Helen Fisher
A Product Design BA (Hons) graduate with a background in people-centered research and inclusive design for health and wellbeing. Helen has worked on a variety of product, graphic and service design projects within health and social care and is currently working within Lab4Living at SHU on projects around dementia, bereavement and end of life.
Lab4Living is a trans-disciplinary research group at Sheffeld Hallam University based on a collaborative community of researchers in design, healthcare and creative practice.
Lab4Living works to address real world issues that impact on health and wellbeing. Within our research we work in partnership with end users to develop products, services and interventions that promote dignity and enhance quality of life.
Lucy Kirkham
ADNS, B.Med, NTCCN, ILM, MSc, FHEA
Lucy Kirkham is a senior lecturer in adult nursing and the Interprofessional Education lead for nursing and midwifery. She is the module leader for a large interprofessional module around service improvement and co-production. The module incorporates examples from practice such as “My Name Is….”, #EndPJParalysis and other innovative ideas and is delivered to over 1000 students from 14 different health and social care professions each year. At the end of the module students are required to develop their own service improvement idea in practice using the tools and techniques learnt in class and this forms the basis of their assessment. The module also promotes the use of social media in change management.
Being module leader for such a subject requires actively learning and participating in change initiatives. Lucy is a member of the Q Community, a School for Change Agents graduate, an advocate for Always Events and the local ambassador for Fab Change Week. She has also worked with Care Opinion and John’s Campaign to develop service improvement blogs, most recently regarding care of the relatives and visiting restrictions in hospital. She has had work published around the use of simulation in interprofessional education.
Suzanne Monks
RGN BSc (hons) MA PGCert Clinical Ed
I have always been interested in end of life care. My last role was an end of life care facilitator, working in the community and acute hospital setting, working alongside care homes and the hospice. A large part of that role was education and support to embed end of life care tools. I also held a caseload in the acute setting, for those who were in the last hours/days of life; supporting professionals, families and the patients themselves.
Here at Sheffield Hallam I teach both undergraduate and graduate students, predominantly end of life care and palliative care, utilising practical simulations, workshops and seminars. I also manage an end of life care e-learning resource for level 4 nursing students.
I lead the SHU #hellomynameis project and SHU mouth care matters project. I am also part of Sheffield Hallam’s death cafe and dying matters campaign.
I set up and now chair a regional Yorkshire and Humber end of life care facilitators forum. The groups’ purpose is to provide a regional forum for health and social care professionals with an end of life care facilitator /education / champion role.
I am part of a steering group connected to mouth care for those in the last hours/days of life, along with practice colleagues from South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust. Initially, we carried out a baseline audit on mouth care for dying patients in all care settings. From this, we have provided guidance and education to professionals in the hope to improve oral hygiene for patients. We are now concentrating on further audit and research in this area.
My research interests are end of life care, oral hygiene, advanced care planning
Paula Siddal
RGN BSc (hon) PG Cert Healthcare Education, PG Cert Critical Care,
I have been a qualified nurse since 2006 specialising in Critical Care. I feel privileged to have worked with an amazing team with whom I have shared happy, challenging and unforgettable experiences with. Due to this I developed a passion for education, a desire to share my knowledge and skills with others and help them develop further. This led me to a role as a clinical educator, creating and managing the critical care education service.
I commenced in role as a Lecturer in Adult nursing here at SHU in September 2017, I mainly teach into the level 6 sciences undergraduate module.
I am part of the #hello my name is project and Mouth Care Matters projects as, from experience I can see the contribution both have to both university life and clinical practice. From my critical care background I have developed a specialist interest in End of Life Care, specifically around Organ Donation.
Janine Timms
BSc (Hons), MPhil, PGCE
I have always been interested in health and sports and joined SHU as Technical Team Leader in Health following 11 years in molecular biology, and completion of a PGCE in Secondary Science. My team and I work alongside the academic teams to create interesting learning resources in both practical and media contents.
I am an active volunteer and official across many sports including disability sport at international level competitions and have volunteered on several Transplant Sport UK Games. It’s great to see everyone have an outlet and access to physical challenges to improve their health and wellbeing.