Dr Jenny Clements

I trained as a Registered General Nurse at Guy’s Hospital and qualified in 1995. I then worked in the orthopaedic unit at Lewisham Hospital for a few years before undertaking a Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education at Greenwich University (PGDip HE) in 2000. Over the next fifteen years, I worked in various education posts within the acute hospital setting, supporting students and nurses to develop within their clinical roles. This included working as a clinical skills coach at Lewisham Hospital, a practice development nurse for Surgery and Orthopaedics at Bromley Hospital (now the PRUH) and as a practice placement facilitator at Medway Maritime Hospital. During this time, I undertook an MSc in Professional Leadership in Healthcare at King’s College London, completing in 2004. I started as Senior Lecturer in CCCU in 2016, teaching students on a variety of professional courses from undergraduate to postgraduate students and completed a Doctorate in Education (edD) at King’s College London in 2018. I am also the Course Director for the BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing course.

I teach on a range of courses across the school including the Foundation Degree Nursing Associate students as well as the BSc and MSc Adult Nursing students. I am also the lead for the research module undertaken by qualified professionals undertaking their MSc in Healthcare Practice and Advanced Clinical Practice degrees. My subject specialist areas include acute care, pathophysiology and pharmacology, research methodology, nursing expertise and decision-making theory. 

My doctoral research explored the nature of knowledge required by nurses to achieve occupational capability. I am also interested in clinical decision-making, work-based learning and the development of professional identity and expertise. I currently supervise MSc students for their research dissertations.

I was an external examiner at King's College London for the MSc Adult Nursing degree with registration from 2019-2023.