Leigh Cody

Biography

Current Responsibilities

Responsible for the development and delivery of high quality academic provision in the area of Advanced Practice alongside the Advanced Practice team.

Design teaching material and deliver across a range of modules.

Module leader for ‘Analysing Research and Evidence to Inform and Advance Clinical Practice’

 

Recent Relevant Employment Experience

University of Cumbria – Senior lecturer MSc Advanced Clinical Practice Dec 2023- current

Advanced Clinical Practitioner/Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Emergency Department) Sept 2016 – Dec 2023

Clinical Leader (Emergency Department) September 2012 – September 2016                             

Qualifications and memberships

University of Cumbria

MSc Advanced practice (clinical)

2016-2021

Pass with Distinction

University of Cumbria

University award (level 6):Multi-professional Support of Learning and Assessment in Practice                                                                                                                                               2014  

University of Central Lancashire   

BSc module (level 6):Trauma Care and Resusitation                                 

2012    

University of Central Lancashire   

BSc module (level 6): Essentials of Emergency Care                                 

2011                                                        

St Martins College/accredited by Lancaster University

Dip HE: Adult Nursing                                                                            

2008

 

 

 

NMC PIN: 08B0483E

Academic and research interests

Acute and Emergency Care

Advanced Clinical Practice

Care of minor injuries

Manchester triage trainer

Trauma and Resuscitation (ALS provider)

Recent external roles

I have 15 years experience working within the Emergency Department, covering roles from Staff Nurse to Clinical Leader, before completing the MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice at the University of Cumbria and working as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner.

As an ACP I managed complete episodes of care for those accessing the provision of the Emergency Department. This was often autonomous but also as part of the Emergency Department and wider inpatient teams.

This included the use of consultation frameworks, history taking and examination skills; the ordering and interpretation of diagnostics such as imaging and lab results to enable accurate diagnosis and optimal management/treatment for the patients in line with best evidence standards/guidelines and trust protocols. Using accurate safety netting and discharge advice to ensure the safe discharge of patients or liaising with specialists to ensure timely admission for those who require further management.

My experience spanned many specialties or areas of practice including minor injury or illness, Frailty, Medicine, Surgery, Orthopaedics, ENT, Gynaecology as well as Paediatric patients.

My role also included the clinical supervision of both nursing and medical colleagues, incorporating the teaching of various skills including practical skills, clinical examination, and consultation skills as well as the underpinning theory. Providing formal and informal feedback and sign-off where necessary to set standards for clinical performance. This was achieved by exploiting a variety of learning opportunities from formal teaching sessions to demonstrations on shift.

I have also held the role of triage trainer, responsible for educating nursing staff in the application of the Manchester Triage System to help safely prioritise patients, whilst auditing these processes and responding to underperformances via direct supervision.

Alongside the clinical, teaching and leadership roles, I was also involved in several innovation projects during my time in clinical practice. These included the development and introduction of an electronic triage system, improvement in the minor injury unit service provision and transformation of nursing documentation records.

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