Clare joined the NHS in 2003, initially working at Greater Manchester Workforce Development Confederation, before moving onto an HR graduate placement across the Tameside conurbation. In 2005, she joined Salford Royal where she worked for almost 15 years in a variety of HR positions. Clare is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University with a first class honours degree in business studies, before achieving a Masters in human resource management from Manchester Business School.
Clare is committed to working in partnership with staff and trade union colleagues to deliver successful change and to help make improvements for staff and our patients/service users.
Karen started her nurse training in 1992 at Bolton General Hospital before going to work at Bolton Royal and then transferring to Hope Hospital in 1995. It was at Salford where she developed her love of surgical nursing and covered ENT, colorectal, urology and general surgery, before moving to study midwifery at Salford University, working at Billinge Hospital.
Although Karen enjoyed her time developing her skills in Midwifery, she missed nursing and made the decision to go back and practice. Karen moved to Salford Royal as an E grade in surgery and over time she progressed to ward manager, matron, lead nurse and assistant director of nursing. In later years, she worked as a divisional nurse director across all three divisions - neurosciences, surgery/tertiary medicine, and integrated care, gaining a lot of knowledge and experience working across and within a system.
In 2020, Karen moved out of an operations role to support the chief nurse with governance, safety, and corporate nursing, which she thoroughly enjoyed and gave her a helicopter view of the trust, gaining a varied skill set.
In November 2021, she gained her first nurse director post at The Royal Oldham Hospital, working across acute and community.
Karen is extremely passionate about the care we provide to our local population and wider, striving to continuously improve, while maintaining a positive culture for all our staff to grow.
Karen’s portfolio now extends across Oldham and Rochdale Care Organisations.
Kay Miller is a Registered General Nurse with over three decades of nursing experience in critical care, urgent care, community and leadership.
Kay began her professional journey in healthcare after leaving Royton and Crompton High School, completing a pre-nursing course at Margaret Ashton College in Harpurhey in 1990.
She then trained at the Royal Oldham Hospital School of Nursing, where she qualified as a Registered General Nurse in 1993.
Her first professional role was at Oldham's ICU—where she served as a staff nurse from 1993 to 1999. During this time, Kay not only developed her skills in intensive care but also pursued further education, completing a diploma in nursing that included specialised certifications in ICU nursing and nurse teaching and mentoring (ENB 100 & ENB 998).
In pursuit of broadening her professional experience, Kay then moved to Tameside General Hospital as a Night Nurse Practitioner.
In 2001, she took on the role of Senior Sister on the High Dependency unit at the Royal Oldham Hospital, marking the start of a 15-year period of significant contribution across critical care services throughout the Pennine Acute Hospitals trust. During this time, her leadership and expertise saw her progress to the role of Assistant Director of Nursing, where she oversaw critical care services and helped shape nursing practice within the trust.
Kay completed her Bsc (Hons) in 2000 and her MSc in 2011.
In 2017, Kay embraced a new challenge undertaking a leadership role again as the Assistant Director of Nursing but this time within the Urgent and Emergency Care arena.
Her commitment to excellence and patient-centred care was evident as she led numerous initiatives to improve service delivery and patient outcomes in the most highly pressured of heath care settings.
Kay then undertook the role of End Of Life Project Lead for the Oldham Borough helping to redesign end-of-life care across Oldham, reaffirming her deep connection to the area and her commitment to ensuring compassionate, high-quality care for all.
Driven by a desire to make a broader impact within her community, Kay then moved for the first time into a community-based role in 2020 as Associate Director of Nursing for Oldham, later advancing to Divisional Director of Nursing.
Kay commenced as Deputy Director of Nursing for Rochdale and Oldham Care Organisations in November 2024.
