Dr Dean Whybrow
Lecturer: Mental Health Nursing (Teaching & Research)
- whybrowd@cardiff.ac.uk
- 02922511656
- 13.16, 13th Floor, Eastgate House, 34-43 Newport Road, Cardiff CF24 0AB
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
Biography
I am a registered mental health nurse, nurse specialist in psychological therapies, military veteran, researcher and lecturer in mental health nursing.
Qualifications:
2004 BSc Nursing (Mental Health)
2007 Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: Level 3
2009 PGDip Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (IAPT)
2011 Clinical Supervisor's Course
2011 MSc Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
2018 Post Graduate Certificate in Education
2020 PhD Organisational Health and Wellbeing
2020 Expert Witness Training Course; Inspire MediLaw
Honours and awards
1997 Commodore's Prize for military bearing
2010 Ruth Carter prize for innovative practice
2012 Ruth Carter prize for service development
2012 Portsmouth City News: Mental Health Worker of the Year
2019 Enriching Student Life Award: Nominee
2019 Academic Excellence in Leadership, Cardiff University: Nominee
2020 Enriching Student Life Award (Most Uplifting Member of Staff): Nominee
Professional memberships
NMC Registered Mental Health Nurse
BABCP Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist
EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Academic positions
Current:
Cardiff University: Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing (Teaching & Research)
Previous:
Swansea University: Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing (Enhanced Teaching & Scholarship)
Cardiff University: Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing (Teaching & Scholarship)
King’s College, London: Visiting Researcher
Speaking engagements
2021: MHNAUK Annual Lecture
2021: Insider research: An accessible form of inquiry for mental health nurses, RCN 27th International MHNR Conference
2020: Promoting psychological wellbeing during times of adversity: Can we learn anything from the military? Nursing in Practice Event
2020: Psychological well-being of a workforce facing a potentially traumatic and adverse situation, Mini Mental Health Nursing Conference
Committees and reviewing
Wales Centre for Evidence Based Care, Cardiff University: Committee member
South West Wales Regional Committee, BABCP: Secretary
Wales Regional Committee, EMDR Association UK: Secretary
Publications
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I work full-time as a lecturer in mental health nursing, which includes research, teaching, academic supervision, and marking commitments across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. I have worked as the module leader for a large research methods module with ~250 students. As part of the wider nursing programme, I have worked as the mental health field manager. My focus was on improving student engagement and satisfaction, supporting students with complex needs, and line management. I have worked as a personal tutor for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Module Leader:
Undergraduate - HC3314 - The mental health nurses’ role in co-ordinating interprofessional care
Postgraduate - HCT203 - Public Health, Health Economics and Policy
My research area is organizational health and wellbeing. I am a subject matter expert in psychological wellbeing and occupationally focused mental health care. This area includes developing resources to cope with job demands such as high workload, ethical dilemmas, or exposure to potentially traumatic events. I am focused on the interplay between job demands and job resources, the impact of this interplay and strategies for promoting employee resilience. On the flip side is employee burnout, disengagement, and workforce attrition. These factors are especially relevant to healthcare workforces where staff recruitment, education, and retention can impact service delivery. Therefore, I am also focused on promoting recovery and wellbeing, understanding the decision to leave a job, the experience of career change and identifying opportunities to promote employee engagement and retention.
Key Grants and Projects:
OMHNE (Royal Navy) 2013 - 2016
Dr Dean Whybrow was a member of the research team
3MDR 2016 - 2019
Dr Dean Whybrow was a 3MDR therapist in this clinical trial.
ASSISTANCE Plus Study 2021-2022
Dr Dean Whybrow was a member of the research team.
Award: £17,000
ASSISTANCE Study 2021 - 2023
Dr Dean Whybrow is a member of the research team.
Award: £80,000
MASI SUMIT 2021-2023
Dr Dean Whybrow led the grant application and is a member of the research team.
Award: £30,000
GW4 Crucible Seed Funding 2022-2023
Dr Dean Whybrow is a member of the research team.
Award: £3,500
University of Waikato Collaboration Seed Funding 2022-2023
Dr Dean Whybrow is Co-Chief Investigator
Award: £10,000
Other research commitments:
Wales Centre for Evidence-Based Care: Committee member
RAND Europe/King’s Centre for Military Health Research - FiMT Research Centre: Expert Advisory Board member
Trinity Military Health Research Group: TMHRG Team
Supervision
Current PhD student projects:
2021-2024: Nurses' experiences of caring for patients with Covid19
2022-2028: Radiographers working shifts Out of Hours, and the effects on fatigue & wellbeing
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of:
- Organisational health and wellbeing
- Mental health
- Nursing
- Psychological therapies
- Healthcare
- Military
- Veterans
I also have expertise in the following methodologies:
- Qualitative research
- Insider research
- Autoethnography
- Heuristic Inquiry