Gillian Heard

Gill is a Lecturer in Adult Nursing.  She completed her BSc(Hons) in Adult Nursing at the Dundee Institute of Technology (now University of Abertay) in 1993.  Following this, she worked in Oncology at Ninewells Hospital Dundee then specialised further in Cancer at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London where she undertook a Post-Graduate Diploma in Cancer Care.  Over the years Gill has worked at Ipswich Hospital as a staff nurse in Cancer Care, Trust wide as Acute and Chronic Pain Management Sister, completing an MSc in Pain Management at the University of Wales College of Medicine. Gill then worked as a Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Nurse before undertaking the role of Lead Cancer Nurse/Matron for the Oncology Unit, as well as lead for End of Life/Palliative Care, Outpatients, Pathology and Diagnostic Imaging.  Gill moved into Nurse Education and joined the University of Suffolk in 2018 and undertook a Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice and obtaining a fellowship HEA.