Dr Joanne Sharpe

Job: Associate Professor - Head of Adult Nursing Division

Faculty: Health and Life Sciences

School/department: School of Nursing and Midwifery

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

T: +44 (0)116 2013 804

E: jsharpe@dmu.ac.uk

W: https://www.dmu.ac.uk/nursingandmidwifery

 

Personal profile

Jo is an Associate Professor and Head of Division for Adult Nursing.

Jo is a Mental Health Nursing registrant by background, teaching pre and post registration nursing and under graduate paramedicine, with particular emphasis on psychosocial interventions, acute mental health care, community mental health care, prescribing for mental health, early intervention in psychosis, mental health recovery and mental health diagnoses.

Her current lead role/s within the Leicester School of Nursing and Midwifery are:
- Associate Professor / Head of Division - Adult Nursing (July 2022 - Ongoing) 
- School Early Resolution Officer (ERO) (Ongoing).


Previous Lead Roles within the Leicester School of Nursing and Midwifery held by Jo include: 
- Programme Leader - Future Nurse Curriculum (2021) BSc  in Nursing (all Fields of Practice with NMC registration) (September 2021 - August 2022)
 - Programme Leader for BSc Nursing (with NMC registration) (All fields of Practice) from September 2020 - August 2022
- Programme development lead - Future Nurse Curriculum (2021) BSc  in Nursing (all Fields of Practice with NMC registration)
-Co- Programme Leader for BSc in Nursing – September 2016 - September 2020.
-Subject Lead for Mental Health from 1st September 2014 – July 2017.

Her roles within the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences include:
- Co-chair of the Staff Health and Wellbeing Faculty Group. 
- Faculty research ethics group committee member.


Prior to working in Higher Education, Jo held various roles as a Registered Mental Health Nurse including clinician and managerial roles. She has experience of working in the following mental health nursing care environments:-Acute Adult In-patients (mixed gender)- Community Mental Health Team / Case Management Team- Peri-natal services- Assertive Outreach services- Early Intervention in Psychosis Services.

Research group affiliations

  • Member of the Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre - DMU

Research interests/expertise

  • Psychosis
  • Early Intervention for Psychosis
  • Recovery and Mental Health
  • Student mental health nurse socialisation in compassionate practice

Areas of teaching

Jo teaches pre and post-graduate education with particular emphasis on psychosocial interventions, acute mental health care, community mental health care, prescribing in mental health settings, mental health recovery and mental health diagnoses - with particular interest in the experience of and care of those with psychosis.

Qualifications

Ph.D - "An exploration of the socialisation of student mental health nurses in compassionate mental health nursing practice: A constructivist Study".          (2021 - De Montfort University) 

MA - Community mental health and recovery (2008 - The University of Birmingham).

PGCert  - Teaching in Higher Education with NMC recordable qualification (2014 - De Montfort University.

Masters Certificate - Comtemporary issues in non-medical prescribing (2010 - Coventry University)

Masters Certificate - The practice of Non-medical prescribing (2010 - Coventry University)

BSc in Mental Health Nursing (2001 - Coventry University). 

 

Courses taught

 

 

Honours and awards

Awarded the Vice Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award, (2015) following nominations by a number of students for “teaching style, knowledge, devotion and passion”.

Membership of external committees

Member of the Mental Health Nurse Academics UK group.

Membership of professional associations and societies

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Professional licences and certificates

Nursing and Midwifery Council registered mental health nurse

Nursing and Midwifery Council resgistered nurse independent / Supplementary prescriber

Nursing and Midwifery Council registered teacher.