Ursula Howarth

Ursula works as an infection prevention and control CNC for Ambulance Tasmania. She started her career in healthcare over 20 years ago as a veterinary nurse and then worked as a paramedic throughout Queensland for 13 years. Ursula has a Bachelor of Nursing, a Bachelor of Paramedicine, a Graduate Diploma in Health, and a Master of Infection Prevention and Control. The master studies coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic and Ursula began working as one of two Infection Prevention and Control CNC’s for Queensland Ambulance Service throughout the pandemic. Ursula is the first IPC professional to work for Ambulance Tasmania.