Ms Jess Chillingsworth

Job: Senior Lecturer Paramedicine

Faculty: Health and Life Sciences

School/department: School of Allied Health Sciences

Address: De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: N/A

E: jessica.chillingsworth@dmu.ac.uk

 

Personal profile

I am a Senior Lecturer and a registered Paramedic, having qualified in 2016. Throughout my clinical career, I have worked on the frontline responding to emergency and urgent care calls, providing assessment, treatment, and life-saving interventions across a wide range of medical and traumatic emergencies. This has enabled me to develop extensive experience in emergency care, pre-hospital trauma management, resuscitation, and clinical decision-making in high-pressure environments. Alongside my operational role, I have worked within an NHS Trust's Education Department, designing and delivering education and competency-based training to a diverse range of healthcare professionals. This experience has strengthened my passion for developing others and supporting learners to build confidence and clinical competence.

I also work as a part of a hospital avoidance service, with the main aim of reducing admissions for vulnerable patient groups and providing care within their home environment.

I am passionate about creating engaging learning experiences and enjoy bringing real-world clinical practice into the classroom. My particular interests include simulation-based learning and high-fidelity education, using realistic scenarios to develop students' clinical reasoning, technical skills, teamwork, and confidence in preparation for professional practice.

Qualifications

  • FDSc Paramedic Science
  • Urgent and Emergency Care of Special Populations
  • Paramedic Practice Educator
  • Clinical leadership and Human Factors 

Courses taught

Paramedic Apprenticeship BSc (Hons) and Paramedic Science BSc (Hons)

Membership of professional associations and societies

Royal College of Paramedics

Professional licences and certificates

HCPC Registered Paramedic