Cathryn Smith

Biography

I am a lecturer in Primary Care/Public Health Nursing at the School of Healthcare Sciences. I started this post in 2018, prior to this I worked as a Team Leader within Primary Care.  I have an extensive background in Community nursing where I worked clinically and contributed to Primary care and Community nurse education.

After completing the Speciliast Practice Qulaitifcation in Community Health Studies in June 2018 I applied and completed an MSc in Community Health Studies in 2019 which sparked my interest in research. Since then I have been successful in achieving a PhD fellowship granted by RCBC Wales from January 2021 – June 2026. The title of my thesis is Caring for people with dementia at end of life: The clinical decision-making process of healthcare professionals within primary care. I am completing this part-time alongside my lecturing role

Honours and awards

Specialist practice qualification (SPQ)

Community Health Studies

Master of Science Community Health Studies

Bachelor of Nursing

Professional memberships

Nursing and Midwifery Council

Publications

Teaching

Within my role at the University I work with both undergraduate student nurses, postgraduate and masters’ level students in nursing and other disciplines.

Teaching Experience

• Teaching and running of the Postgraduate community health studies programme (Specialist Practice Qualification) (v100)
• Module lead and teach on  the Contemporary Issues in District and Practice Nursing including V100 prescribing (level 7 postgraduate module attached to the SPQ) and co-lead and teach on the Research Methods and Health Improvement in Community Nursing (level 7 postgraduate module).
• Teaching, marking and supervision responsibilities on the postgraduate level 7 Leadership module (attached to the SPQ programme and wider postgraduate programmes)
• Teaching, supervision and marking responsibilities on the Return to Practice programme within the School of Healthcare Science
• Teach on a variety of undergraduate modules ranging from level 4-6
• Clinical skills – I teach on various subjects including, manual handling, Basic Life Support, catheterisation, wound care, venepuncture and canulation and PEG care to undergraduate students.
• I am involved in developing and implementing the primary care content that runs throughout the undergraduate curriculum.
• Previously in my job role I carried out UG dissertation supervision and marking, but this has been put on hold due to workload and undertaking my PhD.  

I am an external examiner at the University of Greenwich 

I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academny 

I have been successful in achieving a PhD fellowship granted by RCBC Wales from January 2021 – June 2026. The title of my thesis is Caring for people with dementia at end of life: The clinical decision-making process of healthcare professionals within primary care. 

I have also been successful in applying for a Strategic Partnership in Innovation and Development of Evidence-Based Healthcare (SPIDER) project in the Czech Republic in November 2019. This was through the Joanna Briggs Institute and included a clinical fellowship course in which I implemented a project within clinical practice on clinical supervision.

My research interests are:

Nursing

Dementia

End of Life Care

Clinical Supervision 

Qualitative ressearch methods

Implementation projects

Supervision

Past projects