Inga Mackay District Nurse NHS Orkney I had a placement in the community when I was a student nurse and I loved it. I enjoyed the different pace to the hospital and being able to spend time with my patients. My first post was as a community staff nurse, so I found my niche straight…
2020
Emma Visca
Emma Visca Senior Health Visitor NHS Dumfries and Galloway I grew up in a council house scheme and I’ve always loved that sense of community. All your neighbours looked out for you, and it was like a big family, the sense of a diverse group pulling together to help one another. It was the nursing…
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…
Anne Maclean
Anne Maclean District Nurse Ardgour, NHS Highland Despite training in Edinburgh and working in acute neurology, when I moved home to the Highlands an opportunity to work in the community arose. My first instinct was that community nursing might be monotonous as I had perceived it to be all about tasks as a student. Yet…
Karen Ritchie
Karen Ritchie Rapid Response Team, Senior Charge Nurse Lothian I always wanted to be a nurse; both my parents are mental health nurses and they inspired me. When I applied, I knew I wanted to work with older people. I did my General Nursing in Dundee initially and then specialised in Mental Health in Edinburgh.…
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…
Fiona Ralph
Fiona Ralph Locality Manager DN & RES, Renfrewshire HSCP Greater Glasgow and Clyde My job now is to make sure that the nurses in my team have the right support, access to education and training. I want the staff around me to feel supported in decision making and when approaching challenges to promote better health…
Annie MacDonald
Annie MacDonald District Nurse from the Isle of South Uist Western Isles Working in the community appealed to me because I wanted to be able to look after people in their own homes. I previously worked in intensive care and thought that I would benefit from a less acute environment where I could provide a…
Andrea Johnstone
Andrea Johnstone Senior Charge Nurse Borders Despite training in the Borders, I qualified in Newcastle and had my first post in an acute neurology setting there. After a year I moved back to the Borders where a community hospital post became available – I thought, let’s give it a shot and I loved it so…
