Dr. Vicky Payne

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Vicky Payne is a Principal Teaching Fellow at the University of Southampton, specializing in neonatal care. She qualified as a registered children’s nurse from King’s College London and developed a passion for neonatal intensive care nursing. After her initial training, she advanced her qualifications to become an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, contributing significantly to high-risk resuscitations and ward rounds. Her PhD focused on implementing complex interventions to reduce neonatal central-line associated bloodstream infections, highlighting her commitment to improving the quality and safety of neonatal care. Vicky has presented her work at various national and international conferences and was an invited speaker at the 99NICU conference. As part of her educational contributions, she leads modules in the MSc Advanced Neonatal Clinical Practice pathway and supervises MSc dissertation projects. Vicky is actively engaged in research and peer review for leading journals and is an advocate for neonatal education, having volunteered in international teaching programs. She holds recognition from the Higher Education Academy as a Fellow, emphasizing her dedication to academic excellence in nursing education.

Research Interests

Experience

Principal Teaching Fellow

2016-07-01 — Present

University of Southampton • Southampton, England

Teaches modules on MSc Advanced Neonatal Clinical Practice and supervises dissertation projects.

Awards

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Best Paper Clinical Academic

2019-01-01
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Outstanding Contribution Neonatal Nursing

2025-01-01