Angela Hall - who has been part of the hospital's Heart Team for 12 years - has become the island's first Nurse Consultant.
Nurse Consultants are nurses that have specialised in a certain area of practice.
Angela's specialised role is in arrhythmias, which is an abnormal heart rhythm.
She first qualified as a nurse in 1999 and has been keen to establish a Nurse Consultant role in Jersey.
"I feel this is a huge step for nursing in Jersey.
It was a lot of hard work that I really needed to be persistent with, but I did, because I felt strongly that we needed to be moving in this direction locally."
Angela has also completed a PhD, and will be known as Dr Angela Hall.
"I have always studied - I’m not quite sure why – but I always want to learn and progress. There is so much out there to know.
I am hugely interested in Cardiology and specifically, heart rhythm management."
As part of her doctorate she researched if medical professionals should be screening people with diabetes for atrial fibrillation, after she noticed more patients with both conditions.
"The PhD was part-time and I worked full-time as an Arrhythmia Nurse Specialist throughout. I had four to seven years to complete this, and did so in four years.
It was incredibly gruelling to do this whilst working, looking after my young children and enduring a pandemic.
Covid also put a stop to research activity briefly due to isolating requirements and redeployment to ICU."
Consultant Cardiologist at the hospital, Dr Andrew Mitchell says that Angela is a core member of the Jersey Heart Team.
"We are so proud of her achievements over the years and the high quality cardiac care she gives her patients.
Research is a vital part of modern clinical care and Angela’s success in this field is an inspiration to nurses on Island as well as in the UK"
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