Ms Fiona Ramsay

Programme Lead, MSc Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Mental Health and MSc Advanced Professional Practice (Mental Health Practitioner)

Return to Practice Nursing - Lecturer / Subject specialist (Learning disability and mental health nurses)

Qualifications

I grew up in Cornwall and trained as a learning disabilities nurse in Surrey and a mental health nurse in London. I have practiced in the UK, Australia and Canada as a clinical nurse educator, clinical nurse specialist, health services manager, nursing regulator and university lecturer. My clinical practice has primarily been in rural and remote community health services. I joined the University of Plymouth in 2019.

My interests include:

• Advanced practice in mental health and learning disabilities
• Parity of esteem for mental and physical health
• Health promotion and health inequalities related to people with learning disabilities and/or mental health
• Clinical governance, including risk management, patient safety, and quality improvement

Professional membership

• Senior Fellowship Advance HE (SFHEA)
• Fellow Royal Society of Public Health (FRSPH)
• ICN Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Network
• Association of Advanced Practice Educators
• Restraint Reduction Network 
• NMC

Teaching interests

Teaching on:

• BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult/Child/Mental health)
• BSc (Hons) Urgent and Emergency Care
• FdSc Nursing Associate
• MNurs (Adult/Child/Mental Health)
  
• MSc Advanced Professional Practice (Mental Health Practitioner) 
• Return to Practice (Adult/Child/Learning disability/Mental health)

with a special interest in online teaching, mental health and health promotion.

Staff serving as external examiners

Cardiff University

University of Lincoln