Sarah-Jane is a graduate of Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University and began her career as a Dietitian in Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast in 1998 working in surgery, burns and Intensive Care.

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She began with the Nutrition Support Team, Royal Victoria Hospital in 2001 managing short and long term parenteral nutrition, complex nutritional support and Intestinal Failure. Sarah-Jane is currently Principal Dietitian and Clinical Team Lead for Nutritional Support/ Intestinal failure for the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust managing the Regional service for more than 180 Intestinal Failure patients. Serving a population of 1.9million this service has grown over 20 years and achieved regional recognition in 2014 and secured ongoing  funding for a 10 bedded unit and weekly IF clinic. Sarah-Jane was a lead business case developer for this process.

Sarah-Jane sits on the National Executive of British Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) as the Clinically assisted nutrition and hydration officer.

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She is the current co-chair of British Artificial Nutrition Survey (BANS) committee, where she leads for the NHS commissioned Intestinal Failure Register. She is involved in the Trusts Nutrition Steering Committee and delivers education and training to undergraduate and postgraduate dietitians, nutritionists, nurses and doctors both locally and nationally. 

 

She has published nationally and internationally in the area of Intestinal Failure and has led research projects in PN/IF and liver disturbance, bone health, nutritional status, dietary intake and trace element status. She has recently been involved in the NCEPOD review of IBD services in UK and is currently involved in developing the 2024 BSG IBD guidelines. She has just recently completed the prescribing course as part of the first cohort of Northern Ireland dietitians to do so.