We have much to do, including expanding our educational offering, developing professional guidance and clinical standards, supporting our members along their career pathways, promoting quality and best practice in clinical cardiac science both within and outside our profession and ensuring that the voice of members is heard. I hope you will afford me the chance to continue to contribute to the society.

I currently manage the cathlabs within the Belfast trust, which consists of 7 labs, performing a wide range of complex procedures and am supported by a great and diverse team.

I have a keen interest in education which has pushed me to organise educational evenings over a number of years for the multidisciplinary team within Cardiology. I have held training days to support Physiologists from across N. Ireland who are undertaking their BHRS exams. In 2022 I was given the opportunity to become a lecturer to the Physiology students at the University of Ulster and along with my colleagues in the other trusts have been working towards relaunching the SCST NI regional group to further promote the society on a local level.

With a background in education and a keen interest in the profession I feel I have the support of colleagues within NI which will aid me in this role.
If I were to be successful in this nomination, I would plan to further promote the SCST as a professional group locally and national.

I have been a SCST member since 2011 after completing my Proficiency in Electrocardiography.  I am a highly motivated person and very passionate with a lot of skills to offer. I am dedicated and reliable and will willingly take on tasks that I feel competent in without prompting. On tasks I am unfamiliar with I will take the sensible option and ask for guidance. I can use my own initiative to take charge of a situation when needed but am also willing to follow instructions when needed. I work well as a team member and alone. I am thorough in my work and will keep working steadfastly even under pressure, whilst maintaining a confident, polite, and friendly manner.

I have always been an advocate in promoting our profession and believe I have lots to offer to improve our workforce.

In 2019 SCST Update Meeting I contributed and initiated the Poster Presentation for Cardiac Physiologist and to also to my surprise I was awarded the Rising Star Award which I am living up to with a rewarding career so far.

My sports cardiology interest is strongly link with my England Beach Director Referee Role.

I have had the privilege of working as a Principal Physiologist, leading a team within a successful department, and as a Trust Lead Healthcare Scientist, contributing to both local and regional projects. I have a strong background in teaching and training within Cardiology, and currently work as an associate lecturer at Newcastle University, teaching on the STP and Echo Diploma courses. I have also been a Trustee and Director of a national Cardiac charity, Little Hearts Matter.

Whilst I enjoy the opportunities to make a difference to staff and patients at a local and regional level, I now wish to pursue a national role to represent the profession and contribute to the various projects of the SCST, supporting and leading Cardiac Scientists/Physiologists across the country. I feel that my experience and skills can contribute to the SCSTs aims of ensuring the highest standards of practice and professional conduct across it’s membership, and I would relish the opportunity to join the SCST Board.

I am also active in promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion, particularly for LGBTQIA+ individuals and those with invisible disabilities.

I am currently Vice-President of the SCST council and have led several projects, including registering the SCST logo as a trademark, “SCST – The Professional Body for Cardiac Scientists,” to strengthen our recognition as scientists. I also worked as part of a team re-drafting and ratifying our new Articles of Association to modernise our operations as well as amend our legal name. If re-elected, I aspire to continue the second phase of these works – the creation of the society’s ‘Rules, Regulations and Codes of Conduct.’ I also plan to work with colleagues to develop a research committee to support cardiac scientist-led research.

My overall goal is to elevate the profile of cardiac scientists, associate practitioners, and cardiographers by highlighting our important role in patient care, diagnostics, intervention, therapeutics, and healthcare more generally.

I will be completing the HSST programme in the next 12 months, so come forward with experience working in different roles within the profession, right up to stepping into a Consultant Clinical Scientist role. I am passionate about expanding the scope of practice of Cardiac Scientists, alongside delivery of quality education and training. The SCST is in a unique position, representing and uniting the Cardiac Science workforce as the professional body, it is the independent voice for the profession, at a time when exciting changes are coming. A lot of the work is understated and we have the opportunity to bring our professionals together and make a stand for the changes we want profession wide, no matter what the specialism. I want the SCST to showcase the great work going on nationally, giving our workforce the voice in these changes and being a professional body that delivers for its members.

With the society I have recently joined the education committee and still finding my feet there and I have ingrained the preceptorship program within our service which our graduates have found very beneficial.

As for the society aspirations I would like to support and enhance our standards and guidelines, encouraging and supporting the need for equivalence. Promoting the latest developments within cardiac science and developing skill sets within cardiac physiology as well as promoting our career on as many platforms as we can to show aspiring scientists another option in healthcare. I am passionate about continued professional development and how failing to do so can impact our patients / service users as well as maintaining our skills especially performing ECGs and interpretation. In that it shouldn’t be a tick box exercise to move along to the next part of cardiac investigations but ingrained in all the work we do. I have been involved in all areas of training from assistant technical officers to consultants, PTP and STP students.