Mrs Paula Libberton 

Principal Teaching Fellow

Paula is Mental Health Group Manager and a Principle Teaching Fellow in Nursing. Paula manages the Mental Health Academics in the School of Health Sciences who deliver pre-registration undergraduate and postgraduate nursing and low intensity IAPT programmes. Paula is a registered mental health nurse who moved into higher education in 2002 after gaining experience in a range of clinical mental health nursing settings in the UK. Paula has undertaken a variety of roles in higher education, most notably Head of Practice Learning for a range of health professions.

Paula’s main focus is leading the education of health professionals about mental health. Paula uses her mental health nursing knowledge in conjunction with her leadership skills to promote the delivery of relationship-centred healthcare. Paula is passionate about the need for physical and mental health to be managed together using effective interpersonal skills by health professionals. Paula’s research involves the study of relational capacity of ward nursing teams to deliver compassionate care which supports both physical and mental health.