Flora Doig, community nurse, Bridge of Don Clinic, NHS Grampion, Aberdeen. Discusses her community
Clare Mechen, nurse manager and advanced nurse practitioner, The Adam Practice, Poole; clinical development nurse, Lindsay Leg Club Foundation
As a podiatrist, I have worked alongside community nurses since I graduated both here and in New Zealand. The two professions frequently attend the same patients in the community. These patients often have complex medical presentations that benefit from a team approach.
Donato Tallo is a nurse assessor at the hospital intervention team, Eastbourne District General Hospital, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.
WHAT DOES YOUR CURRENT ROLE INVOLVE?
I work for a large NHS trust that provides integrated hospital and community-based healthcare services. I am a nurse assessor with the hospital intervention team, a multidisciplinary team consisting of nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
Steve Robertson, professor of men, gender and health and co-director of the Centre for Men’s Health at Leeds Beckett University
I started my career as a student in 1996. After qualifying I took a staff nurse position in a large nursing home, before joining Caritas Services in 2007, where I continue to work to this day. I initially took a staff nurse position at one of the Caritas homes where we support adults with learning disabilities and dual diagnosis, later taking up a deputy home manager role.
I realised very early on in my career that I was not destined to be a hospital nurse, so I messed around for a few years doing things other than nursing before landing a job as a community staff nurse.
The plan was to stay as a community nurse until my (very little) children grew up, but within 18 months I was on the district nursing course.
I became a district nursing sister, then a tissue viability nurse and then led a team of various specialist nurses while simultaneously working as a community research nurse. A few years ago I moved from clinical practice to teaching and research.
