Repair at Cardiff University. She has worked as a Plastics and Tissue Viability Nurse for 10 years.

Her current role as a Clinical Services Manager is within the Independent Sector, BMI Ross hall Hospital in Glasgow. In this role she works closely with Plastics and Tissue Viability to care for patients when complications arise. She takes a proactive role in education having developed and adapted sessions to meet the needs of her colleagues.

As a member of The National Association of Tissue Viability Nurse Scotland (NATVNS) Connie has undertaken numerous roles within the group including the Chair.

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Pauline Vyse Trustee since 2016

Pauline is a Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist at West Hertfordshire NHS Trust. Qualifying as a Registered Nurse in 1996, Pauline’s first appointment was in a nurse-led unit in East London where she quickly developed a passion for Tissue Viability.

After broadening her experience in nursing and Tissue Viability in a variety of clinical areas, Pauline became a Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist in 2000, moving to her current position in 2003. In 2009 she completed her MSc in Advancing Practice – Tissue Viability, undertaking project work looking at the development of RCAs for pressure ulcers.

Pauline’s special interests are pressure ulcer, larval therapy and topical negative pressure therapy.

Pauline has been a TVS member for 22 years and this is my second tenure as a Trustee as she enjoys the role so much.

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Sarah Westcott Trustee since 2018

Sarah has 30 years’ experience both as a general nurse and in paediatric nursing, working in neurosciences and subsequently brain injury services before moving into health education and managing adult complex community care services.

Now working for industry as National Clinical Services Manager for Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare PAC Division, she is passionate about training, education and the impact that it can have on patient experience and outcomes.

With a keen interest in the promotion of knowledge and understanding in acute, long term and community care settings she facilitates RCN workshops to engage the wider clinical community in Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management awareness, promoting the importance of pressure ulcer education within workforce development strategies and has developed an equipment selection audit tool to assist clinical teams to assess the impact of PAC equipment prescription on patients’ long term wellbeing in the community.

“Becoming a TVS trustee is a really worthwhile experience and I hope I can encourage others to get involved in such a valuable and respected organisation.”

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Trustee Biographies Kate Williams Trustee since 2018

Kate is a Wound Clinical Nurse Specialist with Leeds Community Healthcare Trust. She qualified in 1998 with a BSc (Hons) in nursing from Leeds Metropolitan University.

Kate worked in plastics in central London before moving into community nursing.

Kate has worked in community tissue viability since 2004, working in London, Mid Wales, Bradford and now Leeds.

Kate’s particular interest is education and training and aims to up-skill and empower community nurses within the field of tissue viabilty.

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