Doctors
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DR DUNCAN GREEN
MRCGP MBChB DCH (Partner)
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DR ROSE WOOD
MBChB DCH MRCGP (Partner)
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Nurse Practitioners
Advanced Nurse Practitioners all registered general nurses who have obtained their masters qualification in Advanced Clinical Practice accredited by The Royal College of Nursing through The Robert Gordons University. Advance is practice is defined as: Advanced practice is a level of practice, rather than a type of practice. Advanced Nurse Practitioners are educated at Masters Level in the clinical practice and have been assessed as competent in practice using their expert clinical knowledge and skills. They have the freedom and authority to act, making autonomous decisions in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients. (RCN 2020)
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MARGARET-ANN MITCHELL
RGN, BSc in Cancer and Palliative Care MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice
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Specialist Nurses
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KIRSTEEN COADY
QN: Team lead, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Practice teacher, specialises in long term condition management, service developer to ensure high quality evidence-based person centered care.
Nurses
Registered nurses with a wide range of skills which include treatment room and general nursing duties as well as skills such as a smear taking, contraception and managing people with long-term conditions.
Phlebotomists
Non-registered nursing staff who have a wide range of skills and are supervised by registered nurse. They provide a skilled service of nursing tasks such as phlebotomy, ECG’s and BP’s.
Practice Management
Administration
We have a team of full and part time clinical administrators undertaking a variety of roles from 08:00 to 18:00 during practice opening hours.
They are a team of highly trained individuals who are your first point of contact with the Practice. Please help us by giving all relevant information to our staff who will ensure you are given the best possible service from the Practice.
Pharmacists
The pharmacy team can offer advice directly to patients for medication concerns and link directly with the GPs, Nurses and Community Pharmacists to promote patient medication safety. Hayley also runs clinics for Hypertension and hypothyroidism, Claire runs clinics in Respiratory conditions and they can both offer advice on contraception, HRT and general medication reviews.
Please note that the practice pharmacy team works within Ardach Health Centre and is separate from Normac Pharmacy.
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HAYLEY SIMPSON
Advanced Clinical Pharmacist. Works Monday - Thursday.
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CLAIRE MURPHY
Clinical Pharmacist. Works alternate Mondays, Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays.
Pharmacy Technicians
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MICHELLE MILNE
Works Monday-Friday mornings.
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CHLOE SHEPHERD
Pharmacy Technician/Pharmacy Assistant. Works Monday-Friday.
Health Visitors and School Nurses
The Health Visiting and School Nursing staff based at Ardach may be contacted on 01542 837111 for the health visitors and 01542 837133 for the School Nurse. If they are not available please leave a message on their answering machine and they will contact you when they return to Ardach.
District Nurses (NHS Service)
The District Nursing staff based at Ardach may be contacted on 01542 837122. If they are not available please leave a message on their answering machine and they will contact you when they return to Ardach.
Community Midwife (NHS Service)
The Community Midwife team working from Ardach may be contacted on 01542 837144. If they are not available please leave a message on their answering machine and they will contact you when they return to Ardach.
Chiropody (NHS Service)
The chiropodist offers treatment under the NHS for qualifying patients. Appointments are arranged directly from the Chiropody Service following referral from your doctor. They encourage all able-bodied patients to come along to the centre.
Other Attached Staff
Dieticians, Health Promotions, Mental Health Team and Community Psychiatric Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Orthoptist, Speech & Language Therapists.