Giselle Cope

Giselle Cope, Practice Development Facilitator, The Foundation of Nursing Studies (FoNS)

Giselle joined the Foundation of Nursing Studies in September 2017, as a Practice Development Facilitator, where she supports individuals and teams on the FoNS programmes. She also leads on learning disability nursing which includes the RNLD early career fellowship programme. She feels this is a privileged position to be able to empower, enable, and inspire others to put into practice innovation which can totally transform patient care and experience.

Prior to her appointment, Giselle worked as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in the independent sector in the field of mental health and learning disabilities. She worked in a range of settings, supporting predominately adult male and female patients, in both low and medium secure hospital provision, assessment and treatment units, community rehabilitation in addition to more specialist services such as those specialising in autism, and personality disorder. Giselle has worked in various leadership positions including Deputy Ward Manager, Nurse Manager and Assistant Director of Nursing. She qualified as a registered nurse in learning disabilities in 2000. Before this, she worked as a healthcare assistant supporting people with learning disabilities in both hospital and community settings starting from 1991.