Senior Lecturer in Clinical Human Factors

My passion is to bring out the brilliance in others and help healthcare organisations to improve the quality and safety of healthcare through education, learning and development, consultancy and research.

I have worked with the National Health Service (NHS) for over 15 years as an excellent clinician and in senior nursing leadership roles ensuring compliance with regulatory standards on quality and safety across the the whole organisation as a lead reviewer.

My passion for improvement in quality and safety in healthcare extends to the Care Quality Commission as a Specialist Advisor and I've being part of the Governance Team inspecting and advising on regulatory standards across the UK in health and social care services.

I enjoy leading on new initiatives and I've led on various service improvement projects testing and learning from my failures and success to make a positive difference. This includes pioneering non medical prescribing in a North London NHS Mental Health Trust.

In November 2013, I joined the University of Bedfordshire's Faculty of Health and Social Sciences and I'm based in the Department for Clinical Education and Leadership.

Current Projects

Q initiative: Nominated as one of the founding cohort participants

• Leadership in Patient Safety Science: A quality and patient safety improvement project with Bedford Hospital NHS Trust to help improve the organisation's culture to patient safety. The focus is on developing quality improvement  and human factors capabilities and testing small scale improvement projects to sustain and spread and embed organisational learning.

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• Celebrating the first group (photo) with the executive team and delegates of Bedford Hospital.
• Video comment from the Chief Executive Stephen Conroy and the Executive Director of Nursing and Patient Services Nina Fraser.

• Health Simulation Clinic: A University of Bedfordshire Dragons' Den award to enhance the experience of  healthcare students in a high fidelity simulation environment. This includes the use of Electronic Medical Health Records software SystmOne.
• A short film recorded by the BBC Look East for their evening News on 03/06/15 titled the "Simulated Hospital"

Other References

• LinkedIn profile
• Twitter profile

Qualifications

• MPhil (in progress)
• MSc Mental Health Interventions - Middlesex University
• Independent/Supplementary Nurse Prescriber - London Metropolitan University (NMC-registered)
• Preparation for Mentorship - University of Hertfordshire
• Registered Mental Health Nurse
• Diploma in Higher Education - Thames Valley University
• Advanced Certificate in Marketing - Chartered Institute of Marketing, London

I have completed the Royal College of Nursing Clinical Leadership Programme and a course in clinical systems improvement at Warwick University.

Teaching Role

• Course Coordinator MSc International Nursing and Healthcare
• Promoting Quality Healthcare
• Human factors and safer care
• Transforming healthcare through effective leadership
• Mental health skills for primary care
• V300 Non medical prescribing and updates
• Assessing the teaching of medical and dental students in their clinical environment
• Dissertation Supervisor
• Personal Academic Tutor

Research Interests

• Quality and safety improvements in healthcare
• Organisational learning
• Clinical Human Factors
• Leadership in healthcare
• Enhancing learning with music

Service to the Academic/Professional Community

• Clinical and Professional Advisor to the Care Quality Commission
• East Academic Health Science Network (EAHSN) member
• Fellow Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Conference Presentations

• The Clinical Human Factors Group (CHFG) Conference June 2015@ Manchester
• Creating a patient safety culture – Bedford Hospital NHS Trust June, 2014
• Safe guarding Adults workshop - Bedford Hospital NHS Trust 2014
• Patient safety and human factors – Clinical Commissioning Group May, 2014
• Service improvement for nurses: Royal College of Nursing  online presentation May, 2014
• Human Factors in Mental Health – South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust – April, 2014
• Organiser & Chair - Non medical Prescribing Conference (BEH) London May, 2013
• Organiser & Panel member: BEH Nursing Conference July, 2012
• Speaker - Implementing non-medical prescribing in BEH – Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Non-Medical Prescribing Conference- September, 2012
• Organiser & Chair - Annual non-medical prescribing conference BEH May, 2012
• Organiser & Chair - Annual non-medical prescribing conference BEH, February, 2011
• Organiser & chair - Annual non-medical prescribing conference BEH, February, 2010
• Speaker - non medical prescribing in memory clinics – Middlesex University Conference on "Prescribing for Mental Health Related Conditions", London October, 2009
• Speaker - Implementing non-medical prescribing in early intervention service for psychosis – BEH Nursing Conference, Tottenham, London February, 2008

Contact Details

Units 260-270
Butterfield Park
Luton, Bedfordshire
LU2 8DL

M: +44 (0)7730195723
E: charles.kpodo@beds.ac.uk