Prestige Nursing & Care (Derby)

I have worked in care since 2009 where I worked with adults with learning disabilities in a Care Home. I then moved into working in Supported Living settings with a wide variety of vulnerable adults, including PMLD, people with mental health diagnoses, and addictions. I have also done Care Planning, managing Supported Living Packages and Branch Management.

In my spare time, I love playing and watching sports, especially football, relaxing, having a laugh with friends and family, and trying to not take things too seriously if not needed.

I have over 20 years of experience in health and social care including hospitals, domiciliary care, coordinating, recruiting and as a Field Care Manager. I have worked for Prestige for 9 years starting as a Care Worker and then working my way up to Registered Care and Compliance Manager since mid-2020. I have experience working with complex care, dementia, children, and learning disabilities, and am always eager to learn more and meet new people.

Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my children, partner, and our dog, Rolley. I also enjoy making miniature houses, furniture, and landscapes and, because of Covid, at the moment I spend most of my spare time at the moment cleaning and organising my home!

I have over 10 years of experience in health and social care including home care, healthcare, hospitals, and coordinating.

I began my career in 2009 with Prestige but left in 2014. After some time in the hospital working with a number of specialities, and gaining more knowledge, I started a coordinating role as a Care Planner back at Prestige in 2020.

I enjoy spending time with friends and family. I love socialising and like to eat out. I like cleaning and enjoy spa days and pampering. I also love going to horse races and going for a cheeky cocktail.

I have worked at Prestige since 2017 where I started as a member with no experience and am now a Field Care Supervisor. I have an 8-year-old son who takes up most of my time when I am not working, along with our 2 dogs. In my spare time, I enjoy seeing my family and friends, watching films and am a sucker for a good murder documentary. I also enjoy walks and am keen on spending unnecessary money in B&M!

I joined Prestige Nursing & Care as a Professional Carer in 2019. I have a background in Social Care and Compliance & have recently taken the role of Field Care Supervisor. I am passionate about care and thoroughly enjoy working in the Care Sector, I especially enjoy meeting the wide variety of people and personalities that the role allows.

I spend the majority of my spare time with my 2 children aged 6 and 3, my family and friends. I love a good Netflix binge with my partner and I also enjoy creating embroidery art.

I have been a paediatric nurse for over 16 years, initially working within a children’s teaching hospital rotating within the areas of burns and plastic surgery, orthopaedics and general medical/ neurology, nursing children from infancy up to 17 years old.

In 2005 I joined a team on a Lead Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Over the next 14 years, I worked as part of a specialist team of health professionals, caring for premature infants from 23 weeks gestation and sick infants requiring many forms of intensive care and specialist treatments, surgical intervention or palliative care. I assisted with clinical research programmes, supported and delivered teaching to parents/guardians to provide complex care for their child such as tracheostomy care, enteral feeding, oxygen therapy and suction training in preparation for their discharge home. I became a student nurse mentor supervising, teaching and assessing clinical skills and competencies at the end of the training programme.

I joined Prestige in March 2020 as a Regional Nurse in the East Region leading complex care packages for children working in partnership with multi-disciplinary teams to meet the needs and expectations of children and their families, all whilst maintaining the high standard of care required and ensuring best practice.

I have been a registered nurse for over 30 years. For nearly half of that time, I worked at a Hospice caring for people with a variety of life-limiting conditions. Since then, I have had 10 years of experience teaching nurses and care workers in the Homecare and Nursing Home sectors.

Prior to and in conjunction with my teaching, I worked Ad-Hoc through Hospital Nurse Bank and Prestige in a wide variety of settings, including both General and Community Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Prison, Community Nursing, and clinics. Through Prestige, I have been able to work with Whizz Kids, a charitable organisation providing support for children and young adults, who are wheelchair users.

I was given the opportunity to take up my current post in 2018. I love my role as it not only enables me to ensure a high standard of care for our clients but also to nurture our Professional Carers providing Learning and Development opportunities for them.

In my spare time, the most important thing to me is spending time with my family. I am also a member of Rock Choir, and really love performing as part of a team. I am a volunteer with the Peter Le Marchant Trust, which provide holidays, days out and tailor-made trips on their Wheelchair-Accessible canal boats. I also enjoy walking, reading, music, theatre, and having adventures and new experiences.