Nicky Nagy
Lecturer
Biography
Main duties/responsibilities: UoC currently employs me as a lecturer in acute adult care at the Wheeler campus, Chester since June 2023. For the past 6 months, I had the opportunity to teach not just on the AAC pre-registration program but also on the TNA program with involvement in visits from potential students outside our institution. I am an Adult Nurse on the NMC register and educated to a master’s degree and recently completed my PhD studies and I am currently waiting for my VIVA. I am resourceful, highly motivated, creative, and ambitious, with a key interest in learning and teaching. I am passionate about sharing my skills and expertise with the nursing and healthcare workforce of the future as well as my colleagues. I have experience and a teaching qualification, PGCE with vast experience in further and higher education in healthcare and science subjects. I am very motivated and willing to learn new things as an individual, particularly in the academic field to support our future healthcare force. For the past 20 years, I have acquired a high level of clinical competence and credibility in a relevant area of expertise, both medical and surgical field. I have recently submitted my first academic paper based on my PhD chapters for publication, Development and Validation of ion chromatography analysis as a least invasive approach to gastric disease diagnosis. An ability to keep abreast of, and lead developments in, clinical skills and simulation teaching in Health and Social Care. An ability to support students to achieve within the simulation setting. Great Organisational and administrative skills and IT skills. Great team player. To take responsibility for upholding and complying with the University’s Equality and Diversity policies and for behaving in ways that are consistent with fair and equal treatment for all. To comply with all University Health and Safety policies. • strong interpersonal skills, commitment and student focus with an ability to enthuse students in small groups • I Conduct daily, repetitive research tests within a regulated clinical setting • Kept samples organised and accurate by storing in, order and labelling with important category information. • Conducted advanced scientific calculations and in-depth analysis on lab observations, tests and results. • Accurately inputted test and clinical analysis results into software used. • Liaised extensively with laboratory departments to establish and maintain open communication that facilitated smooth operations. • Managed planning, designing and conducting experiments, supporting scientific investigations for my master and PhD research projects. • Stayed strictly in line with safety procedures • Carried out thorough risk assessments before conducting experiments to ensure personal and staff safety. • Conducted regular quality inspections on lab equipment through assessments and performance tests, ensuring equipment stayed in excellent and safe working order. • Conducted in-depth analysis of data to determine experimental results and next course of action within product development. Skills: • Knowledge of different software’s and online platforms used to benefit students in blended learning process • Customer-focused • Leadership Main duties/responsibilities: I currently work as an associate lecturer in practice simulation based at UCS campus. However, for the past 6 months I had the opportunity to teach not just on AAC pre-registration programme but also on TNA programme with involvement on visits from potential students outside our institution. I am an Adult Nurse on the NMC register and educated to master’s degree and recently completed my PhD studies and I am currently waiting for my VIVA. I am very resourceful, highly motivated, creative and ambitious, with a key interest in learning and teaching and |I am passionate about sharing my skills and expertise with the nursing and healthcare workforce of the future as well as with my colleagues. I have experience and a teaching qualification, PGCE with a vast experience in further and higher education in healthcare and science subjects. I am a very motivated and willing to learn new things as an individual particularly in the academia field to support our future healthcare force. For the past 20 years I have acquired a high level of clinical competence and credibility in a relevant area of expertise, both medical and surgical field. An ability to keep abreast of, and lead developments in, clinical skills and simulation teaching in Health and Social Care. An ability to support students to achieve within the simulation setting. Great Organisational and administrative skills and IT skills. Great team player. To take responsibility for upholding and complying with the University’s Equality and Diversity policies and for behaving in ways that are consistent with fair and equal treatment for all. To comply with all University Health and Safety policies. • strong interpersonal skills, commitment and student focus with an ability to enthuse students in small groups • I Conduct daily, repetitive research tests within a regulated clinical setting • Kept samples organised and accurate by storing in, order and labelling with important category information. • Conducted advanced scientific calculations and in-depth analysis on lab observations, tests and results. • Accurately inputted test and clinical analysis results into software used. • Liaised extensively with laboratory departments to establish and maintain open communication that facilitated smooth operations. • Managed planning, designing and conducting experiments, supporting scientific investigations for my master and PhD research projects. • Stayed strictly in line with safety procedures • Carried out thorough risk assessments before conducting experiments to ensure personal and staff safety. • Conducted regular quality inspections on lab equipment through assessments and performance tests, ensuring equipment stayed in excellent and safe working order. • Conducted in-depth analysis of data to determine experimental results and next course of action within product development. Skills: • Knowledge of different software’s and online platforms used to benefit students in blended learning process • Customer-focused • Leadership I am