How we were created

Big occupational health providers steer away from the personal bespoke approach to workplace health. I was part of that corporate model and felt like an occupational health nurse robot. I needed to find another outlet to express my passion and add my personal touch to health and wellbeing for businesses. With that in mind, I moved away from being a trapped robot and The SKC Occupational Health Consultancy was born.

We don’t offer corporate off the shelf packages to workplace health just so you can

tick a box to acknowledge regulations are met. 

I trained as a general nurse at St Thomas Hospital London in the early 1990’s. I moved on to specialise as an occupational health, graduating with a first-class honours BSc. registering as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse.

My career portfolio includes vocation case management and sickness absence, wellbeing physical and mental health awareness in the workplace, ergonomic workstation assessments, risk management and health screening as well as health surveillance in relation to workplace chemical and hazards risks. Through my clinical experiences I have developed a portfolio career, which incorporates practitioner work, education, research, and several published papers.

I am experienced in:

• Planning Rehabilitation Programmes to Facilitate Return to Work.
• Conducting Evaluations and Assessments of Work Skills and Capacities.
• Occupational Health physical and mental Wellbeing.
• Workplace Risk Assessments and  Health Surveillance.
• Public health advice in relation to work activities.
• Training and supporting managers manage workplace health.
• Travel Health and occupational immunisation Programmes.
• Signposting employees to specialist support services.

I demonstrate expertise in performing thorough evidence-based practice and research activities.I regularly speak at corporate events and other wellbeing conferences , sharing my passion for workplace health and wellbeing.

I am committed to developing and contributing to community public health strategies delivered in the workplace and was awarded the Queen’s Nurse award in recognition of commitment to high standards of practice and patient-centred care in occupational health.

Personal – I recently temporarily suspended my private occupational health work to return to frontline acute nursing at The John Radcliffe Oxford to assist my NHS colleagues during the Covid-19 pandemic.

I enjoy Yoga, aerobics/fitness, and modern jive. I love to bake and am still learning to play the ukulele!

I completed my general Nurse Training in 1990 at the Foresterhill College of Nursing in Aberdeen. In 1992, after working with Offshore Medical Support, I gained my Occupational Health Nursing degree at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. Initial OH experience was within the oil and gas industries and various offshore support companies as well as food production. Prior to moving abroad to Australia in 1997, I was involved in developing occupational health support at a local college. Time spent in Australia varied between a return to general practice as well as business support advising on travel health, pre-employment screening, and teaching first aid. For the past 20 years, my practice has been eclectic and very varied! From blue-chip companies to local seafood industries, construction to transport, and from further education to haulage.

I am experienced in:
Working closely with companies to assist with workplace risk assessments and to develop and implement health surveillance programmes unique to their needs.

Developing and supporting managers manage workplace health – both physical and mental.

Supporting drug and alcohol testing within the working environment.

Complex case management supporting rehabilitation facilitating return to work, signposting to specialist local support services where required.

Extensive report writing skills

I am a member of several professional bodies, and for the past 2 years have been actively involved with Robert Gordon University as an associate lecturer in the OH degree course, advising mainly in health surveillance and case management/report writing.

I am fortunate to live in a beautiful area in the North East of Scotland and outside of work, I enjoy relaxed walking either at the coast, in the forests, or in the hills with my dog.

I support occupational health management in an administrative capacity with reports and documentation. I have many years of experience in administrative, HR, business and operational roles that have taught me everything from developing happy employees to managing nitty-gritty details of technical projects; the skills to oversee the full set up and integration of new IT systems to proof reading high profile legal documentation. 

I will be your first point of contact when you enquire about our services here at the Hub.

Personal – When not working, you can find me out and about with my  partner and two children, in the garage working on my collection of project cars and socialising with friends and family. I love to bake, listen to music, travel and follow motorsport.