Dr Ann Mitchell

I am currently  working as a lecturer in mental health nursing with a co -ordinating role for the mental health branch in the pre registration nursing programme. Over the years I have acquired a range of experiences in community mental health nursing, nurse education, management and leadership of community mental health teams and writing distance learning materials. This breadth and depth of experience spans twenty nine years since qualifiying in 1981. As a senior lecturer at University of Northampton, I was responsible for the development of the curriculum and delivery of the community mental health programme at undergraduate and master's levels. I worked closely with a multi disciplinary community team that included health visitor, school nurse, district nurse and children's nurse lecturers whose aim was to deliver a programme for community health care professionals. I also managed an undergraduate part time degree programme for nurses. In 2002 I was seconded to the Community mental health trust to implement clinical governance and to strategically lead two mental health teams for a period of one year. Following this successful period of managing two teams and updating my mental health practice skills, I returned to Northampton University to develop and implement an undergraduate modular framework.