currently employed with UoC as a Lecturer in Acute Adult Care-Wheeler Campus, Chester. For the past 6 months I had the opportunity to teach not just on AAC pre-registration program but also on TNA program with involvement on visits from potential students outside our institution. I am an Adult Nurse on the NMC register and educated to master’s degree and recently completed my PhD studies and I am currently waiting for my VIVA. I am very resourceful, highly motivated, creative and ambitious, with a key interest in learning and teaching and | am passionate about sharing my skills and expertise with the nursing and healthcare workforce of the future as well as with my colleagues. I have experience and a teaching qualification, PGCE, with a vast experience in further and higher education in healthcare and science subjects. I am a very motivated and willing to learn new things as an individual, particularly in the academia field to support our future healthcare force. For the past 20 years I have acquired a high level of clinical competence and credibility in a relevant area of expertise, both medical and surgical field. An ability to keep abreast of, and lead developments in, clinical skills and simulation teaching in Health and Social Care. An ability to support students to achieve within the simulation setting. Great Organisational and administrative skills and IT skills. Great team player. To take responsibility for upholding and complying with the University’s Equality and Diversity policies and for behaving in ways that are consistent with fair and equal treatment for all. To comply with all University Health and Safety policies. • strong interpersonal skills, commitment and student focus with an ability to enthuse students in small groups • I Conduct daily, repetitive research tests within a regulated clinical setting • Kept samples organised and accurate by storing in, order and labelling with important category information. • Conducted advanced scientific calculations and in-depth analysis on lab observations, tests and results. • Accurately inputted test and clinical analysis results into software used. • Liaised extensively with laboratory departments to establish and maintain open communication that facilitated smooth operations. • Managed planning, designing and conducting experiments, supporting scientific investigations for my master and PhD research projects. • Stayed strictly in line with safety procedures • Carried out thorough risk assessments before conducting experiments to ensure personal and staff safety. • Conducted regular quality inspections on lab equipment through assessments and performance tests, ensuring equipment stayed in excellent and safe working order. • Conducted in-depth analysis of data to determine experimental results and next course of action within product development. Skills: • Knowledge of different software’s and online platforms used to benefit students in blended learning process • Customer-focused • Leadership
Teaching and Supervision
Currently, part of my lecturer role I have the following responsibilities: • To facilitate students’ learning through lectures, tutorials and seminars at undergraduate, postgraduate and masters levels. • To produce high quality teaching and learning material to support and develop student learning at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. • To write and publish research papers. • To contribute to the writing of course validation documents as required. • To contribute to the cross-Faculty development of curriculum and course materials. • Joint or sole authorship of books, publications in refereed journals and other articles, papers and disseminating research results during conference proceedings. To provide a supportive learning environment for students to develop graduate level and subject specific skills. • To participate in the delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. • To develop and implement teaching and learning initiatives. • To contribute to postgraduate taught programmes and participate in research and research supervision. • To exercise academic leadership, coordinating the efforts of colleagues to deliver module and programme objectives. • To support the Head of Department and other programme leaders in the department to manage the ongoing strategic development of programmes in the department. • To be an active member of relevant departmental committees. • To initiate and lead short term internal networks for e.g. new foundation degrees, coordinating teams of staff from university/department and external examiners; to oversee the development of new courses, write documentation, gain accreditation, and secure approval of new courses. • To chair departmental working groups as required. Senior Lecturer in Public Health & Wellbeing – TSR5 - Faculty of Health, Medicine and Society – October 2023 • To participate in & develop external networks, for example to contribute to student recruitment, secure student placements, facilitate outreach work, generate income, obtain consultancy projects, or build relationships for future activities. • To engage in external academic professional benchmarking (e.g. external examiner, QAA reviewer, OFSTED inspector, validation panels). • To enhance the quality of taught and research programmes at under-graduate and/or postgraduate levels. • To act upon peer observation feedback, student feedback, and external examiner feedback to maintain high quality in learning and teaching. • To take sole responsibility for developing ideas for generating income and promoting the subject. • In the context of the role-holder’s teaching duties, to make independent decisions on the content of individual learning activities and marking for student assessment purposes, and to provide advice to colleagues on such matters. • To sit on student selection panels as required. • To make collaborative decisions with programme teams on the content of taught and research programmes at undergraduate and/or postgraduate levels. • To provide advice on issues to other members of the department to influence operational decisions within the immediate work area. • To undertake elements of departmental leadership in areas such as organisation of staff development activities, programme leadership, assessment, students