Jacky has been a consultant nurse in burns at Wynthenshawe Hospital in Manchester UK since 2010. She is the only consultant nurse in burns in the UK. Jacky has worked in burns since 1988 and is committed to improving the patient pathway, quality improvement and service development, as well as education of the workforce.

Jacky is a member of the major trauma and Major Trauma and Burns Clinical Reference Group (CRG) where she represents nurses and the RCN. During this time, she has chaired the development of the Burns Annex for Mass Casualties, developed outcomes and quality dashboards and is currently developing education for burns major incidents and the Rehabilitation Prescription.

Jacky is a CRG representative on the National Burns Operational Network Delivery Group (NBDONG) and contributes to wider issues in burn care. She is Lead of the Surgical Wound Workstream for the National Wound Care Strategy Programme (NWCSP) and recently published the surgical wound care recommendations. Jacky is also Programme Lead for the Manchester Burns Course which is currently being revalidated by the University of Manchester.

She has previously been a lecturer at University of Manchester and honorary lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, Edge Hill University and University of Chester. In 2012 she was Nursing Times Nurse of the Year for the development of the Burns Outreach Service which is now replicated across many burns services in the UK.

Jacky is passionate about wound care and ensuring we are using effective treatments for both acute and chronic burn wounds.