FdSc Nursing Associate
Become a skilled nursing associate in an incredible profession, with fantastic career prospects in a range of different healthcare settings on our NMC-accredited course.
View courseDr Lisa Arai
BA (Hons), MSc, Dip, PGCE, PhD, FHEA, FRSPH
Senior Lecturer
School of Health and Sport
Biography
Lisa is a social and public health scientist with around 25 years’ research and teaching experience.
She has designed and delivered modules at levels 3 to 8 and has taught on public health and health and social care programmes, as well as core academic, research and learning skills.
Her research experience and interests are in the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families, and she has particular interests in service dis/engagement, the implementation and evaluation and of public health interventions, risk in health and social care and child protection in health service settings.
In the past, she has worked at the Institute of Child Health (UCL), Institute of Education, City University (London) and the University of Bristol.
Her most recent publication is Foundations for 21st-Century Health and Social Care Theory and Practice for Nursing Associates, Assistant Practitioners, Support Workers and Beyond (Routledge) (available November 2023).
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Further information
Lisa has been teaching since 2004 and has taught a variety of students at all levels.
Taught courses
Nursing Associate (NMC 2018) Apprenticeship
The nursing associate apprenticeship has been developed to create a new role in health and social care. These highly trained individuals will deliver effective, safe and responsive nursing care.
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FdSc Health and Social Care (Health Care Assistant Practitioner)
Working as part of the wider health and social care team, healthcare assistant practitioners provide care for service users within the healthcare industry.
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Assistant Practitioner (Health) Apprenticeship
Healthcare assistant practitioners work as part of the wider health and social care team, and have direct contact with patients, service users or clients providing high quality...
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