Professor Julie Nightingale PhD, MSc, DCR-R, PFHEA
Professor of Diagnostic Imaging Education; Lead for CARe Health Workforce 香蕉视频 group
Summary
I am a diagnostic radiographer by background and following several years in clinical practice I have spent most of my career in academic leadership roles in both teaching and research. Since joining Sheffield Hallam in 2017 I have focused on research, leading a range of funded projects and supporting the development of research capability and capacity within the health professions.
About
I hold the post of Professor of Diagnostic Imaging Education, joining 香蕉视频 in 2017 following a previous position as Professor and Director of Radiography at the University of Salford. My professional interests include developing the healthcare and radiography workforce and services, particularly the areas of skills mix and new ways of working. I have developed several postgraduate programmes for radiographer advanced practice, and I am the academic lead for the regional NHS England 香蕉视频 Internship programme for healthcare staff. I have contributed to a range of professional publications and research articles, and have delivered invited presentations both internationally and nationally. I have also edited and contributed to several textbooks including: Videofluoroscopy: A multi-disciplinary team approach (Newman and Nightingale), and Gastrointestinal Tract Imaging: An evidence based practice guide (Nightingale and Law).
In 2015 I was recognised as a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, awarded for strategic leadership at both institutional and national level to encourage innovations in education. From 2014-2021 I was Editor-in-Chief of the international peer-reviewed journal Radiography, and am currently serving as Honorary Editor. In 2021 I was awarded the College of Radiographers 'Silver Medal' for outstanding leadership of the journal.
I am passionate about qualitative and mixed methods research and supporting the development of research capability and capacity in health and social care professionals. My current research is focused to exploring the effectiveness and impact of the healthcare workforce, with current projects including exploring the deployment of imaging support workers, and leading on a national workforce research partnership for the Allied Health Professions.
Teaching
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CARe (Centre for Applied Health and Social Care 香蕉视频)
Current research projects
My research activity is broadly within the theme of healthcare workforce development and transformation. Current research studies include an exploration of the deployment of the imaging support workforce, and a series of projects within a NIHR funded Allied Health Professions Workforce 香蕉视频 Partnership. While some projects are focused within my specialist field of Diagnostic Radiography and specifically videofluoroscopy of swallowing, I have also worked across health care with projects including children's nursing, therapeutic radiography and multi-professional health care.
Topics of interest include diversity in healthcare education and workforce, practitioner behaviours and competences, advanced, specialist and consultant practice, and the role of assistant practitioners and support workers. My expertise lies in qualitative and mixed methodologies and writing for publication. I have been Principal Investigator (or co-PI) on several recent projects including:
- NIHR HSDR funded Imaging Support Worker and Assistant Practitioner study (2022-24)
- NIHR HSDR funded Allied Health Professions Workforce 香蕉视频 Partnership
- Society and College of Radiographers, Delphi Study to inform the Education and Career Framework (2020-2021)
- Health Education England Strategic Support Fund 2019-20, Implementing Diagnostic Radiography Degree Apprenticeships (2020-21)
- Office for Students SIHED Challenge Fund Round 2, Informing Career Choices (2019-2021)
- Health Education England, National 香蕉视频 Internships Progression Evaluation (2019-19)
- Roald Dahl Marvellous Children's Charity. Impact of specialist paediatric nurses (2018-2021)
- Health Education England / SCoR, Retention in Radiography (2019-2020)
- Office for Students SIHED Challenge Fund Round 1, Male student engagement with Radiotherapy as a career - (2018-2019)
Relevant projects
I have contributed to a range of education focused projects, including:
Nightingale J, Shute E, Precht H. Introduction to Clinical Audit for Radiographers. Section in Information and Support for Radiographers and Radiological Technologists for Covid-19 and Chest X-ray. International Society for Radiographers and Radiation Therapists. https://www.elearning.isrrt.org
Nightingale J. Image Interpretation Project. E-Learning for Healthcare / HEE / SCoR. Module Editor for 16 Gastro-intestinal and Genito-Urinary Image Interpretation sessions. https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk
CT Colonography Radiographer Education Development group, in conjunction with Society and College of Radiographers and Public Health England. Best Practice Guidelines and resources, endorsed by SCoR. https://www.sor.org/learning/document-library/national-best-practice-guidelines-ct-colonography-service 2018.
The Royal College of Radiologists and the Society and College of Radiographers. Team working in Clinical Imaging. 2012. London: The Royal College of Radiologists and the Society and College of Radiographers, September 2012. ISBN 978-1-905034-58-1 Ref No. BFCR(12)9 (Contributor)
Nightingale J, Parkin J, Nelson P, Masterson-Ng S, Labinjo T, Amoakoh D, Lomas D, Brewster J, Salih I, Harrop D. Multiple stakeholder perspectives of factors influencing differential outcomes for ethnic minority students on health and social care placements: A qualitative exploration. BMC Medical Education 2022; 22:17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-03070-3
Sevens T, Nightingale J. Trailblazers: Stakeholder motivations for developing degree apprenticeships for the radiography profession. Radiography 2020;26(1):15-21 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2019.10.006
Knapp K, Wright C, Clarke H, McAnulla S, Nightingale JM. The academic radiography workforce: Age profile, succession planning and academic development. Radiography 2017; 23(4):S48-S52.
