- Clinical Skills Resource Centre, John Bull Building, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
- +44 1752 437194
- nicola.cluer@plymouth.ac.uk

Profiles
Mrs Nicola Cluer
Clinical Skills Tutor
Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health)
My Clinical background is in Cardiothoracic Intensive Care, predominantly Cardiac surgery, as a Specialist Nurse.
I have worked within this speciality since 1991 and for the last 16 years have worked on the Cardiac ICU in Derriford Hospital.
After training in Westminster Hospital, London, I spent the first part of my career in numerous hospitals in the city including the The Royal Brompton and The London Chest, before moving to The Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney and The John Radcliffe, Oxford.
After leaving London initially I undertook a full time BSc in Marine Biology at the University of Plymouth, obtaining a 2:1 before returning to a Sisters post in Critical Care.
I have always had a keen interest and active involvement in clinical teaching. I have combined my clinical and teaching experiences and am now part of the Clinical Skills teaching and assessment team for the University of Plymouth's Penninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry / Peninsula College of Medicine & Dentistry, whilst also maintaining my clinical practice. Working in such a dynamic and evolving educational arena is both challenging and exciting and I hope to continue to develop with the challenges and experience that these roles create.
Qualifications
1989 RGN Registered General Nurse
1991 ENB A13 Cardiothoracic Intensive Care _ English National Board
1991 ENB998 Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practice
1997 BSc(Hons) 2:1 Marine Biology
2001 NEBSM NEB for Supervision & Management Diploma
2014 ALS Advanced Life Support Course
Professional membership
NMC National Midwifery Council
Teaching interests
I teach and facillitate on all aspects of clinical and communication skills in undergraduate medical education . I have a particular interest in interprofessional learning in undergraduate education.