Richard qualified as a registered nurse from Hereford School of Nursing in 1989 and worked primarily in the field of trauma and orthopaedics in Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire for many years before moving into professional nurse development in 2004 for Worcester NHS acute Trust . Since 2009 he has worked in higher education a as a Senior lecturer at Birmingham City University, University of the West of England and now at University of Gloucestershire.
Harley, K. Stock, R. (2016) Trauma and orthopaedics, Oxford Handbook of Surgical Nursing (Smith, A. Kisiel, M. Radford, M) Chapter 20, pages 439-518, Oxford University Press.
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Richard is currently module lead for:
– Personal and Professional Development for Health and Wellbeing
– Foundations of Anatomy and Physiology to Support Clinical Practice
– Practice Based Learning Consolidation of Practice