I’m the Primary Care Developmental Lead for Paramedics within the BNSSG area. My role within the hub is to help support and develop paramedics working within primary and community care, and to enable those wishing to move into a primary care role. I also promote to primary care networks the benefits of having a paramedic as part of their clinical team.

I have been a qualified paramedic for ten years, working various roles within the ambulance service before moving into the community four years ago to become an Advanced Paramedic Practitioner in primary care. I complete out-of-hours work and the occasional ambulance shift, too.

I’m passionate about travel and learning about new cultures and cuisines.

My primary role within BNSSG Training Hub is Placement Expansion Lead. I aim to increase student nurse placements in general practice, exposing students to primary care and showcasing it as a desirable career choice. I am also a General Practice Nurse Educator, leading the Newly Qualified Nurse Fellowship, New to Practice programmes, and being an advocate for the Return to Practice programme.

I am a general practice nurse by background and also undertake additional ad hoc roles, including university lecturer and nurse educator. I am passionate about the future of general practice and access to education for all. In 2020, I was awarded the title of Queen’s Nurse.

Outside of work, I am a busy mum to three boys and a Labrador. I enjoy holidays in warmer climates and days out with my family​.

I am the Training Hub’s Clinical Lead, as well as a Postgraduate Associate Dean at the Severn Deanery, a nationally-elected Royal College of GPs council member, and a GP in Bristol — I’ve been a GP for over 20 years, in a variety of roles and settings, having been involved in medical education throughout my career.

My Training Hub and Associate Dean roles involve working on current key issues around training and workforce planning. I believe that in order to face the current challenges around workload and recruitment, we need to look at new ways of working with other healthcare professionals and skill sharing, whilst maintaining the fundamentals of continuity and holistic family practice. The Hub has provided a unique opportunity to work with colleagues across the primary, community, social, and voluntary care sectors.

When not working, I’m kept busy by my four children and our four pets!

I am the Education Facilitator for BNSSG Training Hub. I have held previous roles as a senior university lecturer and as a paramedic working across both the frontline and as part of a telephone triage clinical hub.

My role within the Training Hub is to support the growth of placements for nurses and AHP’s across primary care, alongside supporting the developing the training hub offer across BNSSG. I enjoy working with people and enabling learning using diverse approaches, and believe that education is key to effective healthcare.

Away from work I enjoy riding anything with two wheels, kayaking, and walking my dog​

Away from work, most of my time is spent walking the countryside on offer all around Bristol.

For a year, I was a support worker for the National Autistic Society, and I’ve also volunteered for several Bristol-based charities (including Off The Record, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, and Scope). I’ve also had an active role on boards for youth-service and voluntary-sector groups.

I’m most enthusiastic about supporting the team, about helping them make the most of their job roles, but I’m also eager to get stuck in with the Training Hub’s various meetings, and to take up opportunities in health and social care, generally. I’m especially interested in public health, patient involvement/feedback, voluntary work in the NHS, social justice, and mental health.

When I’m not at work, I enjoy creating things and organising social groups/getting people together.

I’m BNSSG Training Hub’s Marketing & Events Officer, having previously been its Administrative & IT Support. It’s certainly been an interesting ride thus far – I’d never worked in health or social care before, so catching up with the various acronyms that fly around (‘ANPs’, ‘STPs’, and ‘AHPs’, to name a few) was sure something. Prior to having joined the Hub, I’m most proud of having been a volunteer in Bath Cats & Dogs Home’s fundraising office and a room guide at the American Museum in Britain.

Outside of work, I currently spend time reading about the Old West and working on a D&D campaign.

Away from work, most of my time is spent walking the countryside on offer all around Bristol.

I am the Profession Lead for Physiotherapy at the Training Hub. My main focus is on musculoskeletal first contact practitioners (MSK FCPs) but I am able to support all physiotherapists working in primary, health or social care. As with the other profession lead roles, my role is to provide support for education and development for these staff members working in primary, health and social care.

I have created a Community of Practice for the MSK FCPs which provides regular training and discussion forums for FCPs working across BNSSG and provides one-to-one support as needed. I also links with FCP educators and supervisors, regional groups across the South West as well as National working groups to keep abreast of new developments within FCP MSK. I am a musculoskeletal physiotherapist who now clinically works as an FCP in BNSSG after working for most of my career in secondary care (largely outpatient physio). I have a clinical interest in complex conditions and pain management.

Unsurprisingly for a physio, I enjoy keeping active in my spare time and I used to enter a lot of endurance running / swimming / triathlon events before this became more limited by family commitments. I also enjoy reading and am slowly trying to get through reading literary classics that I feel I should have read by now!