Meet the Team

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GP Training

This is a teaching practice and we have GP Registrars attached to the General Practice as part of their training.

These doctors hold surgeries, make home visits, help at clinics and take part in the emergency rota.

One of the fully registered doctors or associate doctors supervise the Registrar and are available for advice immediately if necessary.

The GP Registrars are fully registered with the General Medical Council and have several years post graduate experience.

Registrars

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Advanced Skills Nurses and Practice Nurses

Advanced Skills Nurses and Practice Nurses wear navy uniform.

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Trainee Nurse Associates

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Healthcare Assistants

• Advanced Skills Nurses and Practice Nurses wear navy uniform.
• Healthcare Assistants wear royal blue uniform.

Many of the things that you might think you need to see a doctor about can often be dealt with by nurses, all whom have been trained to deal with some medical problems.

Indeed, for some things the nurse is more experienced at dealing with the problem than a doctor. Routine blood pressure checks, HRT and contraceptive prescribing, minor illness management and management of diabetes, coronary heart disease, asthma and COPD and many conditions come within their expertise.

The practice nurses also run daily triage clinics (triage clinic is a clinic for patients who just feel unwell for one reason or another).

Practice Management

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Administration

Our Clinical Admin and Data team deal with test results, patients paper records, letters and reports coming into the surgery.

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Care Navigation Team

Care Navigation Supervisors are responsible for the management of the practices Reception function.

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Secretaries

Debbie is responsible for all secretarial services and supervising her team of secretaries.

A range of healthcare professionals work alongside GPs at our practice or locally, to ensure you get the right care for your needs as quickly as possible. Speak to our practice reception team to find out more. #GetTheRightCare

Dispensers

Mandy Leonard

Dispensary Manager

Mandy is responsible for all dispensing matters and supervising her team of Dispensers.

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Health Visitors

A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women.

Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing.

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Attached Staff

Health Visitors

Tel: 01775 652170 – Monday to Friday 9.00am–4.30pm

The Health Visitors work in partnership with individuals of all ages, with groups and with families.

Two full-time and one part-time Health Visitor, one Nursery Nurse and a Nursing Assistant provide information on good health, including pre-school child developmental screening, assessing health needs and referral to other services as appropriate.

Each Health Visitor is a registered nurse with extra training to work within the community.

Community Nurses

Tel: 01775 653220 – Monday to Friday 9.00am–4.30pm

The Community Nurses are based at the Johnson Community Hospital in Spalding.

They provide quality nursing care and support to housebound patients (and their carers) who have acute, chronic and palliative care needs.

They work with other health professionals to provide personalised care.

Midwives

Tel: 01775 652155

The Midwives work with the doctors to provide care for mothers before and after delivery and care for the baby for the first fortnight of life.

Community Psychiatric Nurses

Tel: 01775 760525

The Community Psychiatric Nurses can help with elderly confused relatives and other mental health problems at home.

PCNs are groups of GP practices working closely together – along with other healthcare staff and organisations – providing integrated services to the local population.

Dr Naseer Khan

PCN Clinical Director

Our PCN Clinical Director provides leadership for networks strategic plans, through working with member practices and the wider PCN to improve the quality and effectiveness of the network services. supporting delivery. Our Clinical Director provide leadership for networks strategic plans, through working with member practices and the wider PCN to improve the quality and effectiveness of the network services.

Lisa Jones

PCN Manager

The PCN Manager forms an integral part of the PCN leadership working alongside the Clinical Director and the PCN board members.

PCN Managers act as the main point of contact of expertise, coordinate the successful achievement of all PCN DES contractual requirements, support the translation of national and local policies into meaningful changes, and support collaborative working between multiple organisations to achieve improved outcomes for the local population.

Louise Patchett

Occupational Therapist

Occupational therapists (OTs) support people of all ages with problems resulting from physical, mental, social or developmental difficulties. OTs provide interventions that help people find to continue with everyday activities that are important to them. This could involve learning new ways to do things, or making changes to their environment to make things easier.

Physician Associates provide first point of contact care for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems by utilising history-taking, physical examinations and clinical decision-making skills to establish a working diagnosis and management plan in partnership with the patient (and their carers where applicable).

They will work closely with other members of the MDT in ensuring that patients with chronic diseases get the maximum benefits from their medicines as part of a shared decision-making consultation. They will undertake structured medication reviews (SMRs) to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy, especially the elderly, people in care homes, those with multiple comorbidities, frailty and people with learning disabilities or autism.

General Practice Assistants (GPAs) form part of a multidisciplinary team within primary care, and provide a support role, carrying out administrative tasks, combined in some areas with basic clinical duties.

Pharmacy technicians play an important role, complementing clinical pharmacists, community pharmacists and other members of the PCN multi-disciplinary team. Pharmacy technicians are different to clinical pharmacists as they are not able to prescribe or make clinical decisions, instead working under supervision to ensure effective and efficient use of medicines.

Health and Wellbeing Coaches are key members of the Primary Care Network (PCN) team, playing a critical role in engaging patients and use health coaching techniques to support them to take an active role in their health and wellbeing.

First contact practitioner physiotherapists are qualified autonomous clinical practitioners who can assess, diagnose, treat, and manage musculoskeletal problems and undifferentiated conditions. Where appropriate, they are also able to discharge a person without a medical referral. First contact practitioner physiotherapists working in this role can be accessed directly by patients, or via referral from other members of staff. They can establish a rapid and accurate diagnosis and management plan to streamline pathways of care.

Senior Mental Health Practitioners are Registered mental health professionals that are embedded within the PCN’s MDT as the first contact people presenting with mental health and emotional difficulties. They work alongside other PCN professionals including GPs, nurses, and other ARRS practitioners, providing early and timely assessments to ensure the right information, advice and support is provided at the right time.