From health and social care apprentice to a qualified mental health nurse

National Apprenticeship Week (8 to 14 February 2021) celebrates and promotes all that is great about apprenticeships. It gives us a great opportunity to shine a light on our inspiring apprentices.

An apprenticeship combines on the job practical work experience, whilst studying, allowing you to gain experience and achieve a recognised qualification and earning an income.

Amy Clarke, Mental Health Nurse

 

Amy Clarke, Mental Health Nurse and former Health and Social Care Apprentice, takes a look back on her apprenticeship journey.

 

World Stop the Pressure Day: Tissue viability care in challenging environments

Last in our World Stop the Pressure Day spotlight today is Deborah Taylor. The Forensic/Mental Health Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse told us how she is working to develop her brand new role at the Trust. 

World Stop the Pressure Day: Protecting vulnerable children from pressure ulcers

Next up in our World Stop the Pressure Day spotlight is Kimberley Bignall. Kimberley is a Paediatric Tissue Viability Nurse, helping to improves the care for vulnerable children across the county, reducing their risk of pressure ulcers and other skin damage. Here she tells us more. 

International Nurses Day 2020: “I loved nursing from the minute I started on my first ward.”

Penny Keith

For International Nurses Day, Penny Keith shares how her nursing career, which has spanned 36 years, has evolved from a graduate nurse to her current role as Associate Director of Nursing at the Trust. She also talks about all the challenges along the way.

Making a difference - celebrating the Year of the Nurse and Midwife

2020 is the Year of the Nurse and Midwife and a chance to showcase and celebrate our nurses across the Trust and to renew perceptions of the profession. We want to take this opportunity to thank our nurses for their diverse talents and expertise and to promote nursing as a career with a great deal to offer.

Ruth Harrison is an acute learning disabilities nurse and is sharing her story of why she chose nursing as a career and how she is making a difference.

Ruth Harrison