Patient Safety Lead Older People and Falls
NHS England
Country:
United Kingdom
About Julie Windsor:
I qualified as an nurse in 1988 with a career path entirely within older person’s services spanning primary, secondary and intermediate care and has been involved in developing falls services since 1996. Until recently i worked as a clinical nurse specialist for falls in a large acute trust responsible for the design, development and delivery of a trust wide inpatient falls strategy whilst ensuring quality improvements to the care of this patient group.
My current appointment, which i took up on 3rd Feb 2014, is to support the NHS England Patient Safety National Advice & Guidance Team by providing patient safety incident reporting intelligence, clinical and professional information, knowledge, advice and guidance. Additionally, the role creates the opportunity to provide specialist support to internal and external stakeholders for improvements in relation to all aspects of the healthcare of older people and falls across all care settings.
I am actively involved with falls research and have been clinical advisor to several falls studies collaborating with universities of Portsmouth, Bath and Newcastle, her particular interests are the built environment, bed and bedrail design. I was a steering group member of the successful FallSafe project and a member of the NICE 161 Clinical Guideline Development Group. I’m also a steering group member the National Falls and Fracture Audit Programme (Falls Pathway) and a member of the National Falls & Fracture Alliance Executive Board.
“I am an enthusiastic ambassador for the health service and for older people particularly those at risk of falling, a subject I am passionate about. I am a proactive and experienced manager and clinician and thrilled to be working in NHS England. I like to be creative, innovative and gently challenge more traditional approaches. I am told I do with this good will, humour and a sensitive understanding of those I’m working with”
Being new in post life is hectic but for fun i love to go travelling and camping with my friends in my trusty old camper van.
ProfouND Role:
My particular interests and skills lie within hospital care of older people at risk of falls so would be happy to meet and talk with anyone working in this field.
