Colin Steen The University of Manchester, UK

Colin Steen, RN, MSc., PGCertEd., SFHEA, RNT, is a Lecturer in Nursing at the University of Manchester and has specialised in acute and critical care for over 35 years. He has a wide experience of general, paediatric and neonatal intensive care but specialises in adult cardiothoracic critical care including heart, lung and heart/lung transplantation, ECMO and differential lung ventilation. He has worked as a research nurse in the development of drugs to control sepsis. He has a Masters degree in Health Sciences, holds a PGCert in higher education and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He has collaborated with the Royal College of Nursing Critical Care and Inflight Forum on national transfer guidelines as well as the British Association of Critical Care Nursing and the CC3N on the early developments of the Step Competency Framework.