Dr Julie Highfield is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Lead for Organisational Health in Adult and Paediatric Critical Care, Cardiff. She is the National Project Director for Wellbeing in the Intensive Care Society. She has a long experience of working as a psychologist in medical and health care settings and works closely with staff in their experience of working in healthcare, as well as advising managers on matters of workforce wellbeing. Julie has worked with the British Psychological Society and its Division of Clinical Psychology in Wales. She led the BPS team writing the National Guidance for Staff in the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Julie works with the Welsh Assembly Government in various projects, including as the lead for Critical Care Workforce Task and Finish Group, and Modelling for Rehabilitation for patients post COVID-19, and the Wellbeing Conversation Tool. She has a number of publications and book chapters in the field of critical care, staff wellbeing, and leadership.
Michaela is a matron in critical care at University Hospital Southampton and is the deputy chair of the nurse PAG. Michaela has worked in critical care for over three decades where much of her career has been at UCLH, Cambridge and more recently, Southampton. Michaela has always had a passion for education, training and leadership and is a member of the Critical Care Nurse Education Review Forum (CCNERF), a subgroup of Critical Care National Network Nurse Leads Forum (CC3N).
Her key areas of interest remain education, training, and leadership for clinical excellence.
Steve Mathieu is the President of the Intensive Care Society.
He is a Consultant in Critical Care at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and the Divisional Director for Clinical Delivery (Critical Care, Anaesthetics, Theatres, Radiology, Pharmacy, Therapies, Blood Sciences and Pathology). He was previously the Clinical Director of Critical Care when the ICU was rated outstanding in all domains by the CQC.
His previous roles for the Society include Congress Director for State of the Art (SOA), Honorary Treasurer and Council Member.
He has interests in patient and staff experience, workforce and operational strategy as well as medical education and information technology. He is a co-founder and senior editor for The Bottom Line and set up and maintains the Portsmouth ICU website.
Twitter: @stevemathieu75
