Kulwinder is a Senior Clinical Nurse Educator and Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA), educated to master's level, with over 22 years of clinical experience across midwifery, community care, emergency medicine, gastroenterology, and elderly care. Her career combines academic leadership with a passion for developing future nursing leaders, advancing workforce wellbeing, and improving patient care.

In her role as Programme Lead for PNA, she designs and delivers education that equips nurses to provide restorative clinical supervision, strengthen resilience, and promote compassionate leadership. Alongside her academic role, she provides coaching and restorative supervision to nurses and senior leaders, supporting professional growth, workplace wellbeing, and team cohesion.

Previously, as a Senior Clinical Nurse Educator, Kulwinder led major quality improvement programmes, including the trust-wide Falls Reduction Action Plan, which enhanced patient assessments, reduced incidents, and improved staff training compliance. These initiatives developed her expertise in driving sustainable change and influencing organisational policy. Equity, diversity, and inclusion are central to her professional practice.

Kulwinder chairs the Ethnic Minority Nurses Forum, actively contributes to the Nursing and Midwifery Equity Programme, and leads cultural competency training for line managers and senior leaders as part of her organisation's anti-racism action plan. In recognition of this work, she received the Outstanding Contribution to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award from the Royal College of Nursing North West during Black History Month 2024 and was nominated for the BINA Global Award 2024 as Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion of the Year. She is recognised as a democratic leader, strong communicator, and passionate advocate for inclusion, education, and nursing excellence.