Discuss your research aspirations with an experienced mentor in healthcare.
About
I have 14 years’ experience working within the NHS and am currently a clinical lead physiotherapist with the St Helens Community Intermediate Care Team. My research journey began in 2021 when I completed the early career research pathway. Following this, I completed the integrated clinical academic internship, where I gained valuable experience of writing for publication.
Full Name: Andrea Cross
Current Role: Clinical Lead Physiotherapist
Organisation: Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Research Interest and/or Mentoring Expertise: Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy,, Outcome measures, Scoping reviews
Academic Qualification: Pre-Doc
Email: andrea.cross@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk
Research Experience and Background
I have completed both the early career research pathway and the integrated clinical academic internship. I have experience of writing for publication as a primary author, having published a paper using data gained from a service evaluation. I have also published a scoping review and am well experienced with database searching. I have experience of writing abstracts for conference and presenting posters at conference as well as completing peer review of articles for publication.
Clinical Experience
Having worked for the NHS for the last 14 years, in many different areas, my clinical experience is broad. For the last 8 years I have specialised in adult community rehabilitation. Having worked as both a team lead and a clinical lead, I fully understand the challenges of carrying out research duties alongside clinical duties.
What motivates you to become a mentor?
To support others to start a research career and grow research capacity.