INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
& MANAGEMENT

BIO

Associate Professor Stephen McKeever is a critical care nurse academic whose specialisations include paediatric critical care, paediatric emergency transport, and long-term EEG monitoring. His extensive clinical experience has been gained across United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia, with a primary focus on caring for critically ill children and their families.

In August 2012, Stephen graduated with a PhD from The University of Melbourne. His doctoral thesis examined electroencephalograph changes occurring in children during anaesthesia. Since then, he has provided education to students from undergraduate to post-doctoral level. This has been in United Kingdom and Australian university sectors.

Dr. McKeever’s career spans senior clinical and research roles, including positions as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Research Officer with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute’s Neonatal Research Group, Nurse Consultant for Nursing Research at Royal Children’s Hospital, and Critical Care Research Nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust.

His research portfolio spans paediatric critical care education, including development of COVID-19 critical care training programs for nurses, transitions from paediatric to adult congenital heart disease services, palliative care monitoring, and cognitive bias in clinical decision-making. His scholarly work has attracted over 500 citations, reflecting his standing as a respected voice in academic nursing.

Dr. McKeever holds a Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

ACADEMIC POSITIONS & CAREER EXPERIENCE

Position	Institution	Period
Academic Dean	Institute of Health Management, Melbourne	13/4/26 – Current
Associate Professor	Department of Nursing, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne	3/7/23 – 13/3/26
Lecturer in Nursing	Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne	5/10/20 – 25/06/23
Senior Lecturer in Children’s Nursing, Deputy Director of Post Graduate research	Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Kingston University and St George’s, University London, London	12/8/19 – 4/9/20
Senior Lecturer in Children’s Nursing	Department of Children’s Nursing, London South Bank University, London	15/9/14 – 6/8/19
Critical Care Research Nurse	Paediatric Intensive Care, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London	24/2/14 – 11/9/14
Nurse Consultant, Research	Nursing Education and Research Department, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne	18/8/12 – 12/2/14
Research Officer	Neonatal Research Group, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne	26/3/12 – 13/12/13
Clinical Fellow > PhD candidate > Honorary Fellow	Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne	29/1/07 – 25/06/23
Registered Nurse / Clinical Nurse Specialist	Paediatric Intensive Care, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne	16/5/05 – 27/10/2012
Research Nurse	Victorian Infant Brain Studies Group (VIBeS), Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne	2/1/07 – 31/12/07
Registered Nurse	NSW newborn and paediatric Emergency Transport Service (NETS), Sydney	25/11/02 – 11/5/05
Registered Nurse	Paediatric Intensive Care, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney	21/1/02 – 24/11/02
Audit and Research Support Nurse	U.K. Paediatric Intensive Care Outcome Study (UKPICOS), Great Ormond Street Hospital, London	2/4/01 – 29/9/01
Staff Nurse	Paediatric Intensive Care, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London	5/10/98 – 1/4/01
Nurse Practitioner	Christchurch Hospital, Canterbury Health, Christchurch	23/2/98 – 1/8/98
Staff Nurse	British Nursing Association, Edinburgh	10/4/97 – 1/9/97
Staff Nurse	Neonatal Unit, Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion, Edinburgh	3/10/94 – 5/10/95
Staff Nurse	Renal Unit, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield	26/7/93 – 3/10/94
Staff Nurse	Intensive Care, Doncaster Royal Infirmary NHS Trust, Doncaster	1/12/91 – 14/3/93

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Post Graduate Certificate in Education, Pass with Distinction
  London South Bank University, London
• Doctor of Philosophy
  Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne
• Bachelor of Science (Honours) Professional Nursing Practice
  London South Bank University, London
• Diploma in Tropical Nursing
  London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London
• Paediatric Intensive Care Course – ENB 415
  London South Bank University, London
• Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practice – ENB 998
  London South Bank University, London
• Diploma of Higher Education in Nursing (Child Health), Pass with Distinction
  Napier University Faculty of Health Studies, Edinburgh
• Registered General Nursing
  Sheffield and North Trent College of Nurse Education, Doncaster