Louise Swarbrick

Professional Profile

Louise is a Registered Mental Health Nurse and senior clinical leader with over 16 years’ experience across NHS and independent healthcare settings. She currently works as a Lead Nurse for Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism within a large acute hospital Trust, providing specialist clinical leadership, advice and oversight in relation to the care of patients with complex mental health, behavioural and neurodevelopmental needs.

Her experience spans care of patients with mental health needs in physical healthcare environments, inpatient mental health services, personality disorder pathways, psychologically informed services, forensic mental health services and community mental health care.

Louise has held senior operational and clinical leadership roles, in the independent sector and the NHS, has completed a Master of Science in Personality Disorders and has previously trained as a Dialectical Behavioural Therapist and Mentalisation Based Treatment practitioner.

Louise has particular expertise in the care of patients with complex emotional and relational needs including the assessment and management of risk, care of patients presenting with self-harm and suicidality, trauma informed practice and the use of restrictive interventions. She has extensive experience of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and human rights considerations.

Her current role includes Trust-wide clinical leadership, development of policies and clinical standards, review of incidents and care concerns, quality improvement, staff education and advising clinical teams on complex case management and patient pathways.