As Chair of BACCN, Nicki provides strategic leadership at a national level, chairing both the executive board and national board. She holds positions on the National Critical Care Leadership forum, National Critical Care Education Review Forum, and UK Critical Care Nursing Alliance, and has been the nurse advisor to the Department of Health Adult Critical Care Clinical Reference Group. Nicki is a specialist advisor in critical care nursing to the NHSE, is involved in national and international research and education for critical care nursing, and was recently appointed Director for Nurse Education at the NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and the Humber.