Kate is the Head of Healthcare at Thriving, with more than 20 years of experience in healthcare recruitment and complex care staffing. Her background includes supplying temporary healthcare staff to NHS and private sector organisations, giving her a deep understanding of the demands of complex care services and supported living providers.

Throughout her career with leading recruitment firms, Kate has consistently been recognised for excellence, earning multiple high flyer and top billing awards. Her success is built on a people first approach to complex care recruitment, combined with strong leadership and in-depth sector knowledge.

Kate’s specialist focus is complex care and supported living recruitment for adults and children, primarily across the North West. She is passionate about building safe, reliable healthcare teams that deliver person centred care for individuals with complex needs in a variety of care settings.

What Kate values most in her role is mentoring recruitment consultants and supporting their development within specialist healthcare recruitment. She is equally driven by the impact of placing the right healthcare professionals into complex care roles where they can make a meaningful difference to the lives of vulnerable people and their families.