Ian Setchfield

Ian is an Associate Director-Workforce Development and Education for Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals, currently working for East Kent University Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust (EKHUFT). Prior to this he worked as a Critical Care Matron and before joining the NHS in 2005 served for 13 years as member of the Critical Care Air Support Team in the Royal Air Force.

Clinically he is an expert practitioner in the deteriorating patient and acute medicine.  Ian is also the Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) lead at EKHUFT, works as a visiting senior lecturer in advanced practice at Canterbury Christ Church University.

Ian is an accomplished national speaker and has worked with Health Education England’s Centre for Advancing Practice, producing the ‘Advancing Practice: Signpost for Continuing Professional Development’ document.

Nationally he has been the nurse representative for The Society for Acute Medicine, deputy Chair for the RCN Professional Nursing Committee and has contributed to several national standards including NICE.