Senior Professional Officer
Fiona is a registered midwife working within a senior regional midwifery role in Northern Ireland.
She has a wide professional remit, leading regional projects and initiatives within Midwifery, Education, Children’s Nursing, Safeguarding, Public Health.
Recent projects within her portfolio include the development of the Standards for Maternity Support Workers (2023) and the NI – NMC Post Registration Standards Implementation Project (2022- 2024).
Fiona began her professional career in nursing as a Registered General Nurse before embarking on her midwifery career in 1985. She worked in a wide variety of hospital and community maternity care settings for sixteen years. During this time, she achieved a BSc in Health Studies and an MSc in Health Promotion and completed the Scottish Improvement Leaders Programme (ScIL) in 2021.
Fiona has a keen interest in promoting high quality woman-centred care in maternity services.