Trailblazing Toyin in Master’s first
Date of release: 15 January 2024
A senior healthcare leader and mentor is celebrating after becoming Wolverhampton’s first international Nurse to pass a Master’s degree through its development programme.
Toyin with her Master’s certificate
Toyin Olu-Adeniran, who teaches Nurses for The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT) and is based at New Cross Hospital, has gained an MSc in Professional Practice in Healthcare (Teaching and Learning).
The 35-year-old, a Practice Education Facilitator (PEF) (Post-Registration), completed her Master’s at the University of Wolverhampton last October after starting it in 2020.
“I’m excited and proud as it’s been my dream to attain my Master’s,” said Toyin, who had a post-graduate diploma in education when she arrived in the UK from Nigeria in 2019. “It’s not been easy with challenges balancing work and family, so I’m pleased to have completed it.”
Toyin is grateful to the RWT’s award-winning Clinical Fellowship programme which supports Nurses to study for both BSc and MSc degrees combined with their jobs.
“I’m very thankful to the Clinical Fellowship for giving me the opportunity to study, and for the team’s investment in me, so I want to give something back to Nurses and students I teach now,” she added.
As part of her PEF role which she has been in since August, Toyin also supports students at RWT.
Running different development programmes to support and educate Nurses, she also hosts induction programmes for Nurses and Healthcare Assistants.
The fourth of six siblings, Toyin has come a long way since arriving in the UK in March 2019.
She started her British career at a nursing home in Basingstoke, Hampshire, passing her OSCE (clinical exams to work in the UK) there, before a friend recommended Wolverhampton to her, and she was appointed as a Staff Nurse at RWT.
After nine months in Basingstoke, she decided to make the UK – or more accurately Ettingshall – her home, with her husband of eight years, Oluyemi, a product owner for Jaguar Land Rover in Gaydon.
Starting as a Staff Nurse on Ward C25 (Renal) at New Cross, Toyin had a taste of her future with a six-month secondment in Nurse Education before becoming a Clinical PEF in Surgical Division across various surgical wards.
“I came to the UK because I wanted to experience a different culture and different ways of practising nursing,” said Toyin.
“The first change I noticed was it was a lot colder, and people were asking me why I was walking around in my big coat in March! But it’s been lovely – I’ve learned a lot, made lots of friends and been made very welcome.
“Achieving my Master’s and doing my job is rewarding for me because people see me as a mentor, and I enjoy seeing people developing their careers. To anyone I’d say the opportunities are there and the Trust is very supportive.”
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