Currently employed as a staff nurse in the acute surgical ward at Connolly Hospital, Dublin, Smitha also previously spent three months as a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) at Beaumont Hospital.

She is currently completing her Post-graduate Diploma in Advanced Leadership and holds a Master’s Degree in Nursing, along with a Level 9 NFQ Master of Science in Nursing Major from the University College, Dublin. She also previously achieved a Level 8 NFQ Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the S R M College of Nursing in Chennai, India (The Tamil Nadu Dr M.G.R Medical University).

Along with her hospital nursing experience, Smitha has held roles in a nursing care home in Dublin and in the medical surgical ward at St John’s Medical College and Hospital in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.