Kulwinder is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing and Programme Lead for Professional Nurse Advocates (PNA), educated to master’s level with over 20 years of clinical experience across midwifery, community care, emergency medicine, gastroenterology, and elderly care. She combines academic leadership with a commitment to developing future nursing leaders, advancing workforce wellbeing, and improving patient care.

As Programme Lead for PNA, she designs and delivers education that enables nurses to provide restorative clinical supervision, build resilience, and foster compassionate leadership. She also offers coaching and restorative supervision to nurses and senior leaders, supporting professional growth, workplace wellbeing, and team cohesion.

Previously, as Senior Clinical Nurse Educator, she led trust-wide quality improvement programmes, including the Falls Reduction Action Plan, which improved patient assessments, reduced incidents, and enhanced staff training compliance. These initiatives strengthened her expertise in sustainable change and influencing organisational policy.

Equity, diversity, and inclusion are central to Kulwinder’s practice. She chairs the Ethnic Minority Nurses Forum, contributes to the Nursing and Midwifery Equity Programme, and delivers cultural competency training for line managers and senior leaders as part of her organisation’s anti-racism action plan. Her contributions have been recognised with the Royal College of Nursing North West’s Outstanding Contribution to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award during Black History Month 2024, alongside a nomination for the BINA Global Award 2024 as Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion of the Year.

Kulwinder is recognised as a democratic leader, effective communicator, and passionate advocate for inclusion, education, and nursing excellence.