Sadie Diamond-Fox

Assistant Professor (Practice)

School: Healthcare and Nursing Sciences

Sadie qualified as an adult nurse in 2008 and has since worked in various critical care departments including hepatobiliary, cardiothoracic, burns and general medical and surgical units. During this time she has progressed from Registered Nurse to her current specialist roles as Advanced Critical Care Practitioner (ACCP) and Lecturer for Northumbria’s ACCP training programmes.

In her current clinical role she works as an autonomous practitioner in a highly advanced non-medical role that is pioneering change in regard to the medical workforce within critical care. On completion of her ACCP training she was awarded Associate Membership status to the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, having completed a FICM recognised ACCP programme here at Northumbria University.

Sadie has always had a great passion for academia, accepting an Honorary Lecturer’s post at Anglia Ruskin University in 2010 to compliment her clinical work. Since then she has developed an extensive teaching portfolio which spans multiple disciplines within undergraduate and postgraduate healthcare education, making a wide range of contributions on local and international levels through the delivery of lectures, seminars, practical workshops and short courses. Sadie was initially an Associate Lecturer at Northumbria University, later having been awarded a Lecturer post in 2018. She is also a Content Expert for PFNA review & Programme Development for the ACCP programme. Sadie’s teaching and learning interests span across multiple disciplines encompassed within critical and acute care of the adult patient.

Sadie has various national links and responsibilities within the critical care field. She is current Co-Lead for Northern Region of ACCPs (ACCPNR), a regional group whose aim is to increase collaborative working of ACCPs to advance practice within critical care, whilst enhancing and supporting training and educational development. Sadie also sits on the North East Intensive Care Society (NEICS) Committee which involves regular networking and engagement with international experts within the field, and collaboration with local critical care leads and practitioners.

Campus Address

Room D201
Coach Lane Campus
Newcastle
NE7 7XA

Email Sadie

@EsDeeEff

Key Publications

Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
Advancing clinical practice through multidisciplinary and interprofessional collaboration, Hill, B., Fox, S., Wilkinson, J., Machin, A., Mitchell, A., Wamburu, A., Lamichhane, G. Oct 2025, In: International Journal for Advancing Practice
Study protocol for designing advanced critical care practitioner training in deceased organ donor optimisation, Diamond-Fox, S., Mason, S., Conway, H., Platt, A. Oct 2025, In: International Journal for Advancing Practice
The Advanced Practitioner in Pathophysiology and Diagnostics, Phipps, O., Setchfield, I., Hill, B., Diamond-Fox, S. 23 Jan 2025
Transition from advanced clinician to academic, Hill, B., Wilkinson, J., Fox, S., Burton-Gow, H. 17 Apr 2025, In: British Journal of Nursing
Assessment and examination of the respiratory system, Bone, H., Diamond-Fox, S. 4 Jul 2024, In: British Journal of Nursing
Critical care unit bed availability and postoperative outcomes: a multinational cohort study, Campbell, R., Thevathasan, T., Wong, D., Wilson, A., Lindsay, H., Campbell, D., Popham, S., Barneto, L., Myles, P., Moonesinghe, S., Harris, S., Diamond-Fox, S. 1 Nov 2024, In: Anaesthesia
Integration of clinical simulation into a post-registration neurological course: Insights from the students on the use of a flexible approach to debriefing, Hill, B., Derbyshire, J., Diamond-Fox, S. 4 Feb 2024, In: Journal Of Applied Learning and Teaching
The Advanced Practitioner: A Framework for Practice, Peate , I., Diamond-Fox, S., Hill, B. Aug 2023
The Advanced Practitioner in Acute, Emergency and Critical Care, Diamond-Fox, S., Hill, B., Stone, S., McCrea, C., Gardner, N., Roberts, A. 1 Nov 2023
The integration of simulation into a post registration neurological course: a phenomenological research study, Derbyshire, J., Hill, B., Diamond-Fox, S. 2 Feb 2023, In: British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Further Information

