Georgia Wright is a familiar face at NCIC. She worked for the trust for two years before leaving in 2018 to take up a position in York.
She said: “I was head of nursing for patient experience and engagement before I left in September 2018. I had done that job for two years and then I moved to York.
“When I last worked here the trust was in special measures and my job was to champion the really good care that was going on in Cumbria.”
Georgia studied a 10-month leadership programme with the Leadership Academy.
She said “A head of nursing position became available down in York which gave me the opportunity to experience and broaden my portfolio and understanding.”
Georgia left York in April to take up the position of Deputy Chief Nurse at NCIC.
She said: “I’ve been made to feel very welcome since I came back. A lot has changed but it is nice to see some familiar faces.
“The trusts have merged so I have spent the last three weeks trying to find out how everything fits together, what we have in place and who does what. Everything is more complicated at present as we are in the midst of the pandemic. Lots of staff and wards are working differently.”
Georgia says she has been “impressed” with the positivity of all the teams at NCIC and the way they have risen to the challenges they currently face.
She said: “I started out as a nurse in 1988. Things are very, very different now to what they were back then.
“I have always been hugely proud and passionate about the nursing voice and making sure nurses are being heard. Nurses are experts in care and compassion and pull everything together.”
On International Day of the Nurse, Georgia said: “It’s great to have the opportunity to take some time to praise each other, to bang the drum for nurses everywhere and to share nursing values.”
And Georgia took the time to encourage new nurse apprentices and those thinking of a career in the profession to take that leap and go for it.
She said: “When I started out I had no idea where nursing would take me. There are so many opportunities for people in nursing today to make a difference. The world is their oyster. Things have changed so much in the last 32 years!”