Featured research projects
I-SWAP (Imaging Support Workers and Assistant Practitioners) project webpages. https://research.shu.ac.uk/i-swap/
香蕉视频 Internships Progression Evaluation: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/27477/2/Nightingale%20-RoleAlliedHealthProfessionals%28VoR%29.pdf
香蕉视频Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Julie-Nightingale-2
Retention of Radiographers in the NHS: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/27928/
Publications
Journal articles
Nightingale, J., Sevens, T., Etty, S., Fowler-Davis, S., Kelly, S., Appleyard, R., & Snaith, B. (2025). . Radiography, 31 (1), 264-274.
Nightingale, J., Etty, S., Snaith, B., Sevens, T., Appleyard, R., & Kelly, S. (2024). . BJR|Open, 6 (1).
Snaith, B., Etty, S., & Nightingale, J. (2024). . Radiography, 30 (5), 1468-1473.
Etty, S., Snaith, B., Hinchcliffe, D., & Nightingale, J. (2024). . Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 17, 2251-2269.
Nightingale, J., Ali, N., Lewis, R., Ibbotson, R., Monks, H., Urquhart-Kelly, T., & Saunders, L. (2023). . Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 70, 90-102.
Murphy, L., Nightingale, J., & Calder, P. (2022). . Radiography, 28 (4), 1071-1079.
Murphy, L., Nightingale, J., & Calder, P. (2022). . Radiography, 28 (4), 1101-1109.
Ali, N., Saunders, J., Ibbotson, R., Shute, E., Burke, G., Cadman, V., ... Nightingale, J. (2022). . Radiography, 28 (Supp 1), S77-S83.
Ibbotson, R., Ali, N., Cadman, V., Burke, G., Shute, E., Elkington, M., & Nightingale, J. (2022). . Radiography, 28 (Supp 1), S84-S92.
Nightingale, J., Appleyard, R., Mcnamara, J., Panchbhaya, M., Posnett, J., & Stone, J. (2022). . Radiography, 28 (2), 258-266.
Nightingale, J., Sevens, T., Appleyard, R., Campbell, S., & Burton, M. (2022). . Radiography, 29 (1), 76-83.
Nightingale, J., Parkin, J., Nelson, P., Masterson-Ng, S., Brewster, J., Labinjo, T., ... Harrop, D. (2022). . BMC Medical Education, 22 (1).
Nightingale, J., & McNulty, J. (2021). . Radiography, 27 (4), 991-993.
Sevens, T., Nightingale, J., & Ali, N. (2021). Radiography.
Nightingale, J., Burton, M., Appleyard, R., Sevens, T., & Campbell, S. (2021). . Radiography.
Boaden, E., Nightingale, J., Hives, L., Bradbury, C., Benfield, J., Patel, T., & Georgiou, R. (2020). . Radiography.
Nightingale, J., Fowler-Davis, S., Grafton, K., Kelly, S., Langham, C., Lewis, R., ... Harrop, D. (2020). . Health 香蕉视频 Policy and Systems, 18 (1), 122.
Haber, M., Drake, A., & Nightingale, J. (2020). Radiography.
Boaden, E., Nightingale, J., Bradbury, C., Hives, L., & Georgiou, R. (2019). . Radiography.
Sevens, T., & Nightingale, J. (2019). . Radiography.
Nightingale, J. (2019). . Radiography, 25 (3), 189.
Sevens, T.J., Mitchell, P., Reeves, P.J., & Nightingale, J. (2019). Sonography culture and protectionism. Response to Letters to Editor by Wolstenhulme and Daulby. Radiography (London, England : 1995), 25 (3), 277.
Mitchell, P., Nightingale, J., & Reeves, P. (2019). . Radiography.
Mitchell, P., & Nightingale, J. (2019). . Radiography.
Nightingale, J., Mcnamara, J., & Posnett, J. (2019). Challenges in recruitment and retention: Securing the therapeutic radiography workforce of the future. Radiography, 25 (1), 1-3.
Nightingale, J., Hardy, M., & Snaith, B. (2018). . Radiography, 24 (4), 289-297.
Nightingale, J. (2018). . Radiography, 23 (3), 179-180.
Nightingale, J. (2018). . Radiography, 24 (2), 95.
Nightingale, J. (2018). . Radiography, 24 (1), 1-2.
