Panel discussion: Will ISC remain ‘gold standard practice’ post- pandemic

One of Kay's responsibilities is to transform and innovate the urology multidisciplinary nursing work force. Kay has fulfilled several urological senior nurse leadership posts working within the NHS acute hospital setting in the UK for over 38 years. This rich experience has culminated into a creative visionary valued skill set, transforming empowered multidisciplinary nursing roles whilst building urological nurse led services. Services that are designed to enhance our patient pathways whilst future proofing pertinent health care  for our patient population.

Kay's principle philosophy has sustained a virtuous leadership style that harnesses and empowers nursing talent whilst building multifaceted effective nursing teams. Respecting the human factor elements that influence the delivery of pertinent timely patient care, has played a key role when seeking to evaluate several of the innovations she has been responsible for. One example can be found in a recent national publication of the NHS GIRFT report “Getting It Right First Time” which and recognises and values the design and implementation of a new innovative Nurse Led Urological Ambulatory service.

Julie currently works in benign Urology, leading a team of nine. She is an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner having worked in emergency care before Urology. Her expertise is principally voiding dysfunction and detrusor overactivity, and she delivers a sacral neuromodulation service, implanting the nerve stimulation devices autonomously. Her aims are to provide evidence-based patient focused care, in a timely manner with care and kindness. Julie's publications can be sourced on Pubmed.