and is currently in a role as a Quality Business Partner with Sunrise Senior Living. Jan, has a special interest in health promotion and prevention of chronic disease and has been certified in Lifestyle Medicine with the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine (BSLM).
Annette Hand Nursing MA, PG Dip CR, Dip HE, RGN. Nurse, Consultant/Associate, Professor/Clinical Lead – Nursing, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust/Northumbria University/Parkinson's Excellence Network.
Annette has a clinical academic position and divides her time between three roles; Nurse Consultant, Associate Professor and UK Clinical Lead for Nursing (Parkinson's).
Annette has worked in the field of Parkinson's for many years and as a Nurse Consultant has an active clinical, research, and educational role within this area. She qualified as a non‐medical prescriber over 15 years ago and continues to use this skill in day‐to‐day clinical practice. She was the non‐medical prescribing lead for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust for many years supporting and developing other non‐medical prescribers. Annette, an Associate Professor with Northumbria University, has lectured on the Non‐Medical Prescribing Program (V300) for over five years, supporting prescribing students and the continual development of the V300 Program. Annette was appointed to the national role of Clinical Lead for Nursing within the Parkinson's UK Excellence Network as part of the clinical leadership team. This role was developed to support service improvements through education, knowledge exchange and evidence‐based practice and support the role of the Parkinson's Nurse across the UK.
Barry Hill MSc Advanced Practice, PGC Academic Practice, BSc (Hons) Intensive Care Nursing, DipHE Adult Nursing, OA Dip Counseling Skills, Registered Nurse (RN). Registered Teacher (NMC RNT/TCH). Senior Fellow (SFHEA), Program Leader (Senior Lecturer) Adult Nursing, Northumbria University. Clinical Editor British Journal of Nursing.
Barry completed his Registered Nurse training at Northumbria University and Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College (BCUC). Barry’s clinical experience has been gained at Imperial College NHS Trust, London, UK. Barry has worked as a Staff Nurse and Senior Staff Nurse in cardiac and general intensive care at the Milne ICU unit at St Mary’s Hospital, London (Paddington). He worked in neuro trauma and general intensive care as a Charge Nurse at Charing Cross Hospital, London.
Following this role, he worked as a Senior Charge Nurse at general intensive care (GICU) at Hammersmith Hospital, London. Finally, he worked as a Matron within the surgical division for Plastics, Orthopaedics, ENT and Major trauma (POEM) at Charing Cross Hospital, London. Barry is ICU qualified, has a clinical master’s in advanced practice, is an NMC RN, independent prescriber (V300), and Registered Teacher. Barry is currently the Director of Education (Employability), Programme Leader BSc Adult Nursing, and Senior Lecturer at Northumbria University. He teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students from all disciplines. His key areas of interest are clinical educations, acute and critical care, clinical skills, independent prescribing, and pharmacology, and advanced level practice. Barry has published widely in journals and books and is a Fellow with the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Claire Leader MA, PGCAP, BSc (Hons), RN, RM. Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing at Northumbria University.
Claire began her career in 1995 studying Adult Nursing at the University of York before taking up a Staff Nurse post at the Leeds Teaching Hospital's Trust, initially within cardiothoracic surgery and later in the emergency department where she worked between 1998 and 2002. Following this, Claire spent time as a Nursing Officer in the Merchant Navy before returning to the UK to undertake her Midwifery Education at Huddersfield University. Following a move to the North East of England where Claire practised as a Midwife, she moved into the area of clinical research gaining valuable experience as a Research Nurse and Midwife, going on to lead teams within a number of speciality areas coordinating research studies for the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR). Within this role, Claire undertook the NIHR Advanced Leadership Program and has been involved in the development and delivery of the NIHR National Strategy for Clinical Research Nurses as well as contributing to the development of clinical–academic careers for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals in the North East region. In 2018, Claire moved to Northumbria University and in addition to contributing to the development and delivery of a high‐quality undergraduate curriculum, has continued to work collaboratively with the NIHR as well as the Royal College of Nursing in developing resources and initiatives which contribute to Nurse research careers.
Cecilia Mihaila Cecilia, qualified as a Medical Doctor in Romania in 2006. Her medical training and experience was achieved working in the largest university hospital in Bucharest, which provided emergency and trauma healthcare services. Cecilia, moved to UK in 2010 and has been working in the NHS in Anaesthesia and Adult Intensive Care. She is passionate about cardiac care and has contributed by creating an “Out of Hospital Arrest Protocol” in 2014 following an in hospital audit result. She has also been involved in teaching sessions for the ICU Nursing Staff on airway management and cardiac arrest protocols following cardiac surgery. Cecilia is passionate about preventing chronic disease by supporting people to achieve optimal health through nutrition and lifestyle choices as a certified Health Coach.
Michelle Mitchell Advanced Diploma in Adult Nursing, .BSc (Hons) in Practice Development, Registered Nurse (RN), Graduate Tutor, Learning Leadership Lead at Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Northumbria University.
Michelle studied for both her Advanced Diploma in Adult Nursing and BSc (Hons) in Practice Development at Northumbria University. She was awarded the Heath Medal in 2013 for both academic and clinical excellence and was short listed nationally in 2014 in the category of ‘Most Inspiration Student’ in the Nursing Times awards. The majority of Michelle’s clinical background is in primary care, where she worked for many years in varies areas including, community nursing, GP practice, palliative care, sexual health and with a focus on public health she was a stop smoking advisor. Entering the education sector at Northumbria University in 2014 Michelle teaches predominantly undergraduate nursing students across all subjects and is lead for an international public health module in Malta. Her PhD study examines the relationship between student nurses and their community assessors utilising a hermeneutic phenomenological methodology. Michelle is well published in books and journals and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Aby Mitchell MSc Advanced Practice, PGCAP, TCH, BSc (Hons), RGN, FHEA. Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing (Cohort Lead) at The University of West London.
Aby began her career in 1995 studying Adult Nursing at the Thames Valley University (now The University of West London) before taking up a Staff Nurse post at Wexham Park Hospital in the burns and plastics unit. In 1999, Aby took her first Community Staff Nurse post in Berkshire where she progressed to District Nursing Sister and then Team Leader for the District Nursing Service and Out of Hours Service. During that time, Aby developed her wound care practice and set up clinical services to treat and manage leg ulcers in the community. Aby left the community after 18 years in 2015 to start her career in lecturing with the University of West London. She currently works clinically one day a week as a Senior Clinical Lead for physical health in a community mental health service.
Educationally, Aby teaches on several postgraduate courses for the university and has contributed to the new high‐quality nursing curriculum. She has implemented a number of interactive teaching pedagogies – most recently an immersive theatre simulated event and a drama‐based hypothetical street. Aby's areas of interest include wound care, clinical skills, advanced level practice and theatre/drama in education and she has published several articles on these subjects.
Ian Naldrett Lecturer in Intensive Care Nursing, Advanced DipHE Adult Nursing (Middlesex University), Advanced DipHE Acute Adult Nursing (Middlesex University), BSc (Hons) Healthcare Practice (Acute and Critical care) (St Georges University of London), MSc Professional Practice (Nursing) (University of West London).
Ian is employed as the Lead Nurse for critical care education at the Royal Brompton Hospital and is also a lecturer for ICU nursing at the University of West London (UWL). He has a clinical background in respiratory and cardiothoracic ICU nursing gained at the Royal Brompton