Appointed: August 2021 (as CNO in July 2023)
Lisa joined Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust in May 2021, initially as interim Deputy Director of Nursing, and was appointed as Director of Nursing in August 2021 and Chief Nursing Officer in July 2023.
She qualified in 1990 as a Registered Nurse and her clinical career has focused in the specialities of Acute Medicine and Urgent and Emergency Care. With a master’s in Advanced Practice, Lisa was one of the first Consultant Nurses in Acute Medicine in the country and her book Acute Medicine: A Handbook for Nurse Practitioners was published in 2007. She has held regional roles as the Clinical Lead for Urgent and Emergency Care in the West Midlands and led the development of quality standards for the whole of the urgent and emergency care pathway including acute medical and surgical units as clinical lead for the West Midlands Quality Review Service. These standards were adopted by the Society for Acute Medicine and College of Emergency Medicine for national use.
She has extensive senior Nursing operational and leadership experience in both the NHS and independent sector and, prior to returning to the NHS in 2020, she was Director of Nursing and AHPs for Circle Health Group.
Lisa is the Trust’s Director of Infection Prevention and Control, Executive Lead for Safeguarding and the Executive Maternity Safety Champion.