Annie Barker

Annie originally did a degree in English Language and Literature, with subsidiary studies in French at the University of Reading. Whilst living and working in London, and after a brief period of ill-health, Annie felt inspired to become a nurse, a decision she has never regretted. She completed her training in Adult Nursing at Guy's Hospital in London in 1986 to become a Registered Nurse. Following registration, Annie worked in Complex Care and Medical Nursing across the Guy's group of hospitals. After a period of travelling, she joined the Hospice of St. John and St. Elizabeth in North London, where she helped introduce the Nursing Process and developed an in-house teaching programme. Annie moved to East Anglia and worked as a Senior Staff Nurse on a gastro-enterological ward in General Medicine at Ipswich Hospital. In 1992, she qualified as a District Nurse Specialist Practitioner and was part of the pilot site for Community Nurse Prescribing. She completed her Post Graduate Certificate in Education in 2005 to qualify as a Practice Teacher in the community, facilitating the practice element of the District Nursing Student. Annie undertook a Post-Graduate Diploma in Interprofessional Healthcare Education in 2007 and continued to work in the community, managing a large caseload and team of eleven nurses, before joining the lecturing team at the University of Suffolk at Suffolk in September 2015.

Since joining the team Annie has led on a variety of modules and programmes, including the Return to Practice Course. She currently leads on the BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing programme.