Senior Lecturer in Pre-Professional Practice

I have been teaching on the Foundation Degree Healthcare Practice course at the University of Bedfordshire since 2013. I’m the course coordinator and work in partnership with employers to ensure the Foundation Degree is truly working with our stake holders moving forward.

I teach across numerous cohorts of Foundation Degree students and with my background in mental health nursing (I qualified as a Mental health nurse in 1988) I’m available to teach and support the mental health students as and when required. I enjoy the experience of offering a resourceful and innovative approach to teaching at undergraduate and at times postgraduate level.

The course units that I have designed and teach across the school are associated to my current Ed Doc research which is reviewing the role of the health care assistant or support worker and adding value to the patient experience, as I’m an avid believer in offering the best patient-centred care as possible, within the ever changing and challenging world of 21^st century healthcare and its challenges and problems.

Qualifications

• Currently undertaking an Ed Doc in Education at the University of Hertfordshire
• MA Professional and Work Related Learning  – University of Hertfordshire
• BSc Community Psychiatric Nursing Brunel University
• Registered Mental Nurse (RMN) Broadland School of Nursing

Teaching Expertise

• Course coordinator/senior lecturer Foundation Degree in Healthcare practice
• Leading the pre-professional team of lecturers

Research Interests

• HCA/Support worker roles in practice
• The mentoring process in the workplace for pre-professional healthcare staff

Projects

• Integrated carer role in practice (2016)
• Value of the HCA role to the service user (2016)

Other References

• LinkedIn

Contact Details

T: +44 (0)1582 743883
E: jackie.cashmore@beds.ac.uk