Nursing and Midwifery staff
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Tahira Bashir
Senior Lecturer in Diabetes Care
Tahira qualified with a BSc (Honours) in Applied Human Nutrition, Dietetics, Registered Dietitian (RD). She has been working within the speciality of diabetes, weight management, BAME Health and education for over 25 years. Tahira's experience includes working in various healthcare settings such as clinical hospital practice...
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Sharon Bishop
Senior Lecturer / Course Lead
After qualifying, Sharon developed experience across a range of clinical environments before gaining a staff nurse post in Intensive Care. During this time she progressed in this specialty, ultimately attaining a senior role. Sharon has always had a keen interest in teaching and learning, and following completion of a PG...
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Megan Bowater
Lecturer
Megan graduated as a Mental Health Nurse from Coventry University. She then went on to work in a range of community mental health settings including Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team and an Ex Armed Forces Mental Health Service. Throughout her role she has been a practice assessor and has enjoyed teaching and...
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Jenny Bradford
Senior Lecturer
Jenny graduated as a Children’s nurse after completing a DipHE Child Nursing at UCE (BCU) in 2004, during which she was a student representative. Her career began on the neonatal unit at Sandwell Hospital soon completing her Neonatal Pathway (QIS) in 2006, then moving to City Hospital when the Trusts merged and then achieving...
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Kirsty Brook
Lecturer- FdSc Nursing Associate
Kirsty is a mental health nurse, and before coming to Birmingham City University she worked primarily within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). Kirsty worked in community and hospital settings. She is particularly interested in improving care for people who self harm, and trauma-informed mental health...
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Miss Deborah Buckle
Assistant Lecturer
Deborah started her career in education whilst studying for her degree in Sociology in London whereby she took up a part time position as a sub warden at London Metropolitan University student halls of residence. Once completing her course, Deborah returned to the Midlands whereby she took up a position at BCU, which was at the...
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Natasha Carr
Senior Midwifery Lecturer
As a senior lecturer in the Midwifery Department, Natasha is responsible for providing, supporting and facilitating teaching and learning on both the long and short BSc (Hons) Midwifery Programmes. In addition, Natasha teaches alongside colleagues on the Examination of the Newborn Programme and lead the Professional Midwifery...
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Lucille Casey
Assistant Lecturer
Lucille trained in Midwifery at Birmingham City University and qualified in 2000. She then worked at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital (BHH), orientating to all departments, and becoming core staff on a midwifery led postnatal ward. In 2003, she moved to Birmingham Women’s Hospital to become core staff on the Birth Centre, the...
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Jim Chapman
Nurse degree apprenticeships and MSc Nursing project lead
Prior to moving into education, Jim worked as a mental health nurse in in-patient and community mental health settings, specialising in providing urgent and crisis care to working age adults. As an academic, Jim has worked across undergraduate and postgraduate nurse education, focusing on teaching clinical nursing skills...
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Natalie Charles
Lecturer in Adult Nursing
Natalie qualified as a registered adult nurse in 2010. She has experience in a variety of fields, including stroke, critical care, research, and critical care outreach. Since qualifying, Natalie has demonstrated a strong interest in teaching and has participated in several innovative clinical training programs, including The...