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Abbie Checkley

Abbie Checkley

Tamworth,Staffordshire

Summary

Compassionate and proactive professional with a strong background in health, safeguarding, and learner support, underpinned by registration as an NMC Nursing Associate. Experienced in working across health and education settings, with a proven track record of developing inclusive, accessible support systems for learners with additional needs. Skilled in leading wellbeing initiatives, supporting neurodiverse learners, implementing safeguarding frameworks, and championing projects that reduce barriers to education. Passionate about promoting equity, accessibility, and individualised care—drawing on both professional expertise and lived experience.

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Degree Apprenticeship Coach

Arden University
2024.04 - Current
  • Coached individuals to refine specific techniques and enhance confidence.
  • Adapted coaching style depending on needs and abilities of different teams and individuals.
  • Provided effective feedback to apprentices on their progress.
  • Ensured learners are safeguarded and embedded safeguarding, prevent, equality and diversity and IAG into appropriate interactions.
  • Responsible for meeting compliance for regulatory bodies – ensuring all administration tasks are completed to a high standard and timely

Clinical Health Development Manager - Apprenticeships

t2 Group
, Midlands
2022.05 - 2024.04
  • Coaching and mentoring learners supporting them through their clinical and healthcare management qualifications (L2, 3, 4, and 5), and aligning with operational and funding targets to achieve objectives.
  • Ensuring that quality standards, internal and external, are not only met but consistently upheld.
  • Fostering a sense of empowerment, enabling learners to not only understand the intricacies of healthcare but to confidently apply their skills in delivering outstanding care to service users.
  • Develop learner confidence from the start of the apprenticeship, increasing EPA pass results.
  • Established evidenced-based curriculum development including the development and implementation of new apprenticeship programmes (L5 ACHCP, L3 SHCSW, L2 CSW)
  • Manage KPIs to meet performance targets.
  • Communicate effectively with learners and their employers to build excellent professional relationships.

EHCH Project Manager

St Giles Hospice
Whittington, Staffordshire
2021.01 - 2022.04
  • Project Lead, responsible for ongoing training and development within the team. Effectively delivering high-quality person-centred care to Nursing and Residential Care Homes. Integration of the multispecialty community provider (MCP) and primary and acute care system (PACS) models.
  • Provide continuity of care for residents, timely medicines reviews, access to hydration and nutrition support, and streamlined referral to out-of-hours services and urgent care.
  • Management of clinical triage
  • Integration of budgets and incentives are aligned so that all parts of the system are unequivocally focussed on improving people’s health and wellbeing.
  • Commissioning health and social care in a coordinated manner, putting the needs of the resident or person with care needs at the centre of any changes.
  • Responsible for HR management of staff within the team.
  • Support care home staff to develop and implement individualised, holistic care plans for care home residents.
  • Working collaboratively with the six Care Home vanguards to focus on quality as the driving factor for change - using clinical evidence to support as well as drive change
  • Develop staff in the team using mentoring/leadership skills, knowledge, positivity and motivation.

Registered Nursing Associate - Community

Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust (MPFT)
Tamworth, Staffordshire
2019.10 - 2020.12
  • Organise and prioritise own delegated workload.
  • Build a good rapport with service users, their families and friends to ensure a friendly professional working relationship. Ensure the privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times.
  • Acted in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within the code of conduct and have knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice. Apply the principles of the '6 Cs' to my daily work.
  • Undertake clinical tasks including wound care, application of compression therapy, administration of medication, catheter care, and any other clinical intervention that is appropriate within my competence.
  • Recognise deterioration in physical and/or mental health conditions and escalated as appropriate.
  • Promoted health and stay up to date with evidence based principles.

Registered Nursing Associate (Adult & Child)

University Hospitals of Birmingham
Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham
2019.04 - 2019.11
  • Ability to act calmly through stressful situations and prioritise care needs, whilst being able to communicate effectively with colleagues.
  • Mentored student TNAs and student Nurses. Demonstrated a commitment to quality care through continuous training and development.
  • Ensured the privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times. Quickly built trust and confidence to treat patients from variety of different backgrounds and cultures.
  • Delivered compassionate, high quality and professional care when responding to emergency situations.
  • Assessed situation severity of emergent medical incidents and provided care accordingly.

Trainee Nursing Associate

University Hospitals of Birmingham
Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham
2017.04 - 2019.04

Clinical Health Care Assistant

NHS - Derby Royal Hospital
2016.07 - 2017.04

Clinical support worker.

Support Worker (Older Adults in Care)

Voyage Care
Lichfield
2013.02 - 2016.07

Worked collaboratively with other support workers to maintain holistic care for clients. Provide person centred, evidence-based care to vulnerable adults.

Donor Carer

NHS Blood And Transplant
2015.02 - 2016.07

Community based donor carer

Education

Bachelor of Science - Leadership and Management in Healthcare

Anglia Ruskin University
Cambridge
2023.08 -

Foundation Degree in Science with Commendation. - Nursing Associate with NMC registration

Birmingham City University
Birmingham
04.2019

Leadership Scholarship - Nursing

Florence Nightingale Foundation
London
2020

Diploma of Higher Education - Nursing and Midwifery

Birmingham Metropolitan College
Sutton Coldfield
08.2013

A-Levels -

Birmingham Metropolitan College
Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham
/2006 - /2008

GCSE -

Rawlett High School
Tamworth, Staffordshire

Skills

  • Health promotion and maintenance
  • Individual care and support plans
  • Project leadership/Educational leadership
  • Management
  • Coaching And Mentoring
  • Dementia care
  • Manual Handling
  • Safeguarding
  • Performance goals
  • Communication
  • Training and mentoring

Certification

  • Level 2 Certificate in Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND) (2025)
  • TAQA qualified assessor - (2022)
  • NHS - Train the Trainer - (2022)
  • Exploring career mentoring and coaching (OU cert 2022)
  • Level 3 Certificate in Understanding Mental Health - (2022)
  • Florence Nightingale Leadership Scholarship - (2020)
  • NMC registration (no restrictions)
  • Edward Jenner Programme - NHS Leadership Academy award in Leadership Foundations. (2021)
  • SAGE & THYME Foundation Level (2021).

Timeline

Degree Apprenticeship Coach

Arden University
2024.04 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Leadership and Management in Healthcare

Anglia Ruskin University
2023.08 -

Clinical Health Development Manager - Apprenticeships

t2 Group
2022.05 - 2024.04

EHCH Project Manager

St Giles Hospice
2021.01 - 2022.04

Registered Nursing Associate - Community

Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust (MPFT)
2019.10 - 2020.12

Registered Nursing Associate (Adult & Child)

University Hospitals of Birmingham
2019.04 - 2019.11

Trainee Nursing Associate

University Hospitals of Birmingham
2017.04 - 2019.04

Clinical Health Care Assistant

NHS - Derby Royal Hospital
2016.07 - 2017.04

Support Worker (Older Adults in Care)

Voyage Care
2013.02 - 2016.07

Donor Carer

NHS Blood And Transplant
2015.02 - 2016.07

Foundation Degree in Science with Commendation. - Nursing Associate with NMC registration

Birmingham City University

Leadership Scholarship - Nursing

Florence Nightingale Foundation

Diploma of Higher Education - Nursing and Midwifery

Birmingham Metropolitan College

A-Levels -

Birmingham Metropolitan College
/2006 - /2008

GCSE -

Rawlett High School
Abbie Checkley