Jenny Bishop

Senior Lecturer in Paramedic Science

School of Allied Health and Community

Department of Social Work and Paramedic Science

Contact Details

Jenny is a part-time senior lecturer and module leader on the BSc Paramedicine programme.

Jenny qualified as a registered nurse in the NHS, and then joined the Royal Navy. During her time in the Royal Navy, Jenny specialised in the field of critical care and was employed in a variety of military, NHS, education, and operational healthcare settings in the UK and abroad.

Alongside her university role she continues to work clinically as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner and independent prescriber in primary care, which enables her to bring up-to-date clinical knowledge, skills, and experience to the teaching environment.

Qualifications

MSc Advanced Practice
Non-medical independent/supplementary prescribing (V300)
Chartered Management Institute Level 6 Award in Management and Leadership
Post Graduate Certificate in Education for Healthcare professionals.
Intensive Care Specialist Pathway
BSc (Hons) Defence Nursing Studies
City and Guilds Licentiateship Award in Management
DipHE Nursing Studies (RNA)

Teaching Interests

Jenny is a senior lecturer and module leader on the BSc Paramedicine programme is involved in lecturing and teaching activities across various modules. She is the lead for BSPS1103 Patient Assessment module.

Teaching interests include:

Immersive simulation
Clinical skills, simulation, and clinical reasoning
Consultation and communication skills
Primary care
Minor Illnesses and long-term conditions
Contraception and Sexual health
High dependency and Intensive Care
Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs)

Research Interests

Qualitative research experience investigating the provision of self-care information for minor illnesses within the primary care setting.
Clinical supervision in practice
Current research interests are focused on new models of clinical simulation for medical education.
Immersive Simulation

Membership of Professional Bodies

Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) registered:

Registered Nurse Part 12
Nurse Teacher
Independent prescriber

Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Full member

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Recent Publications

Bishop, J. and Reed, H. (2023) Design and evaluation of an interprofessional immersive simulation based on immersive theatre techniques. Clinical Teacher. 20 (1):148. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/tct.13657

Bishop, J. and Reed, H. (2023) Design and evaluation of an interprofessional immersive simulation based on immersive theatre techniques. Poster and oral presentation at the Association for the Study of Medical Education conference: July 2023.

Bishop (2023) The Immersive Simulation Project. Poster presentation at the University of Worcester Learning and Teaching conference: June 2023.

Bishop, J. (2018) Factors influencing GP provision of self-care information for minor illnesses: a qualitative study. Self Care. Available at https://selfcarejournal.com/article/factors-influencing-gp-provision-of-self-care-information-for-minor-illnesses-a-qualitative-study/

Contributor for decision support tools (DSTs) for the RCNi online (2018). Topics included: emergency contraception, tetanus prophylaxis, and using compression hosiery. The DSTs are found at: https://decisionsupport.rcni.com/aboutus

Bishop J. (2017) Undertaking an oral contraceptive pill review. Nursing Standard. 32(5): 52-62.

Bishop, J. (2014) Contraception, sex, and sexual wellbeing: a reflective account. Primary Health care. 25(5): 18-23.

External Roles

Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Primary Care
External Examiner
School governor
Civilian Instructor Sea Cadets Corps