Dr Jamie B. Smith 🏥
Dr Jamie B. Smith
(he/him)

Institutional Ethnographer & Nurse Researcher

Edinburgh Napier University
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
NHS Lothian
I’m an institutional ethnographer and clinical-academic nurse researcher with seventeen years of practice in transplant surgery, critical care and organ donation. My work starts from everyday nursing practice and traces how policies, technologies, staffing, professional expectations and structural inequalities organise care. I combine institutional ethnography with mixed methods, implementation science, process evaluation and nursing philosophy.

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
Research, recognition and external profiles

My research connects institutional ethnography, nursing workforce wellbeing, implementation and process evaluation, responsible health technology and nursing philosophy.

Explore my research → · Institutional ethnography → · Publications →

My work is also documented by independent institutional and editorial sources, including Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the UC Irvine Center for Nursing Philosophy fellowship programme, Edinburgh Napier University’s SHORTER trial record, and essays published by The Polyphony.

In 2022, I received a Burdett Hero Award from the Burdett Trust for Nursing, with Georgia Duffy, for founding The Nursing Tartan — one of fourteen projects recognised at the Trust’s twentieth-anniversary celebration.

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