TVS - TRUSTEE BIOS 2020 LOW RES SPREADS

Trustee Biographies
Coopted Trustee Biographies
Gill Sykes
Trustee since 2016
Gill has over 30 years of experience as a specialist podiatrist, working
to develop close links with the multidisciplinary team, Ion Wound
Management. Her main role is with vascular and critically high-risk
patients, taking part in joint clinics where she works alongside a vascular
consultant with a particular interest in tissue viability, an orthotist and an
amputee team.
Gill also undertakes the measurement and fitting of prescription
orthopaedic footwear in order to address the long-term prevention of
re-ulceration.
Much of her work is in co-ordinating care for patients with foot wounds,
working closely with district nursing teams in order to provide a seamless
journey for the patient between secondary and primary care.
Connie Traynor
Trustee since 2017
Connie has long had an interest in tissue viability and wound repair.
She completed an MSc in Wound Healing and Tissue Repair at Cardiff
University. She has worked as a Plastics and Tissue Viability Nurse for 10
years.
Her current role as a Clinical Services Manager is within the Independent
Sector, BMI Ross hall Hospital in Glasgow. In this role she works closely
with Plastics and Tissue Viability to care for patients when complications
arise. She takes a proactive role in education having developed and
adapted sessions to meet the needs of her colleagues.
As a member of The National Association of Tissue Viability Nurse
Scotland (NATVNS) Connie has undertaken numerous roles within the
group including the Chair.
Kate Williams
Trustee since 2018
Kate is a Wound Clinical Nurse Specialist with Leeds Community
Healthcare Trust. She qualified in 1998 with a BSc (Hons) in nursing from
Leeds Metropolitan University.
Kate worked in plastics in central London before moving into community
nursing.
Kate has worked in community tissue viability since 2004, working in
London, Mid Wales, Bradford and now Leeds.
Kate’s particular interest is in education and training,aiming to
up-skill and empower community nurses within the field of tissue viabilty.
Clare Greenwood
Clare has worked as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in tissue viability at Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for the last 10 years. Prior to that she worked
as a specialist in Negative Pressure Wound Therapy and as a Staff Nurse
in colorectal surgery.
She has an MSc in Nursing and a PGCert in Tissue Viability and is
currently completing her PhD at the University of Leeds. Her research
is looking in to how both Tissue Viability Nurses and nursing staff use
devices in clinical practice for the prevention of heel pressure ulcers.
The results of this research will not only inform practice but could also
influence future clinical trial design.
Clare is passionate about promoting nurse-led research, as well as
pressure ulcer prevention and the management of complex surgical
wounds.
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