Charlotte McArdle is theChief Nursing Officer for Northern Ireland. She began her nursing training atBeaumont Hospital in Dublin in 1988, qualifying in 1991. Her career has seen her work in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. She was appointed as Chief Nursing Officer by theDepartment of Health in 2013, and served in that role during theCOVID-19 pandemic.
Charlotte McArdle is theChief Nursing Officer for Northern Ireland. She began her nursing training atBeaumont Hospital in Dublin in 1988, qualifying in 1991.[1] She completed a Bachelor of Science in health studies in 1996, and earned an MSc in nursing atQueen’s University, Belfast in 1999.[1] Her career has seen her work in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, having worked in Beaumont Hospital,Musgrave Park Hospital andRoyal Group of Hospitals.[1] At the Royal Group of Hospitals she was Ward Sister, and was awarded the 1999 Nursing Times/Foundation of Nursing Studies Leadership Award.[1] She rose to be Deputy Director of Nursing there in 2004.[1] In 2007 she moved to the South Eastern Trust, where she became Director of Primary Care, Older People and Executive Director of Nursing.[1][2] McArdle was appointed as Chief Nursing Officer by theDepartment of Health in 2013, and served in that role during theCOVID-19 pandemic.[3]
McArdle is an alumna of theFlorence Nightingale Executive Leadership Programme and theInternational Council of Nurses’ Global Nurse Leaders Programme.[4]
She has was awarded an honorary doctorate by Ulster University, and is a Fellow of theQueen's Nursing Institute and of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery at theRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland.[4] She is vice chair of theRCN Foundation and a Sigma nursing liaison officer to theUnited Nations.[4][5]
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