Sonia works as a Senior lecturer on the Pre-registration Adult Bachelor of Nursing Programme and the Advanced Practice Programme based at Wheeler. She is also a member of an Ethics Committee.
Sonia started Nursing in 1990 and gained experience in general surgery, working in an acute-adult setting in secondary care. After completing a Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Practice in 2009, she worked as a surgical Advanced Nurse Practitioner ( ANP) and trained as a surgeon first assistant. She went to work at the Digestive Diseases Department at Aintree University Hospital as an ANP in Gastroenterology. It was during this time she was able to complete an MSc in Advanced Healthcare Practice (Clinical).
Working within all four pillars of advanced practice, she became a visiting Lecturer in 2017 and then became a permanent Senior Lecturer in August 2021.
On a part-time basis, she works in the urgent treatment centre as an ANP to keep up to date with current practices and provide her student with authentic teaching experiences.