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Sarah Haygarth

Senior Lecturer

School of Health

Sarah is a Senior Lecturer Physiotherapy in the School of Health at Leeds Beckett University.

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About

Sarah is a Senior Lecturer Physiotherapy in the School of Health at Leeds Beckett University.

Sarah is a Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy. Since graduating from the University of Bradford in 2001, she has worked in a variety of locations in West Yorkshire in both the acute hospitals and community settings. She has worked in various roles within a clinical, leadership and management capacity, before commencing her teaching role at Leeds Beckett University in 2016.

Since commencing work at Leeds Beckett University, Sarah has completed a Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) and is part of the team that teaches across the BSc and MSc (pre-registration) programmes. Her clinical specialty is elderly care, focusing on falls prevention with a specific interest in patient safety.

Academic positions

Senior Lecturer Physiotherapy
Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom | 11 January 2016 - present

Non-academic positions

Lead For Quality
Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom | 09 February 2015 - 11 January 2016
Clinical Lead CIC Bed Bases
Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom | 26 August 2013 - 06 February 2015
Unit Manager
Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom | 05 December 2011 - 23 August 2013
Band 7 Phyisotherapist
Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom | 05 March 2007 - 02 December 2011
Senior 2 Physiotherapist
Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust and Wakefield West PCT, United Kingdom | 08 March 2004 - 05 March 2007
Junior Physiotherapist
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, United Kingdom | 03 September 2001 - 05 March 2004
Bank Physiotherapist
Nuffield Hospitals Leeds, United Kingdom | 08 August 2005 - present

Degrees

MSc Professional Health and Social Care
University of York St John, York, United Kingdom | 23 September 2013 - 23 November 2015
BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy
Bradford University, Bradford, United Kingdom | 14 September 1998 - 11 June 2001
BSc (Hons) Health Studies
Univeristy of Sunderland, Sunderland, United Kingdom | 12 September 1994 - 20 June 1997

Certifications

Good Clinical Practice
National Institute for Health Research, London, London, United Kingdom | 05 July 2016 - present

Research interests

Sarah's research interests focus mainly around elderly care and falls prevention, dementia and patient safety. Projects she has been involved with, include the What Works Study and Sporting Memories, both led by Professor Claire Surr.

Sarah also has an interest in building students resilience, which is an important part of her role within the clinical placement team.