Joanne has worked in the NHS since 2009 – beginning her career in administration and clinical support, before qualifying as a registered nurse. She has experience of both operational and quality improvement across a range of NHS services, delivering measurable outcomes in improved patient care. Her immediate priority when she came into post on 1 November 2022 was to continue rebuild the network, looking at collaboration between all services and making connections across the wider system.

Fiona joined the Network as Lead AHP in May 2022. She is an Occupational Therapist at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle Upon Tyne having worked there within Burns for over 25 years. Prior to this, she worked in a variety of Acute, Rehab and Mental Health roles as an OT. For the past 20 years she has worked within the Burns Outreach team with Adults and Paediatrics across the North East and Cumbria. Work interests include scar 
management and burn aftercare with a strong emphasis on MDT working. She is involved with regional teaching, represent the Network and AHPs on national agendas and have contributed in the past and currently to the revised Standards of Physiotherapy 
and Occupational Therapy in the Management of Burn Injured Adults and Children.

Jacky joined the Network as Lead Nurse in August 2023.  She worked in burns at Manchester since 1987 and was the country's first Consultant Nurse. As part of this role she developed the first Burns Outreach Team and the Manchester Burns Course.  Having been the Treasurer of the BBA for a number of years, she then went on to sit on the Burns CRG and laterally Major Trauma and Burns CRG, where she facilitated the development of the CONOPS Burns Annex, the implementation of Burns Incident Response Teams and the Burns Quality Dashboard.  Since “retirement” she has continued to attend national burns meetings including the new burn care standards and burns outcomes meetings.  She also works part of the week on the National Wound Care Strategy leading on surgical wounds and education and workforce.

This position is currently unfilled