Personal profile
Academic Biography
I have worked at Teesside University since June 2023 as a Lecturer. My background prior to joining the University was in Palliative Care. Since joining the University I have worked within the Student Nursing Associates Team and have progressed to become a Module Leader on this programme. The programme was a finalist for the Nursing Associate Training Provider of the Year at the Student Nursing Times Awards in 2024, having previously been a finalist in 2021 and winning the award in 2020 and 2023.
Education/Academic qualification
Bachelor, BSc (hons) Promoting Practice Effectiveness (Leadership & Management) 1st Class hons, Teesside University
Award Date: 16 Jul 2012
Certificate In Education (Post Compulsory Education)
Award Date: 1 Dec 2008
Tutoring Skills in Distance Learning City in Guilds, NETWORK OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK
Award Date: 1 Jan 2008
City & Guilds 7302 – Certificate in Delivering Learning: An Introduction, Middlesbrough College
Award Date: 16 Dec 2005
Unknown, A programme of education in adult nursing (ENB)
Sept 1991 → Oct 1994
Award Date: 3 Oct 1994
Diploma, Diploma in Education -nursing studies , University of Leeds
Sept 1991 → Oct 1994
Award Date: 3 Oct 1994
External positions
Clinical Practice Development Nurse , Teesside Hospice
May 2022 → Jun 2023
Wellbeing Centre Sister (job share) / Lead Nurse for Audit , Teesside Hospice
2019 → 2022
Senior Staff Nurse Wellbeing Centre / Lead Nurse for Audit& Education, Teesside Hospice
2013 → 2019
Senior Staff Nurse Wellbeing Centre / Lead Nurse for Audit , Teesside Hospice
2009 → 2013
Syringe Driver Project Lead (secondment), Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland Community Services
2008 → 2009
Visiting Lecturer , Middlesbrough College
2006 → 2008
Distance Learning Tutor, Middlesbrough College
2006 → 2008
Senior Staff Nurse Wellbeing Centre / Lead Nurse for Audit , Teesside Hospice
2005 → 2008
Senior staff nurse In Patient Unit / Lead Nurse for Audit , Teesside Hospice
1999 → 2005
Staff nurse , Teesside Hospice
1995 → 1999
Palliative Care Staff Nurse, Willowburn Hospice, DERWENTSIDE HOSPICE CARE FOUNDATION
1994 → 1995