Course Director and Senior Associate, St Christopher’s CARE

Maaike is a general and mental health nurse and senior educationalist with over 20 years of substantial experience in dementia, palliative care, education, learning and leadership in a range of settings including acute hospitals, care homes, prisons, community care and hospices. She started her clinical career in Belgium, then moved to Aruba and since 2006 she has been based in the UK.

Maaike has a proven track record in designing, delivering and evaluating cutting edge and innovative programmes of learning which respond to current workforce needs and challenges.

She is highly skilled in working alongside organisations, leaders and executives who wish to invest in, and transform, their workforce by adopting the most creative and contemporary learning styles, methods and technologies.

As a learning and education consultant she has been working with national charities, hospices, integrated care systems and care homes. Maaike works with St Christopher’s Hospice and at Nightingale Hammerson which enables her to develop and facilitate opportunities for learning, education and best practice across both hospice and care home.

Maaike is passionate about teaching and inspiring people to meet their learning aspirations and potential through carefully designed, meaningful engagement and coaching both in person and virtually.