I am a registered midwife with a clinical academic role as Associate Professor of Midwifery (University of Nottingham, School of Health Sciences) and a Lead Clinical Academic for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals (Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust). I completed the NIHR Masters in Research Methods in 2010, a Wellbeing of Women and RCM Early Career award in 2014 and Doctoral Fellowship award in 2017. Since my PhD, I completed a HEE / NIHR Gold postdoctoral award and in 2020, I was the first midwife to be awarded the HEE / NIHR Clinical Lectureship award (now the NIHR advanced fellowship award). I currently hold a NIHR Senior Clinical Practitioner Researcher award. I have expertise in psychometric, qualitative and quantitative systematic reviews, realist methods, complex intervention development and feasibility testing and qualitative primary research. My research interest is focused on perinatal mental health, and I contribute to local and national clinical guidance and research funding reviews. I am the Director of Clinical Academic Careers in the School of Health Sciences and actively promote and support clinical academic careers for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals.