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Heather Shekede
Senior Lecturer in Children's Nursing
Heather Shekede is a Senior Lecturer in Children’s Nursing within the School of Health Sciences at the University of Greenwich. Heather has extensive experience of working in and around London. Heather brings wide-ranging clinical expertise as a Children’s nurse- having worked across acute, community public health, health visiting and specialist cleft care services. Heather teaches on the Children’s nursing BSc/MSc programme and other Health Science modules at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Heather is passionate and committed to making university education inclusive and transformative for all students, with a passion for widening participation and is involved in outreach, recruitment and marketing. As the School Lead for Outreach, Heather works with schools, colleges and community partners to raise aspirations and signposting and providing information to make university education attainable for all.
Heather is a Team London Volunteer, for the London Mayor’s Office, which gives her the opportunity to make links with the local communities and make a difference.
Posts held previously:
- 2025 - Present: Senior Lecturer, Children’s Nursing - University of Greenwich
- 2024 - 2025: Practice Educator, Healthy Child Programme - Croydon Health Services
- 2020 - 2022: COVID Vaccine Vaccinator (Bromley GP Alliance Bank)
- 2014 - 2024: Senior Lecturer, Children’s Nursing - University of Greenwich
- 2008 - 2014: Cleft Nurse Specialist - Evelina Children’s Hospital London
- 2006 - 2008: Senior Nurse, Paediatrics - Royal Brompton Hospital
- 2004 - 2006: Health Visitor - Wandsworth Primary Care Trust
- 2003 - 2004: Senior Nurse, Paediatrics - Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
- 2002 - 2003: School Nurse, Staff Nurse - Westminster Primary Care Trust
- 1998 - 2002: Staff Nurse, Paediatrics - Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Responsibilities within the university
- Senior Lecturer Children’s Nursing
- Outreach Lead for School of Health Sciences
- Year 1 Cohort Lead
- Dissertation Supervisor
- Module Leader
- Academic Tutor
- Moderator
- Academic Assessor
- Mentor
Awards
Nominated and shortlisted for University of Greenwich Student-Led Teaching Award:
- 2020
- 2019
Recognition
- Lewisham College Employer Advisory in Early Years Board member
- London Mayor Volunteer Advisory Steering Group Member
- Member of the Institute for Leadership and Management
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Research / Scholarly interests
Heather's research interest is the impact of cleft diagnosis in families. She also intends to look into effective mentoring for student nurses.
Recent publications
- Cleaver K, Essex R, Narramore N, Shekede H, Malamateniou C, Weldon S (2021). “A much kinder introduction” exploring the benefits and challenges of paediatric simulation as a transitioning tool prior to clinical practice. International Journal of Healthcare Simulation
- Cleaver K, Essex R, Malamateniou C, Narramore N, Shekede H, Vargo J, Weedon S (2020). A systematic Scoping Review and Textual Narrative Synthesis of Undergraduate Paediatric Nursing Simulation. Journal of Clinical Simulation, 53, pp. 10–31
Presentations
Shekede, H. (2013). Dental care in children with cleft. Craniofacial Conference.