Meet our nurses
Becky Muhima
Specialist Community Public Health Nurse – School Nursing

I’ve been encouraged to take up training and new roles and to progress in ways that I couldn’t have imagined.
What's the best thing about working at Whittington Health?
I’ve been encouraged to take up training and complete leadership development sessions, which have enabled me to progress in ways that I couldn’t have imagined. I qualified as a practice educator in October 2024.
Tell us how your career has progressed
My story is a refugee story. I came as an asylum seeker in 2003, escaping the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I had been doing medical studies and was three years through a six-year course when I had to leave. I spoke no English but wanted to learn and to work in healthcare, so I volunteered at the Royal Free hospital. I served meals and talked to the lonely patients. I also volunteered in the children's outpatients' playroom, spending time playing or reading to them while they were waiting to be called for their appointments.
I started in adult nursing in the first year and then I transferred to children’s for my second year. I started on Ifor Ward in 2010, after completing my Paediatric Nursing Diploma in 2009.
I was self-motivated and determined and the Whittington staff have given me the opportunity to do the public health course full-time for a year. I’m a Band 7 nurse now and work in a close team of people who look after 57 Islington schools (47 primary and 10 secondary).
I love my role despite the challenges. Good line management has helped me when it felt a bit daunting. I have received a lot of encouragement and was supported to train as a practice educator.
I started in adult nursing in the first year and then I transferred to children’s for my second year. I started on Ifor Ward in 2010, after completing my Paediatric Nursing Diploma in 2009.
I was self-motivated and determined and the Whittington staff have given me the opportunity to do the public health course full-time for a year. I’m a Band 7 nurse now and work in a close team of people who look after 57 Islington schools (47 primary and 10 secondary).
I love my role despite the challenges. Good line management has helped me when it felt a bit daunting. I have received a lot of encouragement and was supported to train as a practice educator.
What about the children you care for?
It has been a privilege to work in a multi-cultural context and to learn more about different religions. Islington is a very mixed borough. Completing my Public Health degree has given me a better understanding of public health issues in the borough. We care for children from 5-19, but in the future it is planned it will be from 0-19, so the role changes all the time.
Last updated27 Sep 2024