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Caroline Smith serves as Senior Lecturer in Community Nursing at Anglia Ruskin University's School of Midwifery and Community Health within the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care. A registered nurse with over 20 years of community healthcare experience, she has specialized as a health visitor for 18 years supporting children under five, peri-natal women, and families in Chelmsford.
Her educational credentials include:
- Registered Adult Nurse (London South Bank University)
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visitor (ARU)
- Community Practitioner Nurse Prescriber (ARU)
- PG Cert in Medical and Health Care Education (ARU)
Research focuses on peri-natal mental health interventions, infant neurodevelopment trajectories, and domestic abuse perpetrator profiling linked to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Her work bridges clinical practice with academic inquiry to improve maternal-infant outcomes through community-based approaches.
As an educator, she trains Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (SCPHN) for Health Visitor and School Nurse roles, mentors pre-registration nurses during community placements, and delivers modules at ARU and University of Essex. She adapts teaching methods between face-to-face and virtual formats following pandemic experiences.
Professional affiliations:
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Institute of Health Visiting (ihv)