with specific learning needs, use of technology to support learning, or curriculum or student development roles. • To act as module and programme leader as required, co-ordinating the work of module/ programme team to ensure modules are delivered to the standards required & co-ordinate the work of colleagues to identify & respond to students’ needs. • To make significant and sustained contributions to the management of the subject area, including planning and resource allocation, policy development and improvement of procedures. • To contribute to cross-Faculty programme organisation, contributing to strategic decisions as required. • To be responsible for the co-ordination of administrative duties in areas such as admissions, time-tabling, examinations, assessment of progress & student attendance. • To deal with problems e.g. a students’ academic progress and personal issues (e.g. responding to needs of students with learning difficulties through referral to the appropriate support departments within the University). • To design new modules as required. • To develop suites of new modules and contribute to overall programme design. • To devise new programmes of study to meet market demand and academic advancement in the subject or to resolve problems of poor recruitment or retention if required. • To resolve problems regarding the delivery of teaching programmes, and to identify opportunities for the strategic development of these activities. Senior Lecturer in Public Health & Wellbeing – TSR5 - Faculty of Health, Medicine and Society – October 2023 • To identify areas of need and obtain external funding for learning and teaching or research developments, leading the resulting research team where appropriate. • To research teaching materials and to identify and utilise current best practice in the relevant subject area. • To conduct subject specific, professional & pedagogy research & scholarship at national level, leading to publications or other outputs as appropriate; identify new trends in best practice in the relevant subject area. • To have an active involvement in research, in line with the department’s research strategy, including presenting at conferences, publication in journals etc at least once per year. • Actively investigating funding opportunities within relevant area if research, as appropriate, including submitting external research grant applications to obtain support. Leadership of the resulting research may be required. • To contribute to innovation, engagement and knowledge transfer. • To be responsible for the health and safety of students in their immediate working environment, conducting risk assessments as required. Pastoral Care and Welfare • To deal with sensitive issues concerning students and provide support. • To act as a Personal Academic Tutor (PAT). • To take responsibility for dealing with referred issues for students within own programmes. • To undertake peer mentoring and review of colleagues. • To work with colleagues to shape a vision, provide a sense of direction, guide others towards achievement and enable them to develop their own and team potential. Teaching and Learning Support • To design inductions to modules and programmes for students, adapting delivery to suit learners’ needs. • To design and deliver one off lectures or workshops as required, providing feedback on performance. • Supervise students’ projects, fieldwork and placements at all levels. • To develop and design course content and materials on a long term basis, ensuring compliance with the quality standards and regulations of the University and department. • To conduct seminars and tutorials, introducing new methods of delivery where required, and to supervise students at all levels across the breadth and depth of the subject area. • To assess students overall performance, through setting/ marking programme work, practical sessions, supervisions, fieldwork and examinations, providing appropriate feedback to students. • Responsible for the overall quality auditing of course provision to identify areas where current provision is in need of revision or improvement. • To contribute to overall curriculum development and course design in specific area of curriculum. • Pioneer and promote the introduction of new learning experiences and environments.
Research and Knowledge Exchange
For the past 3 years I have worked on my PhD research and I am currently in the process of sending for publication the paper below. Development and Validation of ion chromatography analysis as a least invasive approach to gastric disease diagnosis. The aim of this research is to gain a greater understanding of the chromatographic analyses of breath constituents for Helicobacter Pylori (H. Pylori) and gastric related diseases. This information will contribute towards the creation of a portable analytical device for the diagnosis of these diseases. In addition, eight organic acids and their conjugates salts are looked at using chromatographic techniques. These eight compounds could potentially be found in H. Pylori patients and their concentration levels could be specific for certain gastric related diseases. Thus, the eight organic acids and their conjugates salts could be considered biomarkers of human exhaled breath for the investigation of their levels in certain diseases, particularly in gastric related diseases. In the current paper, a novel analytical method is reported for the identification and quantification of organic acids that could potentially be present in the human breath at different concentrations in certain gastric related diseases. The aim of this research is to convert these volatile acids into their conjugated salts in an alkaline solution, in vitro, before separating and analyzing them by ion chromatography (IC). Furthermore, we developed a simple method to capture the analytes from simulated human breath to prove the concept of a least invasive diagnostic method for acid vapors. Both qualitative and quantitative analyses have been achieved. Qualitative and quantitative analysis are used for collecting and interpreting data for this research. Thus, quantitative data is used to test hypotheses and predict the future, while the qualitative analysis is useful in terms of having an in-depth understanding of why certain things occur.