About
Gilly is a Senior Teaching Fellow in the School of Health Sciences. She is an experienced Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting) and Adult Nurse with a PhD from the University of Portsmouth.
Gilly has worked in higher education for a number of years, both as a Lecturer and Senior Teaching Fellow, teaching on both undergraduate and postgraduate pre-registration nursing programmes. Her current roles including being the Deputy Programme Lead for the MN Adult/Child Nursing Programme and a group manager within the Adult Nursing team.
Gilly's teaching commitments include being a module lead for the NURS1000 Fundamentals of Health and Care Across the Life Course which is a first year undergraduate module taught to all fields of nursing. She also teaches on other modules across the pre-registration nursing programmes, including Fundamental Health Assessment for Adults, Health Assessment and Management of Children and Families, Epidemiology, Global and Public Health, Preparation for RN Dual Field and Transitioning – Meeting Challenges in Contemporary Children’s Nursing. Her post graduate teaching includes contributing to the Policy and Governance in Health and Social Care and Caring for Acutely Ill Child and Adult Patients modules, alongside supervising MSc students.
Gilly’s research interests are around the public health needs of children aged 0-5 years, with a specialist interest in sleep disturbances and the wider impacts on both child and family. Her clinical expertise is in public health and safeguarding, with a focus on vulnerable populations and reducing health inequalities.
Gilly is also a peer reviewer for the Journal of Health Visiting.