I commenced employment in QMU in 2005 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in August 2013. I have undertaken a number of leadership roles within the department including programme leadership for the BSc Hons Nursing programme and Graduate Diploma in Nursing. I am the Nursing and Midwifery Council named contact involving  provision of professional direction of programmes, and maintenance and enhancement of programme quality assurance.   I have expertise in curriculum development and quality enhancement.  In furtherance of this interest I undertook NMC preparation to become a reviewer and have participated in the periodic review of approved courses. In 2013-14 I chaired a national working group on planning the continued delivery of dynamic pre –registration nurse education as part of one of the six strategic aims of Setting the Direction http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2014/02/4112.

In line with the QMU Division of Nursing Strategy I have focused my research efforts on topics   identified as priority nursing research activities: Support for older people and those with   long term conditions. Also in furtherance of   academic scholarship and preparation for core teaching for BSc Hons Nursing programme I have published on the topic of acute surgery and presented at national and international conferences on interprofessional education, clinical simulation and supporting student transition to university.