Dominic Simpson

Assistant Professor

School: Healthcare and Nursing Sciences

Academic Biography

Dominic Simpson is an Assistant Professor of Nursing Midwifery and Health. Dominic joined the faculty in 2020, prior to joining Northumbria Dominic worked in other higher education roles, he came to the university to further enhance his patient safety and organisational culture research work. Dominic has held a number of clinical nursing roles across the North East of England, his clinical expertise are within emergency medicine, acute care and critical care.

Dominic Is currently completing his PhD by publication, his research is focused on enhancing patient safety and safe staffing across a range of health care settings.

Dominic holds several positions of responsibility in 2019 he was appointed chair of the Royal College's Northern Research Network a prestigious position that allows him to co-ordinate the networks activities across the region. Dominic is an active member of the British Association of Critical Care Nurses (BACCN) he uses his affiliation with the BACCN to provide a national voice to shape the strategy for critical care nursing and to promote safe, quality evidence-based nursing care to the critically ill patient. Sominic is a co-editor for the Donation, Transplant and retrival series for hte British Jornal of Nursing, he shares editorial responsbilties with Olive McGowan, Chief Nurse for NHSBT.

In 2019 Dominic was awarded membership of the Health Foundation’s Q network; Q is an initiative connecting people, who have improvement expertise, across the UK.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Summary of Research Interests

Dominic’s research focus is on patient safety, human factors, simulation-based education and organisational culture.

Key Publications

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Introducing Transplant and Transfusion: a new voice for our community, Simpson, D. 12 Feb 2026, In: Transplant and Transfusion
“No jobs to go to”: A national mixed methods study of final year nursing students’ perceptions of employment prospects during National Health Service (NHS) recruitment freezes, Hill, B., Alcaraz, J., Simpson, D., Wade, J., Shepherd, C., Derbyshire, J., Hand, A. 1 Jul 2026, In: Teaching and Learning in Nursing
Nursing in adult critical care services - safe staffing evidence: A rapid review, Greaves, J., Erfani, G., Simpson, D., Hill, B., Conner, T., Nemeckova, M., McCerery, A., Rolf, F., Monk, D., Steven, A. 22 Sep 2026, In: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Spotlight on the state of play in UK organ donation, Simpson, D., Diamond-Fox, S. 2026, In: Transplant International
The NHS feels stuck: nursing leadership is what gets it moving, Simpson, D. 22 Jul 2026, In: British Journal of Nursing
Gift of life: how nurses champion organ donation through Max and Keira's legacy, Simpson, D., Miller, C., Plant, S. 6 Nov 2025, In: British Journal of Nursing
Graduate guarantee for newly qualified nurses and midwives: a turning point for workforce planning in England, Hill, B., Machin, A., Merlane, H., Derbyshire, J., Simpson, D. 9 Oct 2025, In: British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)
Launching the Donation, Retrieval and Transplantation Academy, Simpson, D., McGowan, O., Miller, C., Hubner, L., Gardiner, D., Gill, P., Platt, A. 19 Jun 2025, In: British Journal of Nursing
Men in nursing, Hill, B., Simpson, D., Amoateng, G., Hodge, J., Daby, S. 20 Feb 2025, In: British Journal of Nursing
The Anatomy and Physiology of the Endocrine System, Hill, B., Simpson, D. 1 Aug 2025, Fundementals of Caring for the Older Person, West Sussex , Wiley

Professional Activity

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Invited talk: Pre-Brief, Debrief and psychological safety. 2025
Invited talk: Digital Healthcare Revolution: Transforming Healthcare with Technology 2024
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: RCN International Research Conference 2024 2024
Other: The WISE Room: A Multisensory Wellbeing & Experiential Education Environment to Improve Nursing Student Retention 2023

Further Information

Learning and Teaching Interests and Activities

in 2021 Dominic was awarded fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. Dominic’s learning and teaching interests include: clinical skills, advanced practice skills, simulation, management of the acutely ill adult, human factors and patient safety. Dominic supports the universities delivery of knowledge exchange activity with several regional and national partners.

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