Dr Julie MacInnes
About
Dr. Julie MacInnes is a Senior Research Fellow and experienced clinician (Nurse), academic and researcher.
She completed a funded doctoral study at Canterbury Christ Church University (2011) with the thesis ‘illness perceptions, treatment beliefs and the relationship to self-management in heart failure’. She has an MSc in Interprofessional Health and Care, BSc (Hons), PGCE in health and care education and Dip(HE) Nursing. She joined CHSS in 2016 having been a Principal Lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University. She is a member of CHSS Senior Leadership Team.
Research interests
Julie’s main areas of interest are policy and practice of integrated health and social care for frail, older people living at home and the contribution of voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations. Methodologically, she is skilled in implementation science approaches to research and service evaluation, knowledge mobilisation and mixed methods.
Current Projects
Community And Voluntary organisation EvAluation Toolkit – Impact (CAVEAT-i) (PI)
CAVEAT- i builds on a previous project, CAVEAT, the development and testing of the community and voluntary organisation evaluation toolkit, funded by the National Institute of Health and Care Research, Applied Research Collaboration, Kent, Surrey and Sussex (ARC KSS). CAVEAT-i, also funded by ARC KSS, is implementing the CAVEAT toolkit in four VCSE organisations in East Sussex and evaluating its impact.
Post Implementation Review of the Health and Care Act 2022 (Co-I). Funded by NIHR, this is a three-year study which aims to establish an evidence base concerning the development of collaboration in Integrated Care System (ICSs), identify appropriate metrics for assessing the impact and outcomes of this collaboration, disseminate findings to support local ICS practice, and support Ministers and policymakers with future policy
Adult Social Care Workforce Research Partnership (Co-I). Funded by NIHR, this is a five-year initiative (2025–2030) it brings together researchers, social care organisations, and local authorities to address critical challenges in the adult social care sector, focusing on workforce sustainability, wellbeing, and innovation in care delivery Care work
Teaching
Kent programme lead for the NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic Programme (ICAP) (2019-2025)
Module convenor for ‘Evaluation in a professional context’ (GP Fellows, PGDip Advanced and Specialist Practice) (GLL) (2019-2025)
Research Champions programme
Supervision
Kat Frere-Smith (main supervisor)
Penny Klebe (main supervisor)
Lizzie Lowry-Crouch (second supervisor)
Chair for 3 PhD review panels
Supervised 2 PhD students to completion
Internal and external examiner experience
Professional
Fellow of the Higher Education Authority (FHEA)
Registered Nurse (NMC)
Member of the Royal College of Nursing
Projects
Lead for the CAVEAT project – the development and testing of a toolkit for the evaluation of voluntary sector services for older people (NIHR ARC KSS)Co-authorship of a ‘thought leadership’ piece on volunteering in social care, in collaboration with the Royal Voluntary Service (RVS)
Lead for the evaluation of the East Kent Frailty Home Treatment Service (KCHFT)
Co-application in the evaluation of discharge to assess (D2A) (NIHR ARC KSS)
A member of the ALLIANCE consortium (led by the University of Surrey) which aims to improve end of life services for frail, older people (NIHR)
Kent lead for the national evaluation of the New Care Models, or Vanguard integrated care programme in England (led by the University of Manchester) (DHSE)
A member of the consortium for the project SUSTAIN – sustainable, tailored integrated care for older people in Europe (Horizon 2020)
Expert consultant for the European Social Network (ESN) working group on integrated care of older people in Europe (ESN)
Project manager for the COV-VOL study examining the impact of volunteers in supporting older people self-isolating at home during the COVID-19 pandemic (NIHR ARC KSS)