Meet the team

The new steering committee for the Nurses in Management and Leadership Forum was formed in October 2011.

Jane Valle (Chair)

Clinical Lead, United Health UK

Jane was appointed to the Nurses in Management and Leadership Forum committee in 2010 and in November 2011 became the Forum Chair.

Jane has more than 20 years experience as a Nurse; after completing a BSc(Hons) in Environmental Science at the University of East Anglia, she completed her RGN training at the Broadland School of Nursing in Norfolk. Her clinical career has been in care of the elderly, long term conditions, end of life care and rehabilitation and includes work in the NHS and independent sectors. Jane also worked as a Nurse Practitioner in one of the first NHS Walk in Centres. She has worked in hospital, community, care home and clinic settings as a clinician, manager and clinical leader and is committed to nursing and the contribution she can make to patient care as a nurse leader. Her experience includes implementing & managing change (including evaluating its effects), operational & resource management, multidisciplinary and multiagency working, teaching (delivering formal and informal teaching) and mentoring. She was a member of a Research Ethics Committee for nine years.

Jane’s current role is as Clinical Lead for UnitedHealth UK (part of UnitedHealth Group - a global health and well-being company) this includes clinical leadership in commissioning acute services, partnership working, developing new service delivery models, assessing service provision and undertaking data and case note audits.

As the chair of the forum, Jane will continue to work with the other committee and forum members to ensure that the forum supports nurse leaders and provides a strong voice for them within the RCN.

Joesphine Johnson

Matron, Universal Children's Services, Harrogate and District Foundation Trust

I have been a registered nurse for 25 years; working in acute settings for 8 years and the rest of the time in the community. I am a qualified School Nurse with two BSC (hons) degrees, a PGCert Ed and a MSc in Public Health. I am also a member of the British Journal of School Nursing Editorial Board.

I work as a Matron for Children's Universal Services (Health Visiting and School Nursing)across the county of North Yorkshire and employed by Harrogate and District Foundation Trust.

I worked with PCT commissioners for 4 years until 2011 for one day a week as a Clinical Executive member providing clinical challenge and expertise around service redesign.

I am currently completing a Children's Services Succession Planning Course at Masters level which means I am working with colleagues from across different agencies across the Yorkshire and the Humber Region.

I get my energy from working with people and thrive on facilitating solution focused approaches to problem solving.

I believe in coaching as a tool to develop the potential in each other and would be delighted to be contacted if any of my experience can be of help.

My email address is Josephine.johnson@hdft.nhs.uk

Virginia (Ginny) Colwell

Ginny has worked independently since 2003 as a healthcare consultant and individual and organisational coach. she also holds a Non-Executive Director position for a co-owned community healthcare organisation and is Deputy Chair of a hospice. She has extensive senior management experience and is greatly interested in organisational culture, governance and the use of coaching to fulfil potential.

Ginny trained as a nurse at GOS and UCLH. On returning from the USA she gained her first Sisters post at GOS and then worked her way up through nursing and general management. She left GOS as Deputy Director of Nursing to become DNS at the Royal Surrey County Hospital and from there, Head of Nursing for Nuffield Hospitals. She then moved to become the Lead Nurse for Surrey and Sussex SHA.

She has a post graduate diploma in management studied and a MA in individual and organisational development.