Sharlene Hogan MSc, RGN

Sharlene graduated from Brighton and Sussex University in 2011 with a master's in cardiology. In 2017 she successfully completed a module at the master’s level in “Innovation and Leadership” at South Bank University. In 2011 Sharlene qualified as a Non-Medical Prescriber. She is currently an Advanced Life Support Provider. Her nursing career started in 1991 when she trained to become a registered general nurse at London South Bank University and qualified in 1994.

Within the last two years, Sharlene has changed directorates within Guy’s & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, to develop a new service as the Lead Advance Nurse Practitioner in Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery. It is a challenging and great opportunity that allows her to utilize her cardiac expertise while gaining new skills and knowledge in management, leadership, and staff development. In this directorate, the nurse practitioners as well as Sharlene have replaced the FY1 doctors and now manage the ward patients’ clinical needs.

Prior to working in Gastrointestinal Surgery, she has been practicing as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in cardiology for the last 12 years and had a specific interest in interventional cardiology, arrhythmia patient care, electrophysiological intervention, and pacing. While in cardiology she developed the Nurse-Led cardioversion service which involved the management of her own caseload of patients’ pre, peri, and post-cardioversion. Utilizing skills such as consenting, non-medical prescribing, performing the external cardioversion, and ensuring safe discharge and follow-up of patients. She also organized and chaired the Internal Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD) patient support groups. In December 2017 she was interviewed by the BBC to help promote the importance of these groups and demonstrate how they benefit patients.