Hannah Kerry is a Registered Mental Health Nurse with over 10 years’ experience across acute inpatient psychiatry, crisis services, community mental health and older adult mental health care. Alongside her clinical career, she has held senior academic leadership positions within higher education and currently serves as Programme Lead for Mental Health Nursing.
 

Her clinical expertise includes mental health assessment, crisis intervention, risk management, dementia care, severe mental illness, safeguarding, Mental Health Act processes, Mental Capacity Act assessments and Continuing Healthcare assessments.

 

Throughout her clinical practice she has worked with individuals experiencing acute psychiatric crises, dementia, severe affective disorders, psychosis and complex mental health needs. Hannah has extensive experience undertaking comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments, risk assessments, safeguarding referrals, capacity assessments and multidisciplinary care planning. She has worked closely with psychiatrists, Approved Mental Health Professionals, social care services, primary care providers and community agencies to support safe and effective patient care.
 

In her academic role, Hannah leads nursing programme development, quality assurance and professional standards within nurse education. She has substantial experience managing Fitness to Practise concerns, safeguarding issues and governance processes affecting student nurses and healthcare professionals.