Zoe Lightbody Community Learning Disability Charge Nurse NHS Ayrshire & Arran Zoe describes herself as lucky to have spent many of her student placements working in the community and just one year after graduating in 2016, she found herself in The Community Learning Disability Team in South Ayrshire before securing a permanent Charge Nurse post…
Kirsty Nelson
Kirsty Nelson Parish Nurse The Steeple Church, Dundee Kirsty wanted to work in the community from the very start of her nursing career. “I realised early on that I really did not want to work in a hospital – it wasn’t for me. What I always loved about community nursing was the way it encourages…
Louise Murray
Flight Sergeant Louise Murray Senior Practice Nurse Royal Air Force Transferring into to the RAF as a qualified nurse involved nine-weeks of Military basic training, something that set her apart from the rest of her cohort. “When you join the Military, you have to go through basic training at RAF Halton. After that, you’re graded…
Jodeen Gunn
Jodie Gunn Gender Based Violence Nurse NHS Tayside Formerly – Community Nurse Team Leader in the Health Visiting Service Jodie was inspired to become a nurse by the district nurses who visited her family home as a teenager. “When I was younger my mum was seriously ill with a chronic lung condition, and she…
Lauren Flett
Lauren Flett Integrated Midwife NHS Orkney Lauren started her nursing and midwifery journey in 2006 leaving her home in Orkney to embark on an adult nursing degree at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen before moving to complete midwifery training at Edinburgh Napier University. “I always wanted to be a midwife and I also knew…
Leanne Grant
Leanne Grant Specialist Practitioner District Nurse NHS Lothian After finishing school, Leanne originally started her career as an administrative assistant. “I love lists and organisation, so juggling many things has always been both a skill and a passion. It seemed only natural that I would be drawn to clerical roles but working as a receptionist…
Siobhann Blair
Siobhann Blair Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Nurse Consultant NHS Lothian For Siobhann nursing is something of a family affair and she has been intensely passionate about promoting her profession from the very beginning. “When I say I come from a family of nurses I really mean it. My mum, grandparents, and aunt are all nurses!…
Helen Gilpin
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Lynda Mutter
Lynda Mutter Service Manager for Older People and Primary Care NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Lynda describes herself as an optimistic and compassionate person, always anticipating people’s needs ahead of time. She has always had a firm belief in nurturing and caring, but nursing was not the first role she had in mind for…
Fiona Houlihan
Fiona Houlihan Community Children’s Nurse NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Fiona has never strayed from her desire to be a nurse from being a small child lining her teddies up on the stairs in her play treatment room. She has been on a 30-year journey through various roles in children’s nursing – both hospital-based…
