🏥Dr Jamie B Smith
(he/him)
Clinical-Academic Nurse Researcher
I’m a clinical-academic nurse, researcher, and educator, with seventeen years of practice in transplant surgery, critical care, and organ donation. My research runs along three connected strands: nursing workforce sustainability in high-acuity settings; health equity and structural inequality — how gender, access, and social conditions shape health and care; and critical perspectives on care, technology, and everyday ethics. Methodologically, I combine psychometrics, process evaluation, and evidence synthesis with critical posthuman institutional ethnography, working with clinical teams, policymakers, and trial consortia.
Experience
Senior Research Fellow
Edinburgh Napier University & SHORTER Trial
Process evaluation for the SHORTER pragmatic RCT (ISRCTN40090372) — antibiotic stewardship across ~50 UK ICU sites. Using TPB, NPT and CFIR to examine behaviour change, implementation, and context, with ongoing collaboration with ICU teams across trial sites.
Clinical Academic Home – Honorary Research Nurse
NHS Lothian
Honorary research nursing role supporting clinical-academic work within NHS Lothian.
Research Associate
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Research lead for a mixed-methods programme exploring nursing stress and working conditions, including survey and qualitative work in hospital settings.
Clinical Nursing Lecturer
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Taught and coordinated acute and critical care skills teaching within BSc Nursing, including simulation and patient safety/human factors content.
Research Associate & Project Manager
University of Edinburgh
Project management and research support for a feasibility RCT, alongside teaching contributions across postgraduate and undergraduate programmes.
Specialist Nurse: Organ Donation (SNOD)
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT)
Specialist role coordinating organ donation pathways in intensive care, supporting families and clinical teams through consent and retrieval processes.
Senior Charge Nurse / Ward Manager
Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust
Ward management role in renal and transplant HDU, overseeing day-to-day operations, staff support, and clinical governance for perioperative transplant care.
Education
PhD Nursing, Philosophy and Sociology
University of Edinburgh
Thesis: ‘Ecologies of Care: A posthuman institutional ethnography of nursing’. Doctoral research at the intersection of nursing, philosophy, and sociology, drawing on posthuman and feminist scholarship. Continued clinical practice alongside doctoral study in renal and liver transplant care.
MA Sociology
Goldsmiths, University of London
Focus on gender, media, and culture.
MSc Nursing Studies
Sheffield Hallam University
PgDip Nursing Studies
Sheffield Hallam University
With NMC Registration (Adult Nursing).
BSc (Hons) Psychology
London South Bank University
Clinical Psychology focus.
Research & Clinical Skills
Research Methods
- Psychometrics (ESEM, IRT, CFA)
- Qualitative Methods
- Mixed Methods
- Process Evaluation (TPB · NPT · CFIR)
- Behaviour Change & Intervention Development
- Critical Posthuman Institutional Ethnography
- Ecological Momentary Assessment
- Implementation Science
Clinical Expertise
- Critical Care Nursing
- Transplant Surgery
- Organ Donation Coordination (DBD/DCD)
- ICU Patient Assessment (ABCDE)
- Perioperative HDU Nursing
- Nephrology (Renal Medicine)
- Haemodialysis
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Immunosuppression Management
- Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT/HD/PD)
- Post-Op Transplant Recipient Care
Patient Safety & Human Factors
- Crew Resource Management
- Human Factors in Critical Care
- Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Simulation-Based Training (GAPS)
Academic Leadership
- Research Programme Leadership
- Curriculum & Module Design
- Clinical Skills Lab Leadership
- Postgraduate Supervision
- Doctoral Student & Supervisor Development
- Grant Development
Software
- R
- SPSS
- NVivo
- MAXQDA
- REDCap
Languages
Native
English
C1
German
B2
French
Level 2
British Sign Language