Bex Bailey-mchale
Deputy Head
Biography
I am Deputy Head of Practice Education and Simulated Learning (PESL) within the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Society. I am a registered adult nurse and heath visitor (with nurse prescriber qualification), and have PG Cert Ed teaching qualification. I Support the head of PESL alongside my colleague Jo Edgerley who is also Deputy head of PESL. I work collaboratively across faculty divisions and schools and lead on academic leadership for health and social care practice learning and oversee the governance and management of practice learning and simulated education; including placement quality and governance and identifying and leading initiatives in the pedagogy of practice learning. I chair the faculty practice learning committee. I am a designated safeguarding lead for the faculty and lead a team of safeguarding across divisions and schools within the faculty. I am also a university dignity and respect advisor and a member of the UOC staff LGBTQ+ network I lead , manage and develop our division team including Lecturers in Practice Learning, simulation teams and work closely with project teams expanding capacity and improving quality of placements. In addition to supporting lecturers and support staff across faculty divisions to enhance their knowledge and understanding of the pedagogy of practice learning, striving to achieve a high quality service for our learners and our practice providers. I am also attend the Northwest Nursing Education Group alongside regular liaison and governance meetings with practice providers. I lead a team of indirect practice assessors and co-facilitate a creative heath placement for pre-registration nurses, this ensures that I am cognisant of all the different professional regulations and standards that underpin our faculty programmes with practice learning elements.
Teaching and Supervision
I teach a range of subjects across programmes. this includes but is not limited to, person centred care, public health, and innovation in practice.
Research and Knowledge Exchange
I am interested in research that reviews all elements of the pedagogy of practice learning including how we learn from and in practice settings, how we generate transformational learning for our undergraduate learners on their journey to becoming a registered professional. I am interested in the experiences of marginalised groups in practice learning environments including those who face racism, transphobia and homophobia. I am also interested in the influence of create health and social prescribing, both for the public as users of services but also for our learners as deliverers of services and receivers of services within HEI settings.