Liz Clark, Principal Lecturer

Liz Clark

Principal Lecturer

Liz joined the university in 2005 as a Senior Lecturer in the Nursing team. Prior to working in higher education, he held a range of senior clinical and educational posts within an acute NHS Trust.

Liz is a Registered Nurse and Registered Midwife, an experienced nursing academic and a Fellow of the HEA. Following clinical practice, working across a number of clinical areas within acute and community care, she has been involved in higher education across a range of pre-and post-registration and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programmes.

Liz now works as a Principal Lecturer within the School of Health and teaches across both undergraduate and postgraduate nursing and healthcare courses. She has published on nursing related issues including the value of masters level study, study skills for master’s level students and the practice assessor role within student supervision and assessment.

Current Teaching

Liz teaches into a range of undergraduate and postgraduate provision within nursing and healthcare. Her teaching interests include leadership and management with a particular focus on compassionate leadership, professional learning in practice and the transition from student to registered nurse.

Current teaching responsibilities range across a number of nursing modules relating to Management of the Research Process, Evidencing Professional Learning, Leading and Managing with Compassion, Leadership, Management, Leadership and Enterprise. She also leads the Research in Practice (dissertation) module.

Courses:

  • MSc Health and Community Care
  • MSc Advanced Clinical Practice
  • PGDip Community Specialist Practitioner - District Nursing

Research Interests

Liz's research interests focus on education to support workforce and practitioner development. Previous research explored newly qualified nurses’ experiences and perceptions of preceptorship in relation to their educational and training needs within an acute care environment.

Liz Clark, Principal Lecturer

Ask Me About

  1. Education
  2. Nursing

Selected Outputs

  • Clark L; Morris S; Casey D (2014) Using scenarios to solve "real world" problems within a multiprofessional mentorship development course. In: Better Together - Yorkshire and the Humber Clinical Skills and Simulation Conference, 17 July 2014, Leeds Metropolitan University.

  • Casey D; Clark L (2014) Developing a Reusable Learning Object (RLO) to support blended learning within a mentor preparation module. In: Innovation in the Curriculum Conference, Leeds Metropolitan University.

  • Clark L; Casey D (2013) The Value of Masters Level Learning in Nursing.

  • CLARK L; BURDEN S (2012) Incorporating volunteering experience within a pre-registration programme: a case study of volunteering in Nepal. Poster presentation.

  • Morris S; Sunderland A; Clark L (2012) Immersive Simulation Experiences within a High Dependency Module.

  • CLARK L; CASEY D (2012) A pan city approach to supporting Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Sign-Off Mentors.

  • FATCHETT A; CLARK L (2009) Teaching teamwork.

  • Clark L; Casey D (2007) Professional Profile Development - a flexible approach within higher education.

  • Clark L; Casey DC (In press) Support for mentors - An exploration of the issues. British Journal of Nursing, 25 (20), pp. 1095-1100.

    https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2016.25.20.1095

  • Dransfield R; Clark L (2018) An exploration of the mental health needs of asylum seeking women and children in the UK: implications for health visiting practice. Community Practitioner

    https://www.communitypractitioner.co.uk/resources/2018/02/exploration-mental-health-needs-asylum-seeking-women-and-children-uk-implications

  • Casey DC; Clark L; Gould KL (2018) Developing a digital learning version of a mentorship training programme. British Journal of Nursing, 27 (2), pp. 82-86.

    https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2018.27.2.82

  • Casey DC; morris S; clark L; clark E (2015) Value of Master degrees for nurses. British Journal of Nursing,

  • Clark E; Casey D; Morris S (2015) The value of Master’s degrees for registered nurses. British Journal of Nursing, 24 (6),

    https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2015.24.6.328

  • Casey D; Clark L (2014) Involving patients in the assessment of nursing students. Nursing Standard

  • Fatchett A; Clark L; Taylor D (2014) Putting Healthcare Policy into Practice. Journal of Community Nursing

  • Casey D; Clark L (2012) A collaborative approach to support trainee sign-off mentors. Nursing Standard, 27 (7), pp. 44-46.

  • Clark E; Casey D (2012) A collaborative approach to support trainee sign-off mentors. Nursing Standard, 7 (27), pp. 44-46.

  • Casey DC; Clark L (2011) Roles and responsibilities of the student nurse mentor: an update. British Journal of Nursing (Mark Allen Publishing), 20 (15), pp. 933-937.

    https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2011.20.15.933

  • CASEY D; CLARK L (2009) Professional development for registered nurses. , 24 (15-17), pp. 35-38.

  • Casey D; Clark L; Hayes S (2017) Study Skills for Master's Level Students A Reflective Approach for Health and Social Care.