Highway to Health - Flipbook - Page 16
Louise
Lead Nurse for Stroke, East Kent
Hospitals / Clinical Lead for Stroke,
Kent and Medway Integrated Stroke
Delivery Network.
WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE AT AGE 15?
I wanted to become a teacher!
WHAT IS YOUR CAREER NOW?
I am a Stroke Nurse.
HOW IS YOUR CAREER
CONNECTED TO HEALTH?
I have worked in Stroke Care for nearly 20 years,
across a number of roles from Staff Nurse to my
current Lead Nurse role. In my Lead Nurse role, I
provide nursing leadership to the stroke nursing team,
working as part of the wider stroke leadership team
to ensure our service runs smoothly and provides a
good standard of specialist care to our patients and
their families.
I also work as Stroke Clinical Lead for Kent
and Medway, supporting regional stroke service
transformation. This role provides clinical leadership
to development of future services and pathways, to
provide consistent and sustainable high quality care to
stroke survivors across the county.
FUN FACT ABOUT YOUR JOB
Working in Stroke Care is the best job in the world!
Fact!
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