Vikki-Jo Scott is a Registered Nurse with a background in Critical Care Nursing. Since working in academia she has focused on Continuing Professional Development for Health and Social Care professionals. This includes leading the MSc in Health Care Practice and the Advanced Clinical Practice Apprenticeship which provides a flexible, modular route for health professionals undertaking post-registration education in their field of clinical practice. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy with a Masters in Learning and Teaching and up until 2020 was the Dean of the School of Health & Social Care at the University of Essex, England. As well as returning to clinical practice to work in Critical Care during the Covid-19 crisis she is currently undertaking a PhD focussed on Advanced Clinical Practice.