Ruari Cassidy

    Overview

    Profile summary

    After completion of my training at Argyll and Clyde School of Nursing and Midwifery I worked as a D grade in Respiratory Medicine and Coronary Care before moving to Critical Care.

    Clinical experience in Critical Care and Cardiothoracic Critical Care from D grade through to Charge Nurse across Dorset, Devon, Yorkshire and Manchester before holding posts as a practitioner within Critical Care Outreach, Practice Education and as ICU Matron.

    More recently I have brought this experience into an academic role as a lecturer in Clinical Intercalation at the University of Plymouth.

    My areas of interest are in Urgent and Critical Care, High Dependency care education for midwives as well as Strategic and Humanistic leadership.

    Teaching interests

    High Dependency Care for Midwives - Delivery of Post-Grad Modules

    Critical Care and Urgent Care - Programme Lead for Urgent and Emergency Care / Critical Care BSc (Intercalated)

    Quality Improvement - Module Lead UEC607 (Urgent, emergency and critical care: leadership and innovation)

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    • SDG 4 - Quality Education