Brenda Kirk Brenda Kirk has been working in child health for almost 30 years and is now a Clinical Nurse Specialist and Team Leader for the disability nursing team for Specialist Children’s Services in Renfrewshire. Regularly called on within the team for advice, she is also the key contact for other agencies because of her…
2018
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…
Lorraine Haining
Lorraine Haining Specialist Nurse Practitioner Lorraine Haining has been leading a multidisciplinary dementia team from her base in Dumfries since 2012. My Journey As a small child, I attended nursery at a very early age. The nursery nurses wore very traditional nurses’ uniforms with aprons, cuffs and hats. The matron in charge wore a very…
Bob Gardiner
Bob Gardiner Bob Gardiner works as an Offshore Medic and Occupational Health and Safety Advisor in the oil and gas industry. Employed by TAQA, he is he is based on the Eider platform, 184 kilometres north east of Shetland. My Journey If I look back on it now, I think I fell into nursing –…
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…
Moira Flett
Moira Flett Moira Flett has been working as the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Advisor for Orkney for almost ten years. Recently, Motor Neurone Disease (MND) was added to her role in providing a specialist service to patients across the isles. My Journey I grew up on the island of Westray, one of the smaller Orkney islands,…
Kirsteen Coady
Kirsteen Coady Kirsteen Coady is committed to constant professional development and was one of the first Advanced Nurse Practitioners in her area. She brings a boundless enthusiasm to her role at Macduff Medical Practice in developing services to improve the wellbeing of patients. My Journey There was an old lady who lived at the corner…
Tracey Clusker
Tracey Clusker Tracey Clusker has worked within substance misuse teams for the last 12 years. In her current role as a Team Manager with NHS Lothian based in Dalkeith, she is focused on reducing health inequalities while delivering a high-quality service to the recovery community. My Journey I have always worked with people – as…
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…
Joanne Anderson
Joanne Anderson Until recently, Joanne Anderson was the General Practice Nurse at Beith Medical Centre in North Ayrshire. After 21 years in practice nursing, Joanne has just been appointed NHS Ayrshire & Arran’s Senior Nurse for Primary Care. My Journey I remember a conversation with my guidance teacher at school around career choices and wanting…
