Leanne Patrick Gender Based Violence Nurse Specialist NHS Fife What inspired you to work in the community? I knew very quickly into the nursing degree that I wanted to work in the community. I’m interested in preventing and reducing the impact of trauma on the mental and physical health of people throughout their lives through…
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Kerys Russell
Kerys Russell Advanced Clinical Nurse Specialist – Upper GI Cancers NHS Fife What are the skills/expertise you need to work as an advanced cancer nurse specialist? The cancer nurse specialist is often a key, constant person throughout a patient’s cancer journey, striving to deliver holistic, person-centered care in a sensitive and compassionate way. The nurse specialists are…
Rhona Martin
Rhona Martin Lead Stroke Nurse, Fife Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland In what way has the Queen’s Nurse programme made a difference to how you practice? Recognising that myself and my team play a principal role in person-centred care and have to be healthy in mind and body to foster healthy, respectful, and empathetic relationships with who…
Claire Adamson
Claire Adamson Senior Community Mental Health Nurse Fife I qualified in 2008 and began my nursing journey working in various inpatient units, latterly working in an Older Adults Acute setting. I really loved my time there and hadn’t considered community nursing at that point. I always thought if I’m content then why change anything? I…
Gill Dennes
Gill Dennes Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Coast Health Fife I have been working in community nursing for more than 30 years now. Working in hospitals wasn’t really for me. It can be quite revealing working in a GP practice, there is a huge diversity of people and health needs, and it has given me the scope…
Mary Kinninmonth
Mary Kinninmonth District Nurse Fife I am a District Nurse Team Leader with NHS Fife covering a large, mainly rural area, from Dalgety Bay to Kincardine. As well as the five district nursing teams in the locality, I also line manage the Dunfermline evening nursing service. I hold my own caseload of patients, while supporting charge nurses who manage their own caseloads. Geographically, it is a very…
Jen Grant
Jen Grant School Nurse Fife The Fife School Nursing Service works with children and young people aged 5-19 years old and their families, to assess and identify health needs. Our service has three bases across Fife. The base I work within covers Glenrothes to the Tay Road Bridge and all the towns and villages in-between. A full round trip of all the schools…
Gerry Hastie
Gerry Hastie A passionate advocate for community mental health nursing, Gerry Hastie has been working in the role with NHS Fife since 2004. He is proud to be a nurse that colleagues seek out for advice and support given his broad knowledge and clinical expertise. My Journey Leaving school, I thought I had wanted to…
Lyndsey Forsyth
Lyndsey Forsyth Lyndsey Forsyth works within NHS Fife as an Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Nurse Specialist. Lyndsey’s unwavering passion and enthusiasm to ensure children and young people with ADHD are understood and listened to, drives her to continually keep expert ADHD Nursing high on the agenda. My Journey I started working as a care…
Pauline Buchanan
Pauline Buchanan Pauline Buchanan was appointed to a new Community Dermatology Nurse Practitioner post with NHS Fife in January 2017. An enthusiastic learner, she is committed to educating health professionals and patients about managing skin conditions. My Journey I always wanted to be a nurse and it’s what I set off to do starting my…