Sadie Diamond-Fox

Assistant Professor (Practice)

Department: Nursing, Midwifery & Health

Sadie qualified as an adult nurse in 2008 and has since worked in various critical care departments including hepatobiliary, cardiothoracic, burns and general medical and surgical units. During this time she has progressed from Registered Nurse to her current specialist roles as Advanced Critical Care Practitioner (ACCP) and Lecturer for Northumbria’s ACCP training programmes.

In her current clinical role she works as an autonomous practitioner in a highly advanced non-medical role that is pioneering change in regard to the medical workforce within critical care. On completion of her ACCP training she was awarded Associate Membership status to the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, having completed a FICM recognised ACCP programme here at Northumbria University.

Sadie has always had a great passion for academia, accepting an Honorary Lecturer’s post at Anglia Ruskin University in 2010 to compliment her clinical work. Since then she has developed an extensive teaching portfolio which spans multiple disciplines within undergraduate and postgraduate healthcare education, making a wide range of contributions on local and international levels through the delivery of lectures, seminars, practical workshops and short courses. Sadie was initially an Associate Lecturer at Northumbria University, later having been awarded a Lecturer post in 2018. She is also a Content Expert for PFNA review & Programme Development for the ACCP programme. Sadie’s teaching and learning interests span across multiple disciplines encompassed within critical and acute care of the adult patient.

Sadie has various national links and responsibilities within the critical care field. She is current Co-Lead for Northern Region of ACCPs (ACCPNR), a regional group whose aim is to increase collaborative working of ACCPs to advance practice within critical care, whilst enhancing and supporting training and educational development. Sadie also sits on the North East Intensive Care Society (NEICS) Committee which involves regular networking and engagement with international experts within the field, and collaboration with local critical care leads and practitioners.

Campus Address

Room D201
Coach Lane Campus
Newcastle
NE7 7XA

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Key Publications

Transition from advanced clinician to academic, Hill, B., Wilkinson, J., Fox, S., Burton-Gow, H. 17 Apr 2025, In: British Journal of Nursing
Assessment and examination of the respiratory system, Bone, H., Diamond-Fox, S. 4 Jul 2024, In: British Journal of Nursing
Integration of clinical simulation into a post-registration neurological course: Insights from the students on the use of a flexible approach to debriefing, Hill, B., Derbyshire, J., Diamond-Fox, S. 4 Feb 2024, In: Journal Of Applied Learning and Teaching
The Advanced Practitioner: A Framework for Practice, Peate , I., Diamond-Fox, S., Hill, B. Aug 2023
The Advanced Practitioner in Acute, Emergency and Critical Care, Diamond-Fox, S., Hill, B., Stone, S., McCrea, C., Gardner, N., Roberts, A. 1 Nov 2023
The integration of simulation into a post registration neurological course: a phenomenological research study, Derbyshire, J., Hill, B., Diamond-Fox, S. 2 Feb 2023, In: British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
Advanced Clinical Practice at a Glance, Hill, B., Diamond-Fox, S. 1 Oct 2022
Advanced practice: critical thinking and clinical reasoning, Diamond-Fox, S., Bone, H. 13 May 2021, In: British Journal of Nursing
The changing context of advanced practice nursing within the UK community care setting, Hill, B., Diamond-Fox, S., Mitchell, A. 2 Dec 2021, In: British Journal of Community Nursing
The development of advanced clinical practice roles in the UK, Diamond-Fox, S., Stone, S. 14 Jan 2021, In: British Journal of Nursing

Further Information

Sadie Diamond Fox

MCP ACCP (FICM member),听BSc (Hons) RNA, PGCAHP, NMC RN & V300

Advanced Critical Care Practitioner 鈥� Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Lecturer in Advanced Critical Care Practice 鈥� Northumbria University

PhD Candidate - Advancing the Advanced Critical Care Practitioner (ACCP): An exploration of the impact and long-term sustainability of the ACCP role

Co-Founder & Co-Lead Advanced Critical Care Practitioners Northern Region (ACCPNR)

Co-Founder & Co-Lead Advanced Critical & Clinical Practice Academic Network (ACCPAN)

External Examiner Advanced Clinical Practice Programmes 鈥� University of Southampton

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Bio

Sadie qualified as an adult nurse in 2008 and has since worked in various critical care departments including hepatobiliary, cardiothoracic, burns and general medical and surgical units. During this time, she has progressed from Registered Nurse to her current specialist roles as Advanced Critical Care Practitioner (ACCP), non-medical prescriber and Senior Lecturer for Northumbria universities ACCP training programmes. On completion of her ACCP training she was awarded ACCP Membership status to the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM). Sadie has always had a great passion for academia, accepting an Honorary Lecturer鈥檚 post at Anglia Ruskin University in 2010 to compliment her clinical work. Since then she has developed an extensive teaching portfolio which spans multiple disciplines within postgraduate healthcare education, making a wide range of contributions on local and international levels. Sadie has various national links and responsibilities within the field of advanced practice. She is co-founder and co-lead for Northern Region of ACCPs (ACCPNR) & Advanced Critical & Clinical Practice Academic Network (ACCPAN), a regional and national group (respectively) whose aim is to increase collaborative working across the advance practice field, whilst enhancing and supporting training and educational development. Sadie also sits on the North East Intensive Care Society (NEICS) committee. Her key areas of interest are post-graduate healthcare education, acute, emergency, and critical care, physiology and pharmacology, advanced level practice and simulation and virtual reality education modalities.

Qualifications

MSc September 07 2016
PGCert November 23 2012
Nursing BSc (Hons) September 17 2008
Post Graduate Critical Care Course
Advanced Critical Care Practitioner (ACCP) - Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM) ACCP Member 2016