Sally Shearer OBE, member of the National Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel, registered Children’s nurse

Sally Shearer OBE joins Laura for this episode of the Leadership series. Sally discusses her previous experience as a nursery nurse in a Special Care Baby Unit and what led her to complete her nurse training at the University of Nottingham. Sally discusses her career and her journey as a Director of Nursing at Barts Health and then at Sheffield Children’s as Chief Nurse and Deputy Chief Executive. Sally gives advice for anyone looking at applying for a new role and the positives of moving to a new role in a different area. Sally is a member of a National Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel as a registered children’s nurse. She gives advice for anyone involved in safeguarding and the importance of seeking support and advice. Sally is a mentor for nurses and she finds this enables her to keep her sense of reality. To find out more about the Child Safeguarding review panel: About us - Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)Trigger warning:This episode discusses child safeguarding and caring for patient's who have self harmed