Welcome to another episode of the Scholar Spotlight Sessions In these episodes we talk to past and present Florence Nightingale Foundation scholars and chat about why they wanted to be scholars and their leadership journey
In this episode we chat to Vicki Hovercraft Dixon.
Vicki started her nursing career as a healthcare support worker in a nursing home and completed her NVQ before commencing her nurse training at Southampton Hospital in March 1997 where she was one of the last project 2000 intake. After qualifying in 2002 her career was primarily focused in acute medicine, including some time spent in high dependency unit. She then moved into cancer care in 2009 and in 2011, set up the first Macmillan acute oncology service, which she then went on to present the model nationally and internationally.
She has also completed her MSc in advanced clinical practice, was nominated for the Macmillan Leadership Award and the nursing standard Leadership Award.
She also won a hospital Hero Award for her leadership.She's also completed her a QA fellowship with health education were six. And if all that wasn't enough, in September of this year, she started a new role as a lead cancer nurse at Hampshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. And to top it all off the icing on the cake and why she's here today. She's currently a Florence Nightingale Foundation Leadership Scholar.
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