Sadie Diamond Fox

MCP ACCP (FICM ACCP member), BSc (Hons) RNA, PGCAHP, NMC RN & V300

Assistant Professor in Advanced Critical Care Practice and Subject Co-Lead for Advanced Practitioner Programmes - Northumbria University
Advanced Critical Care Practitioner - North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Honorary Assistant Professor in Advanced Clinical Practice – Nottingham University
Editorial Board Member – International Journal of Advancing Practice
Advisor to the Advanced Practice Regulation Strategic Policy Group - Council of Deans of Health
Member of the Advanced Practitioners in Critical Care (APCC) Professional Advisory Group (PAG) - Intensive Care Society
Co-Chair Advanced Critical Care Practitioners Northern & Yorkshire Region (ACCPNYR)
Faculty Member - Academy of Advancing Practice Research (AAPR) UK
Co-editor: Advanced Clinical Practice at a Glance – Wiley-Blackwell
Co-editor: The Advanced Practitioner – a framework for UK practice – Wiley-Blackwell
Co-editor: The Advanced Practitioner in Acute, Emergency & Critical Care – Wiley-Blackwell
Co-editor: The Advanced Practitioner in Pathophysiology and Diagnostic Decision Making - Wiley-Blackwell
Peer Reviewer - Mark Alan Group Journals & BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine
Previous Council Member (2022 to 2023) – Intensive Care Society
Previous Advanced Critical Care Practitioner - Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals (Sept 2012 - Apr 2024)
Previous Regional Advancing Practice Supervision & Assessment Lead - Health Education England (Jun 2022 to Dec 2022)
Previous Regional Advanced Practice Training Programme Director (Critical Care) - NHS England, North East & Yorkshire (Jan 2023 to Oct 2024)

Bio

Sadie Diamond-Fox is an Assistant Professor in Advanced Critical Care Practice and Subject Co-Lead for Advanced Practitioner Programmes at Northumbria University, where she leads postgraduate education and research focused on workforce development, simulation, and digital transformation in healthcare. She also practises clinically as an Advanced Critical Care Practitioner with North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust and holds an honorary appointment as Assistant Professor in Advanced Clinical Practice at the University of Nottingham.

Her research portfolio investigates advanced practice workforce sustainability, immersive education, inclusivity, and digital innovation across critical care and broader healthcare contexts. Sadie Diamond-Fox currently leads on ten major national studies:

SUPERVISE-AP – Supervision Evaluation in Advanced Practice, benchmarking national supervision standards against NHSE (2025) guidance.
SPA-AP – Supporting Professional Activities in Advanced Practice, examining equity of SPA time across roles and settings.
MAPPED – Mapping Advanced Practitioners: Practice in England Dataset, analysing Advanced Practitioner workforce distribution and trends.
CRITICAL-VR – Clinical Response and Immersive Training for Intensive Care Assessment and Learning using Virtual Reality.
APEX-VR – Advanced Practice Education using Virtual Reality for Anatomy and Pathophysiology.
ACT-DDONOR – Advanced Critical Care Practitioner Training Needs for Organ and Tissue Donor Care, integrating simulation and digital learning.
INSIGHT-AP – AI-Enhanced Education in Sexual and Reproductive Health for Advanced Practitioners, addressing Core20PLUS5 priorities through simulation and conversational-AI learning.
RECAP – Research Engagement Challenges for Advanced Practitioners, exploring barriers and enablers to research pillar engagement.
SUSTAIN-ACCP – Sustainable Careers in Advanced Critical Care Practice across the UK and Crown Dependencies.
INCLUDE-AP – Inclusion of Transgender and Non-Binary Health within Advanced Practice Education and Training.

Together, these programmes advance understanding of sustainable careers, digital transformation, inclusivity, supervision, and research capacity within advanced and consultant-level practice.

Sadie serves on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Advancing Practice, advises the Council of Deans of Health Advanced Practice Regulation Strategic Policy Group, and is Co-Chair of the Advanced Critical Care Practitioners Northern & Yorkshire Region (ACCPNYR). She is also a Faculty Member of the UK Academy of Advancing Practice Research, a peer reviewer for BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine and Mark Allen Group journals, and co-editor of several forthcoming Wiley-Blackwell textbooks on advanced practice education, leadership, and clinical decision-making.

Her scholarly interests include simulation pedagogy, immersive and AI-enhanced learning, equality and inclusion in advanced practice, postgraduate education, and workforce policy and sustainability.

Qualifications

MSc September 07 2016
PGCert November 23 2012
Nursing BSc (Hons) September 17 2008
Post Graduate Critical Care Course
Advanced Critical Care Practitioner (ACCP) - Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM) ACCP Member 2016