Sithira Maniam

Official Nursing Advisor

Sithira Maniam brings decades of service across Malaysian public healthcare, combining frontline nursing, ward leadership, perioperative experience, and healthcare quality oversight. Her career spans Hospital Tunku Jaafar, Hospital Kluang, and Hospital Sungai Siput, where she contributed to infection control, operational standards, patient safety systems, and structured ward governance.

Her practice background includes direct involvement in perioperative nursing workflows, communicable disease control, quality auditing, and multidisciplinary care coordination. She is recognised for balancing operational discipline with compassionate clinical practice, especially in high-accountability environments that require consistency, escalation readiness, and reliable decision-making.

During her leadership appointments, she carried ISO and internal auditing responsibilities and served as an MSQH Internal Auditor, while coordinating service quality and process integrity at ward level. She also contributed to institutional planning work, including operating theatre workflow discussions, staffing coordination, and practical service-improvement initiatives during system pressure periods.

At NurseNet, she guides educational direction, practical standards, and professional discipline so programmes remain clinically relevant, safe, and aligned with real healthcare demands. Her advisory approach emphasises patient safety, infection prevention, professionalism, and practical competency development for the next generation of nurses.

• Decades of frontline nursing, ward leadership, and perioperative experience
• Post-Basic training in Perioperative Nursing and Midwifery
• Certified in Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Ward Manager with ISO, MSQH, and internal audit responsibilities
• Led response coordination during H1N1 operational period
• PJK recipient for sustained healthcare and public service contribution