Nicole Lee

London and South East Burns Network Manager and Chair of the British Burns Association

I started in burns in 2008 as a band 5 staff nurse working within the burns ITU looking after the burn injured patients requiring multi organ support.

I moved into a senior band 6 after completion of my burns and ITU education.

I then became the Clinical Facilitator / Senior Sister in charge of burns education for the St Andrews Burns Centre with an interest in Simulation training, I supported Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) with different Simulation training courses.

In 2019 I took on the Lead Nurse for the London and South East Burns Network (LSEBN) supporting the nursing voice and leading the burns nursing forum in regional burns care delivery. I remain with a keen interest in burns education and Co-chair of the Advanced Burns Module for University of East Anglia (UEA) and support overseas education with projects in multiple countries.

During COVID I supported the London Nightingale for both openings supporting a quick pace change model of care. I moved on to the Burns Matron role in 2020 at Queen Victoria Hospital and then moved on to the Burns Matron in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in 2021 following missing the larger burn injured patients.

In September 2024 I became the London and South East Burns Network Manager looking after five burns services across the region with additional two services looking to develop and join in burn care. I am Board member of the British Association of Critical Care Nurses (BACCN) where I represent the board in European federation of Critical Care Nurses Association (EfCCNa) and the Chair of the British Burns Association (BBA). Burns ITU patients remain my passion and I still enjoy clinical days with a burns ITU patients at the bed space.