Andrew Finney

Biography

PhD, BSc (Hons) Dip RN (Adult Nursing), Post Graduate Certificate of Higher Education (PGCHE) Andrew undertook his nurse training at the then Keele University Department of Nursing and Midwifery in the late 1990’s. After registration, he moved into the speciality of Rheumatology and worked for the University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust at its Haywood Hospital site before the speciality provision moved to the local Primary Care NHS Trust. As a Clinical Skills Lecturer, Andrew formed part of a skills team that was responsible for the clinical skills teaching of all pre-registration student nurses across all fields. Andrew also taught on the ‘Learning Beyond Registration’ Mentorship course. He vacated the role of Clinical Skills Lecturer in November 2010 and is now a Lecturer of Adult Nursing and post-doctoral research fellow. Andrew was seconded to the Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences in 2010 and successfully completed his PhD in 2014. Since January 2014, Andrew has divided his time between working in the School of Nursing and Midwifery where he leads the graduate programme 'Fundamentals in General Practice Nursing'; and at the research institute where his post-doctoral work to date has focussed on implementation of the practice nurse training that formed part of his PhD study within the ‘MOSAICS trial’ (Dziedzic et al, 2014). He is also ‘Nurse Lead’ on the ‘ENHANCE study’ (Finney et al, 2015). In addition to these roles he received funding in March 2015 (£10,000) to undertake the role of Evidence-Based Practice lead for Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffs CCG, working predominantly with primary care nurses to question and appraise ‘best evidence’ in their general practice roles (Finney et al, 2016). This role has received further funding (£12,000) for a second year.

Research Interest

Primary Care and Health Sciences