Jeannie qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1988, and whilst working within the Fracture Trauma Unit at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, became passionately interested in wound healing and tissue repair. In 1996, Jeannie became the first Tissue Viability Nurse on the island of Ireland, and in 2010, the Lead Nurse for Tissue Viability within the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. Jeannie has taught within the School of Nursing, Queens University Belfast for over 20 years, was Chair of the Society of Tissue Viability from 2021-2023 and now has the honour of working with ISTAP as their UK Director.