Lynn Woolsey is the UK Chief Nursing Officer at the Royal College of Nursing. She provides strategic leadership to the Royal College of Nursing, its members and to the wider nursing workforce across all four countries of the UK. Lynn represents the RCN 570,000 plus members voices, working closely with regulators, professional bodies, UK senior stakeholder groups and Governments. 

Lynn was previously the UK Deputy Chief Nursing Officer for the College, and prior to that held the position of Deputy Chief Nursing Officer within the Department of Health Northern Ireland. Lynn’s experience spans strategic leadership roles, and she has led significant system wide initiatives and projects to raise the profile and standing of nursing as well as service transformation to improve patient care and experience. In addition, Lynn has held operational service delivery roles across acute and community settings for adult, children's, mental health and learning disability services.

Lynn is currently a Visiting Professor to the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Ulster and is the European Board member for the Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Federation.

In addition to professional qualifications, Lynn has achieved postgraduate qualification in Education, Strategic Workforce Planning and Coaching as well as an MSSc.