Rachel Skipper

Rachel Skipper is a Senior Lecturer in Mental Health at the University of York, UK. With a clinical background in adult and child mental health nursing, she has extensive experience in CAMHS, practice education, and healthcare leadership.

• Senior Lecturer, University of York
• Lecturer in Mental Health
• Programme Lead, BSc Nursing Programme
• Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) member

Her research interests focus on mental health nursing education, transformational leadership in healthcare, and practice placement facilitation. She completed an MSc in Transformational Leadership in Healthcare at Teesside University, where her dissertation examined nursing mentors' experiences in supporting underachieving student nurses.

Rachel's teaching includes modules on psychological and sociological aspects of health, evidence-based nursing practice, and psychosocial theories applied to nursing. She previously worked as a mental health nurse in secondary schools and clinical CAMHS teams, fostering expertise in child and adolescent mental health.

• Registered NMC Teacher
• MSc Transformational Leadership in Healthcare
• BSc Community Mental Health Nursing
• Specialist Practitioner Award in RMN