Nightingale, J. (2017). Celebrating Marie Curie and R枚ntgen - The pioneers of our professions. Radiography (London, England : 1995), 23 (4), 271-272.
Knapp, K.M., Wright, C., Clarke, H., McAnulla, S.J., & Nightingale, J. (2017). . Radiography, 23 (Supp 1), S48-S52.
Nightingale, J. (2017). . Radiography, 23 (2), 85.
Currie, G., Woznitza, N., Bolderston, A., Westerink, A., Watson, J., Beardmore, C., ... Nightingale, J. (2017). Twitter Journal Club in Medical Radiation Science. Journal of medical imaging and radiation sciences, 48 (1), 83-89.
Lawal, O., Murphy, F., Hogg, P., & Nightingale, J. (2017). . Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 48 (2), 122-127.
Nightingale, J. (2017). . Radiography, 23 (1), 1-2.
Nightingale, J., & McNulty, J. (2016). . HealthManagement, 16 (3).
Kulshrestha, R.K., Vinjamuri, S., England, A., Nightingale, J., & Hogg, P. (2016). . Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, 44 (4), 217-222.
Nightingale, J., & Snaith, B. (2016). . Radiography, 22 (Supp 1), S1-S2.
Nightingale, J. (2016). Radiography, 22 (4), 265-266.
Nightingale, J., Murphy, F., Eaton, C., & Borgen, R. (2016). . Radiography, 23 (1), 38-47.
Coward, J., Nightingale, J., & Hogg, P. (2016). . Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, 44 (3), 167-172.
Nightingale, J. (2016). Radiography, 22 (2), 105-106.
Nightingale, J. (2016). Radiography research 鈥 Embedding a European perspective. Radiography, 22 (1), 1-2.
Nightingale, J., Murphy, F.J., Robinson, L., Newton-Hughes, A., & Hogg, P. (2015). . Radiography, 21 (4), 364-369.
Lawal, O., Murphy, F.J., Hogg, P., Irurhe, N., & Nightingale, J. (2015). . Radiography, 21 (4), 348-351.
Nightingale, J. (2015). . Radiography, 21 (3), 213.
Nightingale, J. (2015). . Radiography, 21 (2), 108-109.
Murphy, F., Nightingale, J., Hogg, P., Robinson, L., Seddon, D., & Mackay, S. (2015). . Radiography, 21 (1), 30-35.
Nightingale, J., Borgen, R., Porter-Bennett, L., & Szczepura, K. (2015). . Radiography, 21 (1), 7-10.
Nightingale, J. (2015). . Radiography, 21 (1), 1-2.
Hardy, M., & Nightingale, J. (2014). . Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 45 (4), 365-372.
Hardy, M., & Nightingale, J. (2014). Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 45 (4), 356-364.
Nightingale, J., & Beardmore, C. (2014). . Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 45 (3), 198-199.
Nightingale, J.M., & Beardmore, C. (2014). Letter to the Editor. Journal of medical imaging and radiation sciences, 45 (3), 196-197.
Nightingale, J. (2014). . Radiography, 20 (3), 177.
Nightingale, J. (2014). . Radiography, 20 (2), 93.
Nightingale, J.M., & Marshall, G. (2013). Reprint of "Citation analysis as a measure of article quality, journal influence and individual researcher performance". Nurse education in practice, 13 (5), 429-436.
Shirley, L., & Nightingale, J.M. (2013). Establishing the role of CT colonography within the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. Radiography, 19 (3), 246-250.
Meertens, R., Brealey, S., Nightingale, J., & McCoubrie, P. (2013). Diagnostic accuracy of radiographer reporting of computed tomography colonography examinations: a systematic review. Clinical radiology, 68 (4), e177-e190.
Nightingale, J.M., & Marshall, G. (2012). Citation analysis as a measure of article quality, journal influence and individual researcher performance. Radiography, 18 (2), 60-67.
Nightingale, J.M., Murphy, F.J., & Blakeley, C. (2012). 'I thought it was just an x-ray': a qualitative investigation of patient experiences in cardiac SPECT-CT imaging. Nuclear medicine communications, 33 (3), 246-254.
Newman, R.D., & Nightingale, J. (2011). Improving patient access to videofluoroscopy services: Role of the practitioner-led clinic. Radiography, 17 (4), 280-283.
Judson, E.E., & Nightingale, J.M. (2009). An evaluation of radiographer performed and interpreted barium swallows and meals. Clinical radiology, 64 (8), 807-814.
Nightingale, J., & Mackay, S. (2009). An analysis of changes in practice introduced during an educational programme for practitioner-led swallowing investigations. Radiography, 15 (1), 63-69.
Kelly, J., Piper, K., & Nightingale, J. (2008). Factors influencing the development and implementation of advanced and consultant radiographer practice 鈥 A review of the literature. Radiography, 14, e71-e78.
