In The Spotlight

Aimee Keith, Desktop Support

Describe a typical day As a dedicated member of NHS Forth Valley’s IT Support team, my day varies between fixing things, breaking things and then...

Samantha Goudie, Project Manager for Realistic Medicine

Tell us a little about your new role I am passionate about person-centred care and this is my ideal job. Before joining NHS Forth Valley...

Amy Jackson, OD and Learning & Education Advisor

Tell us a little about your job I am a new Organisational Development and LET Advisor, based in the Learning Centre at FVRH. It’s a...

Lorraine Robertson, Head of Mental Health Nursing and Prison Healthcare

Describe a typical day at work I come in with all the best laid plans which rarely get achieved due to other competing demands. Since...

Jack Buchanan, Contact Tracer

Tell us a little about your job and what it entails I’m a Contact Tracer with Test and Protect. So primarily, I call people who...

Joanna Elliott, Head of Occupational Health

What made you apply for this job? You could say I was born into the workplace as my mother opened a family-run hardware shop when...

Claire Robertson, Clinical Nurse Educator

Claire Robertson, Clinical Nurse Educator, Emergency Department Tell us something about your new role I am the new Clinical Nurse Educator within the Emergency Department (ED)...

Tracey Gow, Senior Charge Nurse

How did you arrive in your current post? I started my career in Bo’ness Community Hospital. It was a great place for a newly qualified...

Sandra McEwan, Staff Nurse

Tell us a little about your current role? I am currently employed with the NHS Forth Valley Staff Bank. I have been working with the...

Louise Kane, ANP, Forth Valley Prison Service

What attracted you to work in prisons? The prisons were unknown to me and I was receiving text messages from the staff bank to say...
Photo from left to right: Andrea Davidson, Lead General Practice Nurse (GPN), NHS Forth Valley, June Straight, GPN, Carronbank Medical Practice, Lesley Hamilton, Practice Manager, Carronbank Medical Practice, Beverley Birnie, Lead GPN, Carronbank Medical Practice, Jane Harris, Head of Programme, Workforce Education and Career Development, NHS Education for Health and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care Neil Gray MSP.

Cabinet Secretary launches New Practice Nurse Publications at Carronbank

Neil Gray, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care Neil Gray, formally launched two important publications at Carronbank Medical Practice. These publications focus...

Big Thanks for Generous Donations to Local Food Pantry

Huge thanks to local NHS staff and Serco colleagues who have donated food to the local KLSB (Keep Larbert and Stenhousemuir Beautiful) food pantry. There...

Win a Kindle 16Gb

This issue’s fantastic competition prize of a black 16Gb Kindle comes courtesy of staffbenefits.co.uk The Kindle 16 GB is Amazon's entry-level e-reader, offering a balance between...