Profile
I completed my BSC (Hons) in Adult Nursing in 1998 in Leicester following that clinically I have worked as a Registered Nurse in ED Surgical Admissions General Practice & an Independent providers before gravitating towards clinical education. During my clinical posts I was a education sister and my natural progression was towards a full time post as clinical skills lead for University Hospital of Leicester. Working closely with University of Leicester I ran clinical skills education for both UHL and Leicester Medical School for over 10 years.
My experience in Higher Education began at De Montfort University as a skills lecturer and in July 2020 completed my MSC in Improving Healthcare Practice and was successfully appointed as a nursing lecturer at University of Leicester. My focus is clinical skills interprofessional education and peer enhancement.
Research
In 2008 I was involved in research regarding an generic clinical assessment tool - The Leicester Clinical Assessment Tool (LCAT) funded by both University of Leicester and University Hospital of Leicester.
Publications
(0) Elsevier Journal of Clinical Skills NG Tube Insertion.
Supervision
Improving healthcare practice.
Nursing - (Adult)
Teaching
I teach across the MSCi Nursing with Leadership programme including large cohort groups small seminar/workshops and 1:1 tutorials.
I am module lead of a Year 1 module : Psycho-Social Concepts of public health health promotion and health protection and a Year 2 module: Appraising the Evidence in Healthcare Practice. Clinical Skills are a longitudinal theme within the spiral curriculum and I lead and teach across the 4 year MSCI Nursing with Leadership programme. on their
Press and media
Undergraduate nurse teaching.
Clinical skills development in the undergraduate
Qualifications
Fellowship in Higher Education