Ms Faith Manyema-Nicol

I moved to Christ Church University in 2012 from a background of clinical practice across a range of maternity settings and in various roles including Practice leadership and Practice Development in London. As cohort leader, personal tutor and link lecturer for practice I provide support to students both within the university and in placement. My other activities also involve participation in recruitment, assessment and representation at the Service User Committee. I have a keen interest in maternal and neonatal care both nationally and from a global perspective and currently lead on the Care of the Baby with Complex Needs module. I look for opportunities to engage in global partnership and research in the area of maternal and neonatal care. Concurrent interests also include educational strategies for practical and skills based teaching, learning and assessment in health care.

Midwifery, emergency and high risk maternal and newborn care, care of the baby with complex needs including examination of the newborn. I am an approved instructor in both Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) and Newborn Life Support (NLS).  

In 2012 I undertook a small scale research project as part of an MSc in Practice Education evaluating the use of the university skills lab for midwifery education. The outcomes of this work were presented at the NET conference with posters disseminated within the university skills laboratory facilities informing development and delivery of teaching and learning in this area.

I have undertaken a funded project to scope neonatal care in a developing country and have been engaged in health partnership working. I am particularly interested in developing this work further by exploring opportunities for supporting appropriate interventions impacting on neonatal mortality outcomes in the developing country setting.

Since 2010 as a fully qualified instructor I have been a regular member of the Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) and Newborn Life Support (NLS) teaching faculty providing relevant training for midwives, nurses, obstetricians and General Practitioners around the United Kingdom, Ireland and Wales. More recently from a global health perspective I have undertaken funded work to facilitate resuscitation training for paediatric nurses and conducted a scoping activity on neonatal care in a developing country. In this regard I have been shortlisted as a finalist in the British Journal of Midwifery 2016 Awards for promoting neonatal care. I have also presented work at the NET conference on the use of the skills laboratory for midwifery education. I continue to maintain my clinical practice via NHS Professionals Ltd.