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Studied Cardiac Physiology at Addenbrooke and Papworth Hospitals
and worked as a qualified Cardiac Physiologist at Papworth
Hospital.
Sue was heavily involved in the early UK pioneering heart
transplant programme, interventional cardiology investigations and
echocardiography and has extensive experience in the latter
(two/three).
She joined Bristol Royal Infirmary as a Cardiac Physiologist
working with both adult and paediatric patients. Sue recognized the
importance in developing a standalone paediatric cardiac physiology
service and she was instrumental in widening the role of the
paediatric cardiac physiologist in Bristol. Working with children
with congenital heart conditions was a fulfilling role and it
became an area of special interest along with aiding medical supply
companies to develop and test paediatric focused equipment.
Whilst in the role of the Chief Technician responsible for the
paediatric cardiology service in the old Children's Hospital, Sue
recognised that the treatment options for paediatric patients were
becoming more specialised as new procedures and equipment were
developing worldwide in cardiology and that the pace of
developments would continue.
Due to her dedicated commitment, vast knowledge and great
expertise to building an excellent paediatric cardiac service, she
was appointed as the Paediatric Cardiology Service Manager when the
new BRHC hospital was built. This provided her with the opportunity
to set up a department able to support the hospital in its role as
a major cardiac centre serving the South West of England and South
Wales. Committed to staff training and continuous development
to keep abreast of cardiac procedures and equipment developments so
as to deliver best possible patient care and to be independent
professional practitioners. The growth in patient numbers
year-on-year led to the department needing a well-deserved
expansion in order to cope for the coming years and the move into
new departmental facility and cardiac catheter /hybrid Lab has been
completed
Service management is coupled with being the Echocardiography
lead for cardiac physiologists as well as clinical work in the
other cardiac areas and in 2013, Sue helped expanding the service
to include Fetal cardiology sonographers at St Michaels Hospital to
aid integration of support. Training programmes are developed
and delivered for students and staff for hands-on skills with links
to Universities to provide the advanced theory training. Sue
provides Congenital Heart Defects training for students at UWE and
is involved in providing an internationally recognized echo course
for neonatologists.
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