Emma is a registered nurse and senior lecturer in adult nursing. After graduating from King’s College, London in 1997, Emma specialised in coronary care and cardiac nursing. She has led a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules and courses at Kingston University with St George's, University of London and most recently at the University of Brighton, where she was Associate Subject Lead for Acute Care and lead the portfolio of freestanding modules and programmes for post-qualifying nurses and allied healthcare professionals.

She is a member of the British Association for Nursing in Cardiovascular Care and the ESC Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions (ACNAP).