Orleas qualified as a registered nurse with a Bachelor’s degree over 25 yrs ago and has been working as a Diabetes Specialist Nurse (DSN) for more than 20 years in the NHS. 

For the past 7 years she has been working as Lead Nurse  and Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) for Diabetes and Endocrine Services at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Trust in London leading both the inpatient and outpatient services.

Since in post she has led on a number of service development and improvement projects including setting up the diabetes inpatient specialist nurse services. 

Orleas is an independent prescriber and completed her MSc in Diabetes at King’s College London in 2023. 

Her diabetes MSc research was an audit at her local hospital to determine if the Introduction of mandated education for health care professionals on insulin safety helps to reduce insulin errors. 

In 2022 Orleas and her team were awarded as top 3 finalists nationally for the diabetes QiC insulin safety excellence award. 

Orleas is very Passionate about diabetes care with her main interests being within type 1 diabetes including pregnancy, diabetes technology and insulin safety.