Mr Wesley Timblin
School of Health & Society
Current positions
Lecturer in Nursing
Biography
Wez joined the University in November 2022 as a Lecturer in Mental health Nursing.
He started his nursing career in the British Army, where he served for 19 years, first as an Intelligence Analyst, then later transferring to the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) in 2007 to complete his nurse training (mental health) at the Defence School of Healthcare Studies, University of Birmingham. Since then he has completed a BSc in Psychology and Defence Healthcare, as well as a MSc in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
On leaving military service in 2017 he worked as a CPN for a national veterans mental health charity, providing treatment and support to veterans, and then moved to the NHS in 2020 to work as a BABCP accredited CBT therapist within the Veterans Mental Health Complex Treatment Service in the North of England.
Areas of Research
Wesley's research interests are centered on the following:
Prison health care
Psychosocial Interventions
Therapeutic Relationships
Complex Trauma
PTSD in veterans
Veteran Mental Health
Student experience in prison/forensic placement settings
• Evidence based interventional nursing (L5/L7)
• Field specific care needs – mental health (L5/L7)
• Developing as a mental health nurse (L5)
• Exploring integrated mental health nursing practice (L7)
• Practice parts 1/2/3
• Exploring nursing evidence and interventions (L5)
• Exploring the fundamentals of nursing practice (L5)
Guest lectures across post registration programmes such as SPQ, CBT, specifically around psychological interventions for nurses, PTSD, CBT and trauma.
Qualifications
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Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP)
2023 - 2024 -
MSc Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
2020 - 2022 -
MSc Psychology
2020 -
PG Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
2015 - 2018 -
BSc Defence Health Care Studies
2010 - 2013 -
Dip HE Nursing (Mental Health)
2007 - 2010 -
BSc Psychology (Hons)
2006 - 2015 -
BSc Science
2001 - 2006