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Kirsten Mahoney

Senior Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist & Operational Programme Improvement Lead

Kirsten joined the WWIC team in January 2020 on a permanent basis following a 2-year secondment from Cardiff and Vale UHB. Her role assists in providing partnership working across the NHS and independent sector and to identify gaps in service provision to improve wound care practice across Wales.
 
Kirsten graduated as a Registered General Nurse from Morriston Hospital Swansea and went on to obtain a BSc, MSc in wound healing and qualified as an independent prescriber.
 
Over the past 30 years Kirsten has gained significant experience of working within the sphere of wound healing starting as a District Nurse Team leader within Cardiff and Vale UHB then progressing to leading the Community Wound Team as a Clinical nurse specialist in 2007.
 
Kirsten is an Honorary Lecturer at Cardiff University and supports students on the sessional and MSc Wound Healing Programs. Other activities include peer reviewing articles for publication, writing articles published in national wound and nursing journals and has also presented at conferences on a national and international basis.
 
The combination of both clinical, academic and management experience in this specialist field fits well with WWIC’s mission and objectives. Kirsten has advised NHS Wales Shared Procurement Service in the development of Value-Based principles as part of the National Procurement Tender, maintains active membership of working groups in development of National guidance and has contributed towards best practice document on antimicrobial dressings for Evidence Based Procurement Board.
 
Outside work Kirsten enjoys walking, cycling, Pilates and has undertaken volunteering for a local homeless charity.
 
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