Stuart has supported and worked in clinical research since 2009. With experience in delivering clinical research across universities, the NHS and private sector, Stuart is keen to support the delivery of clinical research for the benefit of children and young people. As the Lead Nurse for Research & Innovation at Sheffield Children’s Stuart oversees a growing team who support research across the Trust including the acute site and community settings.
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Lisa is passionate about increasing research capacity amongst 0-19 practitioners and is a co-lead/facilitator of the 0-19 Research Network, Yorkshire and Humber, which supports practitioners to become involved in research and creates networking opportunities. Lisa wants to see more children and families in the community engaged in research to address health inequalities and continues to work collaboratively through the 0-19 network to achieve this.
Tracey is invested in research; values close to practice research undertaken by clinicians and strives to support learners and practitioners interested in research. During extensive, Health Visiting experience, Tracey has supported practitioners through Communities of Practice, established initially for newly qualified health visitors during preceptorship.
The remit of her role is to build research capacity and capability within the Children’s Care Group and wider. This includes co-leading/facilitating the Yorkshire and Humber 0-19 Research Network (research network for Health Visiting and School Nurses) and the Children’s Care Group, Community of Research Practice, alongside other local, regional, and national priorities. Tracey’s PhD is exploring transition to adoptive parenthood.
Louise is a health visitor and the 0-19 Research Lead at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. Having completed the NIHR 70@70 Senior Nurse & Midwife Research Leader programme, she has now commenced a Clinical Fellow role in the NIHR Nursing & Midwifery office, focussing on research and community-based nurse roles. Louise’s specific interest is in building research capacity in the 0-19 workforce, via the 0-19 Research & Innovation Council, which supports practitioners to deliver studies and undertake research-related roles. She co-leads the 0-19 Research Network (Yorkshire & Humber) hosting events for 0-19 public health interested practitioners, researchers, managers and academics.
Miriam is the Workforce Development Lead for CYP Public Health services, at Dorset Health Care University NHS Foundation Trust. Her focus is on high quality care for local families and young people, combined with the provision and development of learning and training that meets the needs of our current and future workforce. Miriam is an experienced health visitor and practice teacher and since 20I3 she has been a Lecturer Practitioner for the PGDip Public Health with Professional Registration as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (HV pathway) programme at Bournemouth University.
Karen is Principal Academic in Health Visiting and Public Health at Bournemouth University where she leads the SCPHN Health Visiting and School Nursing Programmes. Having registered as a SPQ DN and SCPHN HV in 1992 she worked as a health visitor in London and then Dorset, where she supported student learning as a practice teacher and then senior lecturer at BU. Karen recently led the successful validation of the SCPHN programmes against the 2022 NMC standards and mindful of the recruitment and retention challenges has co-produced CPD units for community staff nurses to support their learning and development in role.
As a Development Manager for the Centre for Early Child Development, Melanie leads on the Enhanced Healthy Child Pathway and Specialist Services as part of the multi-agency Blackpool Better Start partnership, funded by The National Lottery Community Fund. The Centre is reframing and driving systemic change across all services for 0-4 year olds and empowering communities to support and co-design this change. Melanie worked in the NHS as a Specialist Health Visitor for Perinatal and Infant Mental Health. Formerly Melanie’s background is in neonatal, research and specialist community public health nursing, working in NHS roles across Lancashire and South Cumbria.
I am Tracey Jones, and I started my nursing career as a Project 2000 Nurse at St Georges Hospital in London. I went on to become an intensive care outreach sister and this is where I started to have contact with unwell children. This sparked an interest in children, child health and inequalities. My journey into health visiting began in 2012 with the Call to Action, which led me to my current role of Specialist Homeless Health Visitor. Supporting homeless families is a challenging role which I have a great deal of passion for.
My decision to become a Registered Midwife is one I have never looked back on; it has taken me on a journey far richer than any I experienced in my previous job as long-haul cabin crew.
Secondment to Health Education East of England as an NHS Values Ambassador followed. But it was my love of community nursing and the “Call for Action” that led me to become a Health Visitor in 2015.
I have worked across Essex in various roles, and the experience I have gained over my career has been invaluable for my current role supporting homeless families.
