26^th World Nursing Healthcare Conference

Amanda qualified as an RGN in 1986 and an RSCN in 1989, she has worked in a wide range of clinical specialities since this time. In 2005 Amanda was

appointed as a lecturer at the University of Leeds UK. Since then she has shared her nursing experiences with student nurses, supporting the student with

transition to be a qualified practitioner. In 2010 Amanda led a scoping project to ascertain the viability of a band 4 support worker development programme which established her interest in workforce planning and developing the un-registered workforce and has worked with several NHS Trusts in England to train andeducate their workforce, and has published and presented both n ationally and internationally on these topics.Amanda has played an instrumental and significant role in the strategic direction, design, development and planning of the Foundation degrees in healthcare, which since 2017 have been approved as higher apprenticeships, the first to be run by the University of Leeds.