Jemell Geraghty

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT JEMELL GERAGHTY

I currently hold the position of Lecturer in Adult Nursing, leading the Person-Centred Care & Tissue Viability modules at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, King’s College London; I have been collaborating with King’s College since 2011. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), an international recognition of commitment to professionalism in teaching and learning in higher education. I am an accredited Global Nurse Consultant in Tissue Viability and co-director of AD INTEGRUM Vascular & Wound Care®, together with leading Vascular Consultant Mr Lukla Biasi, offering state-of-the-art joint Vascular and Wound Care expertise.My clinical experience includes vascular, older adult medicine and emergency nursing. I have worked in both hospital and community settings, private sector and NHS, leading and providing wound care. I currently sit on the editorial board of the British Journal of Nursing, Tissue Viability panel and have published and presented at national and international level.I am delighted to be a Trustee of the Lindsay Leg Club Foundation; I am part of the Legs Matter coalition and have been actively involved in the campaign since its formation. I previously sat on the board of Trustees for the Tissue Viability Society (20••••21).I have an interest in qualitative research methods and narrative inquiry, specifically the stories of marginalised people living with wounds. In 20••••20 I led a wound care clinic for the homeless population in London and currently work with the charity Change, Grow, Live as Nurse Consultant Tissue Viability.I was awarded a Professional Doctorate in Health Research (DHRes) from the University of Hertfordshire in 2018 with a thesis on “Exploring the experiences of injecting drug users living with leg ulceration – a qualitative study”. I have received several awards and scholarships for my work and I continue to campaign for wound and vascular lower limb care to be recognised as a physical health need in its own right within inclusion and homeless health.I work closely with the London Network of Nurses and Midwives Homelessness Group Charity (LNNM) as the subject-lead for tissue viability.Industry and pharmaceutical collaboration continues to be an important part of my work; sharing expertise to promote innovation, research and improve patient outcomes. I am actively involved in research projects and grant proposals exploring skin health and wound care. I am passionate about inclusion health and addressing social and health inequalities.