Ros Alstead

Ros Alstead

Background and experience

Ros is a registered mental health and adult nurse. She is an experienced professional and clinical leader with a general management background. She is passionate about improving experience of patients, staff and teams through quality improvement and partnerships. Ros has experience as a Service and Clinical Director in Mental Health before becoming an Executive.

 

Over the following 21 years she worked in three high performing community and mental health FTs as Director of Nursing and Quality.

 

In her last role Ros also held clinical academic role leading on non- medical education and partnerships. She continues to be a visiting Professor in Health and Life Sciences at Oxford Brookes University. In 2017 she was awarded an OBE for services to Nursing.

 

Since retiring in Dec 2018, Ros has worked as Interim COO in Worcestershire Health and Care, works as a management consultant in NHS Trusts, and a technical consultant in mental health at the WHO.

 

Qualifications/Awards:
  • OBE MBA BSc(Hons) RGN RMN