Oct 20 2022 56 mins
Hello Intrepid Leaders and welcome to series two of what was formally known as the Scholar Spotlight Sessions!
As you can see we have had a re-brand and a change of name!!!
For this first episode we chat with the delightful Greta Westwood. Greta shares her leadership journey with us and talks about the ambitious plans of the Florence Nightingale Foundation
Greta has been the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Florence Nightingale Foundation since September 2019. She joined the Foundation in 2017 as the Chief Operating Officer. Greta is a Registered Nurse and a Florence Nightingale Foundation Alumna (2012 Leadership Scholar). She was a awarded a CBE in the Queen’s 2021 New Year’s Honours for Services to Nursing and Midwifery.
Greta qualified as a nurse in 1983 and a midwife in 1987. She completed an MSc in Health Psychology in 1996 and a PhD in Nursing in 2010. Greta was one of the first genetic counsellors in the UK from 1987-2007.
She held a joint Clinical Academic post with the University of Southampton from 2000-2005. From 2008-2012, she established, and then led, a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Research Network. Greta held a joint post (2012-2017) with a NHS Trust and the University of Southampton as Director of Clinical Academic Practice for the university. She led the university’s clinical academic training programme for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals and was promoted to Professor for this work.
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