Debbie Cromack (RN, MA) works as the Operational Manager for the Virtual Centre for Clinical Education and Professional Development at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust. With a career history spanning Older Adult Nursing, Intermediate Care and quality improvement she has spent the last 12 years within the education arena within a Mental Health and integrated community nursing service provider. Passionate about nurturing and supporting learners in a gold standard practice learning environment which enables them to flourish, she has been involved in developing a number of teaching innovations including virtual community placements and an international junior nurse fellowship with Mount Kenya University as part of the global Nursing Now Challenge. As Operational Preceptorship Lead she has been enabled the support of early career nurses through the development of a 12 month InsideOut transitional support package. As a Queens Nurse she is committed to learning, leadership and excellence in community nursing and promoting nursing as a career with young people as a Nurse Ambassador .