About

I'm a nurse with clinical background with 30 years of professional experience. Here at the University of Derby, I'm an academic within the School of Nursing and Midwifery in the role of a Senior Lecturer. I teach across pre and post-registration health care programmes.

In addition to my teaching responsibilities, I'm also the Academic College International Lead for Health, Psychology and Social Care. This means I lead across the College on international student recruitment; internationalisation of curricula and enrichment activity; student and academic overseas mobility; partnerships and collaboration; and augmentation of the international agenda within health and social care disciplines.

Teaching responsibilities

I teach across a range of health care programmes and currently, I have specific module leadership responsibility within the MSc Nursing (Adult) pre-registration programme and contribute to the Masters in Public Health.

Professional interests

I have a range of professional interests that have been shaped and informed by my career, to date these include Public Health; overseas development; emergency care; disaster management in healthcare; pedagogy of simulation within health care; developing cultural competence amongst students and academics; integration of digital literacy and the use of education technology; innovation, improvement and enterprise within health and social care.

Research interests

You can read about my research on Research Gate.

Membership of professional bodies

My current professional registrations with our professional body, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, include:

• Registered Nurse
• Community Practitioner Nurse Prescriber
• Specialist Practitioner - District Nursing
• Teacher

Qualifications

• Diploma in Nursing, Keele University
• BSc (Hons) Health Sciences, Coventry University
• BSc (Hons) Community Health, Manchester Met University
• Postgraduate Certificate in Higher and Professional Education, Staffordshire University
• MA Health and Social Research Methods, Staffordshire University
• MSc Disaster Healthcare, University of South Wales
• Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy (HEA)

International experience

During my career, I have worked overseas on St Helena Island in the South Atlantic as a Principal Lecturer from 2005 - 2007.

Outside of my full-time role, I have been actively involved with a number of non-governmental organisations within India and Sri Lanka around health and social care projects.

Additional interests and activities

I'm also a current active Community First Responder with West Midlands Ambulance Service, helping to provide on-call first-response care within my local community. During the pandemic, I returned to practice supporting the mass vaccination programme across Derbyshire. Currently a trustee of the national charity Cycling without Age England and Wales.