Katie Stuart District Nurse Team Leader NHS Tayside What inspired you to work in the community? I was inspired to work in the community following the care provided to my grandparents both with frailty and palliative support. The ability to support their care needs within their own homes was of great comfort to them.…
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Catriona Jamieson
Catriona Jamieson Projects Lead PAMIS (Promoting a More Inclusive Society) Catriona got into nursing later in life, overcoming challenges with education to make a difference for others. “I was previously a family carer but always really interested in becoming a learning disability nurse. Working alongside people with learning disabilities, I could see the incredible difference…
Karen Laing
Karen Laing Community Learning Disability Nurse NHS Tayside Both of Karen’s parents are learning disabilities nurses, and she likes to say that she grew up in the business. “When I was younger, I spent most of my time in Starthmartine Hospital where my parents worked. There were always discos, pantomimes, and summer fetes. I grew…
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…
Oonagh McPherson
Oonagh McPherson Community Mental Health Nurse (Children and Adolescents) NHS Tayside I work with children and young people with mental health problems. The overall difference I want to make is for them to feel happy and healthy – enabling belonging, and purpose in their own way. I want to ensure that the children and young people…
Keri Hollis
Keri Hollis Health Visitor Angus My primary role is making a difference in children’s’ lives to make sure they have the best possible start. The other part is supporting health visitors doing the job themselves. I have worked in health visiting for almost 20 years, most recently as a team leader with NHS Tayside based at Whitehills Health and Community Centre in Forfar. My job involves…
Lindsey Griffin
Lindsey Griffin Community Mental Health Nurse Perth I moved into a new post last year and now work as a Clinical and Professional Team Manager for Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership. I am based at Murray Royal Hospital in Perth but I travel between sites managing a range of staff that collectively are an integrated care team. Perth and Kinross covers a large area combining rural,…
Rachel McReady
Rachel McReady Rachel in the news Rachel launches recovery road map in Dundee To Cheryl Ferguson, Dundee’s Steeple Church Parish Nurses are “my wee adopted mammies”. To others, they are problem-solvers, shoulders to cry on, and even life-savers. “They’ve done a lot for me and every single person who comes through this door,” says Cheryl.…
Lesley Paterson
Lesley Paterson Children have been a career theme for Lesley Paterson, who worked as a nanny in her native Northumberland before going into nursing. After a stint as a Staff Nurse in acute medicine, she transferred to Edinburgh’s Sick Children’s Hospital, then the children’s ward in Perth Royal Infirmary. Working in the paediatric outpatient department…