Nightingale, J. (2008). Developing protocols for advanced and consultant practice. Radiography, 14, e55-e60.
Scarles, E., & Nightingale, J. (2008). Colorectal carcinoma in a patient with prior breast cancer: Is there a causal link? Radiography, 14 (1), 2-7.
Nightingale, J., & Hogg, P. (2007). The role of the GI radiographer: a United Kingdom perspective. Radiologic technology, 78 (4), 284-290.
Krovak, B., & Nightingale, J. (2007). Radiation protection of female patients of reproductive capacity: A survey of policy and practice in Norway. Radiography (London, England : 1995), 13 (1), 35-43.
Owen, A., Hogg, P., & Nightingale, J. (2004). A critical analysis of a locally agreed protocol for clinical practice. Radiography, 10 (2), 139-144.
Eaton, C., Hughes, N., & Nightingale, J. (2004). Web watch: Radiographer Reporting 鈥.Com鈥. Radiography, 10 (1), 75-78.
Nightingale, J., & Hogg, P. (2003). The gastrointestinal advanced practitioner: an emerging role for the modern radiology service. Radiography, 9 (2), 151-160.
Nightingale, J., & Hogg, P. (2003). Clinical practice at an advanced level: an introduction. Radiography, 9 (1), 77-83.
Conference papers
Hynes, C., Nightingale, J., & Collins, M. (2024). Simulation 鈥 the future of ultrasound education? A constructivist grounded theory study. In European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, Austria, 28 February 2024 - 3 March 2024.
Sevens, T., Etty, S., & Nightingale, J. (2024). . In UKIO 2024, Liverpool, UK, 10 June 2024 - 12 June 2024.
Nightingale, J., Appleyard, R., Mcnamara, J., Posnett, J., & Stone, J. (2020). . Radiography, 26, S2.
Sevens, T., & Nightingale, J. (2019). . In UKIO 2019, Liverpool, UK, 10 June 2019 - 12 June 2019.
Nightingale, J., & Sevens, T. (2019). . In European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, Austria, Austria Center, Vienna, 27 February 2019 - 3 March 2019. EPOS:
Nightingale, J., & Sevens, T. (2019). . In ECR - European Congress of Radiology 2019, Vienna, Austria, 27 February 2019 - 3 March 2019.
Currie, G., Woznitza, N., Bolderston, A., Westerink, A., Watson, J., Beardmore, C., ... Nightingale, J. (2016). The Twitter journal club for Medical Radiation Professionals (#medradjclub): CPD/CE for the 21st century. JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE, 57.
Currie, G., Woznitza, N., Bolderston, A., Westerink, A., Watson, J., Beardmore, C., ... Nightingale, J. (2016). Bloom's Taxonomy of Twitter: Higher Order Thinking and the Twitter Journal Club. JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE, 57.
Book chapters
Nightingale, J., Murphy, F.J., & Borgen, R.M. (2015). . In Hogg, P., Kelly, J., & Mercer, C. (Eds.) Digital Mammography. (pp. 97-104). Springer:
Nightingale, J. (2005). Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology of the Skeletal System. (pp. 63-105). Wiley:
Books
McConnell, J., Eyres, R., & Nightingale, J. (2005). Interpreting Trauma Radiographs. Wiley.
McConnell, J., & Nightingale, J. (2005). Introduction. Wiley.
Reports
Sevens, T., & Nightingale, J. (2024). AHP Council research.
Nightingale, J., Sevens, T., & Ibbotson, R. (2023). . Unpublished.
Nightingale, J., Urquhart-Kelly, T., Saunders, L., Monks, H., Ali, N., Ibbotson, R., & Lewis, R. (2021). . Roald Dahl's Marvellous Charity.
Internet Publications
Nightingale, J. (2019). Study delves into work of Charity鈥檚 underdog specialist nurses. [Press which includes quotes by J Nightingale].
Presentations
Urquhart-Kelly, T., Monks, H., Nightingale, J., Ibbotson, R., Ali, N., Lewis, R., & Saunders, L. (2023). The Quality And Experience Of Care For Children, Young People And Their Families Receiving Care From Roald Dahl Specialist Nurses. Presented at: International Family Nursing Association Conference 2023 IFNA16, Dublin
Posters
Sevens, T., Etty, S., Ibbotson, R., & Nightingale, J. (2024). An exploration of regional approaches to the training, education, and deployment of imaging support workers and assistant practitioners (I-SWAPs) in England. Presented at: UKIO conference, Liverpool, UK
Sevens, T., Nightingale, J., & Ali, N. (2022). Degree apprenticeships for the radiography profession; are clinical departments ready?
Other activities
Honorary Editor / Editorial Board member for Radiography journal
Postgraduate supervision
Currently supervising four students in the areas of practice-based simulation, cancer survivorship, professional research culture and social work early career experiences.