Adult Nursing staff
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Dion Smyth
Senior Lecturer (Cancer and Palliative Care)
Dion Smyth is a senior lecturer in cancer and palliative care, and teaches on both the undergraduate pre and post-registration curriculum and postgraduate courses. In the pre-registration BSc Nursing programme, Dion coordinates the module Nursing Practice 2, which addresses cancer, immunology, auto-immune conditions such as...
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Bernie St Aubyn
Senior Lecturer (Adult Nursing)
Bernie St Aubyn has been a Senior Lecturer in Nursing at Birmingham City University over the last 14 years and has taught at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels. She currently works on the BSc Nursing programme. Prior to working at the University she worked as a registered Midwife and registered Health Visitor in...
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Irini Stylianou-Smith
Lecturer in placement support (adult nursing)
Irini graduated as an Adult Nurse from the University of the West of England. She then went on to work as a nurse within the prison services, stroke units, discharge unit and disability assessments and training. Irini is passionate about supporting students to ensure they can be the best they can be.
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Katy Sutherland-Hastings
Lecturer in Adult Nursing
Katy is a new member of staff as a Lecturer within the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Having begun her career as a Healthcare Assistant, Katy undertook her nursing studies at King’s College London and qualified as a Registered Nurse. With a background in Oncology and Haematology, Katy has worked primarily within...
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Elizabeth Taylor
Lecturer in Adult Nursing
Liz graduated from the University of Central England in 2006. Since graduating she has undertaken a rotation in accident and emergency, surgical, medical and acute admission wards. Liz has experience working in critical care for the past 15 years. During this time, she worked with the specialities of cardiac, trauma and burns...
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Claire Wilcox-Tolley
Acting Joint Course Lead BSc (Hons) Nursing, Senior Teaching Fellow
Claire enables her students to understand that the professional world which they are entering is a privilege and as future qualified nurses, they too can make a difference. Fundamentally, her aim is that those who learn from her will use that experience to positively influence their academic and clinical practice and...
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Gemma Williams
Research Fellow
Prior to joining Birmingham City University’s Centre for Social Care, Health & Related Research (CSCHaRR), Gemma worked within the public sector and Higher Education in various research/evaluation positions. Her research & evaluation areas included: the effectiveness of accredited offender groupwork programmes, the experiences...
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Nahid Younis
Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing
Nahid is currently a Senior Lecturer at BCU on the BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing degree, and is the Module Lead for NUR5081 Leadership and Coordinating Care. Nahid has been a Registered General Nurse (RGN) since 1999, a Practice Nurse for eight years and a Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner in School Nursing (SCPHN)...