Mrs Christine Rhodes

I took up my current post as Head of Pre-registration Nursing in September 2012 leading the continued innovation and quality enhancement of pre-registration nursing education in the department. I am also the University's official correspondent for the Nursing and Midwifery Council. I sit within the Division of Maternal and Child Health and contribute to the child nursing team.

I joined the University in 2004 after a long career in the NHS working in a variety of settings as a Nurse, Midwife and Health Visitor. This included 14 years in Primary Care as a Health Visitor and Specialist Nurse for the Homeless, Asylum Seekers and Refugees.

Since joining the University I have had a number of roles, starting out as a Senior Lecturer in Child Nursing, progressing to Head of Division of Child Nursing then Joint Head of Divison of Learning Disability and Child Nursing. I then took up the post of Joint Head of Undergraduate Nursing, leading out on the development of the all-graduate nursing course that was successfully validated in 2012.

Alongside this I held a teaching fellow role as the school lead for service user and carer involvement between 2007 -2010. This involved collaborative work as one of five partner organisations involved with a Higher Education Funding Council for England ‘Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning’ around Assessment and Learning in Practice Settings (ALPS).

I am undertaking a PhD by portfolio with a series of publications related to service user and carer engagement in health and social care education. I have undertaken and participated in a number of studies pertaining to this subject area. This has included a mixed methods study in relation to what matters to service users and carer in decision making. This work was collaborative and funded by the Assessment and Learning in Practice Settings (ALPS) Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL).

I have also undertaken work following a narrative inquiry approach, investigating the impact of service user and carer involvement on service users and cares and student learning and subsequent practice.

2013

Rhodes, C (2013) ‘The lecturer experience of impact on a student’s learning and practice from involving patients and carers in the delivery of the curriculum’. In: The Role of Professional Regulatory Bodies in Patient, Carer and Public Involvement, 12th February 2013, Leeds, UK

2012

Padgett, K., Rhodes, C., Lumb, M., Morris, P., Sherwin, S., Symons, J., Tate, J. and Townend, K. (2012) ‘What matters to users of services? An explorative study to promote shared decision making in health care’ Health Expectations . ISSN 1369-6513

Rhodes, C (2012) ‘The impact of service user and carer involvement in health and social care education’. In: Celebration of the memorandum of understanding between the patients association and the University of Huddersfield, February 2012, University of Huddersfield

Rhodes, C (2012) ‘User involvement in health and social care education: A concept analysis’ Nurse Education Today , 32 (2), pp. 185-189. ISSN 0260-6917

2011

Rhodes, C. and Nyawata, I. (2011) ‘Service user and carer involvement in student nurse selection: Key stakeholder perspectives’ Nurse Education Today , 31 (5), pp. 439-443. ISSN 0260-6917

Dearnley, C., Coulby, C., Rhodes, C., Taylor, J. and Coates, C. (2011) ‘Service users and carers: preparing to be involved in work-based practice assessment’ Innovations in Education and Teaching International , 48 (2), pp. 213-222. ISSN 1470-3297

Rhodes, C (2011) ‘The impact of involvement : the service user and carer perspective’. In: Authenticity to action : Critical Perspectives on Service User and Carer Involvement in Education for Health and Social Care, 22nd June 2011, Westleigh Conference Centre, Lea Rd, Preston

Rhodes, C (2011) ‘Epilepsy’. In: Emergencies in Children's and Young People's Nursing . : OUP Oxford. pp. 128-131. ISBN 9780199547197

Rhodes, C. and Dew, N. (2011) ‘A collaborative approach to curriculum development’. In: The RCN Joint Education Forums’ International Conference, June 2011, Belfast

Dearnley, C. and Rhodes, C. (2011) ‘Service users and carers: preparing to be involved in work-based practice assessment’ Innovations in Education and Teaching International , 48 (2), pp. 213-222. ISSN 1470-3297

2010

Ward, L. and Rhodes, C. (2010) ‘Embedding consumer culture in health and social care education - a university office's perspective’ International Journal of Consumer Studies , 34 (5), pp. 596-602. ISSN 1470-6423

Balen, R., Rhodes, C. and Ward, L. (2010) ‘The Power of Stories: Using Narrative for Interdisciplinary Learning in Health and Social Care’ Social Work Education: The International Journal , 29 (4), pp. 416-426. ISSN 0261-5479

Rhodes, C., Ward, L., Lyons, S., Symons, J., Plews, C., Priestley, J., Sherwin, S., Young, M., Boaz, M. and McNicholl, L. (2010) ‘The Service User and Carer Working Group's Journey Through the ALPS Programme’. In: Assessment and Learning in Practice Settings - Work Based Learning and Assessment for the Next Decade, March 2010, Weetwood Hall, Leeds, UK

2009

Ward, L., Rhodes, C. and Balen, R. (2009) ‘Innovative, Service User led approaches to teaching and learning through inter-disciplinary workshops in health and social care’. In: Authenticity to Action - Involving Service Users and Carers in Higher Education Conference 2009, 4th - 6th November 2009, Grange-Over-Sands, UK

