Practice Nurse
- Our Practice Nurse is Morag Downie.
Our Practice Nurse is fully trained in a wide range of skills including immunisations, health promotion, contraception and management of long-term conditions e.g. advise on diet and lifestyle choices, coronary heart disease, hypertension, asthma, diabetes, smoking cessation and obesity. Practice Nurses can extend their skills at Diploma Level and see many patients who previously would have seen the Doctor.
The Nursing Team run various Nurse-led clinics for diabetes, asthma, coronary heart disease and COPD as well as providing general nursing services, dressings, removal of sutures and blood tests.
Our nurse is available on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and alternate Tuesdays. There is no Nurse on Fridays.
Healthcare Support Worker (including Phlebotomy)
- Our Healthcare Support Worker is Jenny McCann.
Healthcare Assistants are non-registered Nursing staff who assist in patient care and Practice related duties, as directed by and under the supervision of a Registered Healthcare Professional (including Lead Practice Nurse, Practice Manager and GPs). Healthcare Assistants work collaboratively with the General Practice Team to meet the needs of patients, and provide essential task-orientated services like taking blood samples (phlebotomy) and processing specimens. They play a crucial role in supporting the Clinical Team.
Our HCSW is currently available on Wednesdays only. We are looking to add an additional clinic on Tuesdays to increase availability.