Career profile

What made you decide to be a nurse?

It was a very natural decision for me. Since I was at school I have always wanted to work with children and do something in a caring profession. After weekend work babysitting throughout high school and volunteering at a local Primary School, I realised that children’s nursing was a good fit for me. I applied for a nursing course after completing my A-Levels.

How did you come to be involved with Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity?

I was lucky enough to work with the very first Roald Dahl nurse, Anne Sweeney, when in post at Alder Hey, who introduced me to the charity and the fantastic work they do to support seriously ill children and their families across the UK. However, it wasn’t until five years ago that finally I became a Roald Dahl nurse myself. After my first job I obtained a specialist community public health nursing degree. I then began working as a senior school nurse. In 2012, a position became available for a Roald Dahl specialist epilepsy community nurse within the North-East London Foundation Trust I work for. With my experience in neurology and neurosurgery and as community nurse in a school, I felt I was good fit and excitingly they agreed.