Professional profile
Senior Registered Nurse and Clinical Governance Leader with over 10 years of progressive experience across acute, community and system‑level healthcare environments in the UK and Nigeria. Blends frontline clinical expertise in adult nursing, paediatric care and midwifery exposure with strategic oversight in governance, quality assurance, risk management and public health. Recognised for translating regulatory standards into practical systems that strengthen patient safety, clinical effectiveness and workforce resilience. Fellow of NHS England and qualified Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA), committed to restorative leadership and evidence‑based service improvement.
Clinical governance
Quality improvement
Risk registers
Incidents & complaints learning
Assurance reporting
Public health perspective
Core competencies
Clinical & patient care
- Adult Nursing • acute care • community nursing
- Paediatric care • safeguarding
- Documentation standards and escalation
- Safe remote care principles (telehealth readiness)
Governance, quality & risk
- Divisional assurance • governance frameworks
- Audit design • KPI monitoring • compliance tracking
- Incident investigation • complaints learning
- Risk assessments • mitigation planning • risk registers
Professional experience
Governance Lead (CHIC)
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (ESHT) · UK
Jun 2025 – Present
- Leads divisional clinical quality, governance and risk agenda ensuring regulatory alignment and safe service delivery.
- Develops structured assurance reports and performance dashboards for senior leadership review.
- Oversees risk register management including grading, mitigation tracking and escalation processes.
- Facilitates serious incident investigations and complaint reviews embedding organisational learning.
- Chairs governance meetings ensuring actions are tracked, evidenced and completed.
- Coordinates Information Governance compliance including FOI requests and data protection standards.
- Supports compliance with Health & Safety regulations, CAS alerts and fire safety requirements.
Quality Improvement Lead
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (ESHT) · UK
Nov 2023 – Jun 2025
- Led cross‑functional quality improvement initiatives targeting patient safety, documentation compliance and service effectiveness.
- Designed audit frameworks to monitor adherence to national and local standards.
- Analysed incident trends and service performance data to develop targeted improvement strategies.
- Supported clinical teams in implementing measurable, sustainable change.
Charge Nurse
UK healthcare settings
Apr 2022 – Nov 2023
- Managed ward‑level clinical operations ensuring safe staffing and patient flow.
- Delivered hands‑on adult nursing care including medication administration, clinical assessments and escalation of deteriorating patients.
- Supervised and mentored nursing staff, supporting professional development and adherence to care standards.
- Ensured safeguarding, infection prevention and documentation compliance.
Registered Nurse — Acute & Community (Adult & Paediatric)
UK & Nigeria
2015 – Apr 2022
- Delivered comprehensive adult nursing care in acute hospital settings including medical‑surgical wards.
- Provided paediatric nursing support in community and hospital environments.
- Participated in midwifery‑related care during early professional practice in Nigeria, supporting antenatal and postnatal patient pathways.
- Managed complex patient caseloads across diverse clinical presentations.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate discharge planning and community follow‑up care.
- Promoted patient education, safeguarding and infection prevention best practices.
Professional impact & leadership highlights
- Strengthened governance structures improving quality assurance visibility and compliance readiness.
- Enhanced incident learning processes reducing recurrence risks through structured feedback mechanisms.
- Bridged frontline adult and paediatric clinical practice with strategic governance oversight.
- Integrated restorative practice into workforce support frameworks.
- Applied a public health perspective to system‑wide improvement initiatives.
Education & professional development
- MSc Public Health — Liverpool John Moores University
- Bachelor of Nursing Science (BNSc) — University of Jos
- Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA) — Anglia Ruskin University
- Fellow — NHS England
Professional registration & affiliations
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) — Registered Nurse
- Fellow — NHS England
References: Available upon request