Rachel Paskell | Clinical Psychologist and Senior Lecturer
University of Bath

Dr Rachel Paskell is an experienced clinician, researcher, senior lecturer, academic director and speaker on issues relating to psychological trauma and wellbeing that impact how individuals and teams function, particularly related to the workplace. She is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and accredited therapist with a breadth of experience researching and working with clients across high-risk environments, including health, first response, military, forensic, and government agencies. Rachel has led service and quality improvement programmes for safe and effective systems as an academic at the University of Bath; clinical psychologist at the Royal United Hospitals Bath Intensive Care Unit (ICU); clinical psychologist for veterans' mental health services; programme manager for national clinical audits and prescribing observatories, and as project lead and manager for NHS patient safety incident reporting and response programmes. She authored the Royal College of Psychiatrists' original e-learning module on Patient Safety and has authored book chapters on dealing with wellbeing issues in nurses, midwives and military veterans, and the book ‘An Illustrated Guide to Clinical Psychology’. Rachel is using her work in the field of psychological wellbeing and trauma to drive improvements in higher education as Co-Chair of the Trauma Informed Approaches to Higher Education Steering Group and as Committee Member for the British Psychological Society’s Division of Forensic Psychology.