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Claire Leader

Assistant Professor

Department: Nursing, Midwifery & Health

My nursing and midwifery career has spanned over 20 years across clinical practice, research delivery and more recently in academia as a Senior Lecturer for Northumbria University.  

In my current role I am responsible for the Programme leadership of the September 2018 Adult Nursing cohort of approximately 300 students. This role incorporates a range of responsibilities relating to programme and module design and managementstudent support, engagement and enhancement of the student experience as well as quality monitoring and review.  From September 2021 I will also be contributing to pre-registration nursing programmes at Glasgow Caledonian University as an external examiner.

 I completed my MA at Newcastle University in Sociology and Social research. The focus of my dissertation was decision making in pregnancy following a previous caesarean section using Foucault’s Technologies of Power as a theoretical framework. Building on theoretical understandings of power, I am currently undertaking a PhD in the area of NHS workforce wellbeing and policy implementation which I hope to have completed by 2025.

 I have a range of publications including articles in peer reviewed journals, comment pieces as well as book chapters which contribute to knowledge and education of Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals.  

 

Claire Leader

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Leadership competences in undergraduate nurse education: scale development and model testing, Conner, T., Allan, J., Annesley, S., Leader, C., Unsworth, J., Tomietto, M. 1 Jul 2025, In: Nurse Education in Practice
  • An Exploration of the Use of Deliberate Practice in Team-Centered Healthcare Simulation-Based Education: An Integrative Review, Platt, A., Allan, J., Leader, C. 1 Sep 2024, In: Clinical Simulation in Nursing
  • Fundamentals of Maternal Anatomy and Physiology, Peate, I., Leader, C. 2 May 2024
  • Fundamentals of Maternal Pathophysiology, Leader, C., Peate, I. 2 May 2024
  • Inflammation and the Immune Response, Ford, C., Leader, C. Apr 2024, Fundamentals of Maternal Pathophysiology, Hoboken, US, Blackwell Publishing
  • Interprofessional education: promoting collaboration, Leader, C. 4 Jul 2024, In: British Journal of Nursing
  • Preparing for Practice, the Effects of Repeated Immersive Simulation on The Knowledge and Self-Efficacy of Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Mixed Methods Study, Platt, A., Allan, J., Leader, C., Prescott-Clements, L., McMeekin, P. 1 Jan 2024, In: Nurse Education in Practice
  • The cardiovascular system and associated disorders, Cameron-Radford, M., Bhatt, K., Gurney, L., McEwan, T., Leader, C., Peate, I. 2 Sep 2024, In: British Journal of Midwifery
  • A realist evaluation of online examinations and remote proctoring for pre-registration nursing students, Ford, C., Park, L., Leader, C. 1 Oct 2023, In: Advances in Online Education
  • Growing the midwifery workforce, Leader, C. 2 May 2023, In: British Journal of Midwifery

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Hosting an academic visitor: Jennifer Solomon 2024
  • Invited talk: Simulated Practice Learning in a UK Nursing Curriculum: Integrating Research and Practice 2023
  • Hosting an academic visitor: Frances McGill 2023
  • Invited talk: An evaluation of online examinations and remote proctoring for pre-registration nursing students 2021
  • Publication Peer-review: Blackwell Publishing (Publisher) 2021

  • Education PGCert April 01 2020
  • Sociology MA November 01 2012
  • Midwifery BSc (Hons) March 01 2005
  • Nursing Studies Advanced Diploma July 08 1999


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