Rhodes, C., Laxton, J. and Plews, C. (2009) ‘Assessment and learning in practice settings: opportunities and challenges for involvement’. In: Authenticity to Action - Involving Service Users and Carers in Higher Education Conference 2009, 4th - 6th November 2009, Grange-Over-Sands, UK

Rhodes, C., Bush, M., Essen, C., Morris, P., Padgett, K., Plews, C., Priestley, J., Samociuk, S., Sherwin, S. and Symons, J. (2009) ‘What matters to US (Users of Services) in shared care and decision making’. In: Authenticity to Action - Involving Service Users and Carers in Higher Education Conference 2009, 4th - 6th November 2009, Grange-Over-Sands, UK

Ward, L. and Rhodes, C. (2009) ‘The trials and tribulations of setting up a development worker post at the University of Huddersfield’. In: Authenticity to Action - Involving Service Users and Carers in Higher Education Conference 2009, 4th - 6th November 2009, Grange-Over-Sands, UK

Rhodes, C (2009) ‘Service user involvement in the selection of students’. In: Authenticity to Action - Involving Service Users and Carers in Higher Education Conference 2009, 4th - 6th November 2009, Grange-Over-Sands, UK

Rhodes, C. and Smith, S. (2009) ‘Digital Storytelling’. In: School of Human and health Sciences Festival of Learning, 1st May 2009, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK

Rhodes, C. and Padgett, K. (2009) ‘What Matters to US (Users of Services) in Shared Care and Decision Making’. In: School of Human and Health Sciences Research Open Day, 27th March 2009, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK

Rhodes, C. and Powell, E. (2009) ‘Service User Involvement in the Selection of Students’. In: School of Human and Health Sciences Research Open Day, 27th March 2009, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK

2008

Rhodes, C., Ward, L. and Balen, R. (2008) ‘Using narrative for interdisciplinary learning in health and social care’. In: The Narrative Practitioner 2nd International Conference, 23rd - 25th July 2008, North East Wales Institute of Higher Education (NEWI), Wrexham, Wales

Balen, R., Rhodes, C. and Ward, L. (2008) ‘Using narrative for interdisciplinary learning in health and social care’. In: Biennial Conference of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), July 20-24, 2008, Durban, South Africa

2007

O'Neill, F., Essen, C., Rhodes, C. and Symmons, J. (2007) ‘Developing ethical and effective approaches to service user and carer involvement in health professional learning across professional and organisational boundaries’. In: European Interprofessional Education Network First International Conference, 12th - 14th September 2007, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

2006

Rhodes, C. and Wilbourn, V. (2006) ‘Normal growth and development’. In: Oxford handbook of children's and young people's nursing. Oxford: Oxford University Press. . ISBN 9780198569572

• I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA.
• I am registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as an adult nurse, child nurse, specialist community public health nurse and lecturer/practice educator.
• I was an invited speaker
  • at the England Honour Society, Phi Mu Chapter (England) on 11th October 2010. Scholarly event: University of Huddersfield. User Involvement in Practice, Research and Education.
  • at the Celebration of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Patients Association and the University of Huddersfield in February 2012. The impact of Service User and Carer Involvement in Health and Social Care Education.
  • at a HEA Public and Patient Involvement workshop at the university of Leeds on 12th February 2013. The Role of Professional Regulatory Bodies in patient and Public Involvement.
• I have been a member of a collaborative network with a group of universities in the region related to service user and carer involvement in health care education since 2007 and have participated in a variety of projects. Collaborative work with this network resulted in us being shortlisted for the Times Higher Education Awards 2011 in the Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community Category.
• I am a member of the HEA Lived Experience Network.

Specific areas of interest:

• Service user and carer involvement/ Public and patient involvement
• Interprofessional learning
• Children and families – particularly relating to care in the community

I have supervised students undertaking a variety of projects that has included family centred care, review of conservative against surgical interventions and information given to young people on the diagnosis of cancer.

I held a teaching fellow role as the school lead for service user and carer involvement between 2007-2010. This involved collaborative work as one of five partner organisations involved with a Higher Education Funding Council for England ‘Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning’ around Assessment and Learning in Practice Settings (ALPS).

I am a member of the Higher Education Academy, Health and Social Care Cluster, Lived Experience Network (LEN) - a network of people with a shared interest in patient and public involvement in higher education. The aim is to develop a critical alliance of people with lived experiences, students and academics, for the purpose of enhancing and improving practitioner education, patient experience and associated research in health and social care.

The main objectives of my current role are:

• To lead continued innovation and quality enhancement of pre-registration nursing.
• To undertake a range of academic management duties associated with pre-registration nursing.
• To provide leadership for pre-registration nursing.

I have a responsibility for recruitment and selection, retention and progression of students.
I chair and contribute to a number of committees within the school and department.
I am also the NMC official correspondent.
I act as a practice partnership lead to provide a single point of contact to one of our major practice partners.

• I provide professional leadership for the pre-registration nursing course and contribute to teaching across the three years of the BSc Nursing Course.
• I make a specific contribution in relation to child nursing and in addition am involved in the interprofessional learning modules.
• I am a personal tutor and link tutor.