Susan Jane Kitching

Susan J Kitching (Sue) has spent 40 years in healthcare covering many varied roles and experiences. She undertook her bachelor’s degree through the Open University in Social care and management and after successfully attaining this she went onto further stretch herself, undertaking a Master’s degree in Collaborative Healthcare at Salford University. After a few years rest -well undertaking short courses to develop further skills and knowledge and completing many years in the national health service (NHS) she took up an opportunity to work abroad in Saudi Arabia and share her knowledge and experience.

This is when she decided that she should think about further study and eventually commenced on her Professional Doctorate Journey which will complete this year in the field of “Transformational leadership and motivation are they conjoined twins when viewed through a Magnet lens.” She is also part of the editorial team for a multidisciplinary journal and supervises many nurses as they study for Masters working abroad. Sue has been involved in many projects throughout her career modernizing and changing care and service delivery from automating rostering across all healthcare professionals to share one example.