Lisa began her nursing career at Altnagelvin hospital in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1991 and gained experience within both primary and secondary care before completing her BSc (Hons) in Specialist Nursing Practice in diabetes in 2006 and Nurse Independent Prescriber in 2011.

In 2009 Lisa returned to Altnagelvin to begin her diabetes career as a Diabetes Specialist Nurse, providing care to inpatients, outpatients and antenatal services. She developed an insulin pump service within the trust and participated in a regional group to standardise criteria and documentation for pump services with NI. She was involved in setting up a DSN led antenatal clinic for women with gestational diabetes.

Lisa joined Ulster University in 2017 as a lecturer in nursing and Pathway Lead for diabetes. Lisa is the academic lead for post reg commissioned courses. Although now working in education she remains active within diabetes as a member of the Regional Diabetes Specialist Nurses Forum NI and an external advisor for TREND Diabetes.