Mandy is a Registered Nurse and works full time as the Arrhythmia Clinical Nurse Consultant at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. She is a highly experienced nurse in cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology with a special interest in arrhythmias and cardiac genetics.
Mandy completed her nursing degree at the University of the West of Scotland in 2009 where she worked as nurse for two years before moving to New Zealand in 2011. While in New Zealand worked as a senior cardiology nurse in Waikato Hospital, Hamilton and went on to be the first cardiac inherited disease nurse specialist for the mid-north island of New Zealand. In this role, Mandy was responsible for managing patients and families affected by cardiac genetic conditions such as: Long QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome and familial cardiomyopathies. In addition, she also looked after families affected by Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD). This position was in collaboration with a cardiac inherited disease group. She went on to complete a post graduate qualification in healthcare genetics via the University of Plymouth, UK.
Mandy joined our Melbourne Heart Rhythm team in February 2017 and is responsible for organising elective electrophysiology procedures, inpatient procedures and the arrhythmia clinic.