Helen has over 30 years of experience working in acute academic teaching hospitals. She began her nursing career in St James’s Hospital, Dublin, and has worked internationally. Helen moved to Beaumont Hospital in 1999 to take up the position of Clinical Nurse Manager 2 in the Stephan Doyle Endoscopy Unit.
In 2009, she was appointed to the newly created role of Clinical Governance/Audit Manager and with the Chair of Clinical Governance she collaborated with medical and nursing colleagues to establish the hospital structures to advance, drive and support clinical governance in the hospital. In 2016, Helen was appointed to the role of Quality & Standards Manager with responsibility for advising, supporting, leading and driving quality and quality improvement in patient care.
Helen took up the role of Interim Head of Quality & Patient Safety in August 2023.