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Amanda Clarke

Deputy Head

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Society

  • Deputy Head
    Faculty of Health, Medicine and Society

BIOGRAPHY

Amanda Clarke is Deputy Head of Division (Nursing and Healthcare Education) at the University Centre Warrington. The Division forms part of the School of Nursing and Midwifery within the Faculty of Health Medicine and Society. Amanda has key areas of focus for Warrington which include supporting and deputising for the Head of Division, actively contributing to strategic and operational management. 
Amanda is an experienced nurse academic. She is a Registered Nurse (Adult), Registered Nurse Teacher and a Senior Fellow of Advance HE.
Before commencing employment with the University, Amanda was Senior Theatre Practitioner in Post-anaesthesia Care within an NHS foundation trust hospital.

UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER APPOINTMENTS

  • Deputy Head of Division - Nursing in Healthcare Education, Warrington
    University of Chester, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Society, Chester, United KingdomFeb 2024
  • Deputy Head of Department
    University of Chester, Acute Adult Care, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Society, Chester, United KingdomFeb 2020 - Jan 2024
  • Deputy Director Pre-registration Nursing
    University of Chester, Faculty of Health and Social Care, Chester, United KingdomAug 2015 - Jul 2018
  • Deputy Head of Department
    University of Chester, Acute Adult and Child Care, Faculty of Health and Social Care, Chester, United Kingdom2013 - 2015

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Lecturer - Operating Department Practice
    Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United Kingdom2002 - 2003

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Theatre Practitioner
    Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Upton, United Kingdom2003 - 2005
  • Senior Theatre Practitioner
    Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Upton, United Kingdom1998 - 2002
  • Recovery Nurse
    Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Upton, United Kingdom1990 - 1998

DEGREES

  • MProfS, Professional Studies
    University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom2018
  • MEd, Professional Education
    University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom2009
  • PGDip, Leadership and Management in Higher Education
    University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom2023
  • BSc(Hons), Professional Practice
    University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom2000
  • DipHE, Post-anaesthesia Care
    Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom2001

CERTIFICATIONS

  • IOSH Managing Safely
    University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom2020
  • Senior Fellow
    Advance HE, York, United Kingdom2019
  • Fellow
    Advance HE, York, United Kingdom2009 - 2019
  • Registered Nurse
    Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Upton, United Kingdom1990
  • Registered Nurse Teacher
    University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom2009

SCHOOL

  • School of Nursing and Midwifery