JOB VACANCIES
We welcome interest from both clinicians and administrative staff who would like to work in our practice. We pride ourselves in providing excellent patient care and are interested to hear from people with skills and qualities that can deliver to our high standards. Please contact our Business Manager with a CV on terriwardell@nhs.net or drop one into the surgery.
Doctors
Dr Mary K J Sowerby (f)
Newcastle 1991 M.B. B.S |
Dr Jaap Vermeijden
Amsterdam 1990 M.B. B.S. |
Dr Richard D Chapman (m)
Edinburgh 1998 M.B. Ch.B |
Dr Maria McDiarmid (f)
Manchester 1990 M.B. Ch.B. |
Dr Satpaul Ubhi (m)
Sheffield 1990 M.B. Ch.B |
Dr Joshua D Cooper (m)
Hull and York M.B. B.S 2009 |
Dr Adam Hearn (m)
MB BS 2007 University of Newcastle upon Tyne |
Dr Victoria Thompson (f) |
Dr Elisabeth Alton (f) |
Nurses
Practice Nurses Our practice nurses run clinics from 08.30 - 11.00 and 16.00 - 17.45, both at Leven and at Beeford, by appointment. Leven also offer Nurse and phlebotomy appointments on a Thursday evening up to 8.00pm. The nursing team can give advice about many matters, including dressings, ear syringing, immunisations and foreign travel injections etc. Trained and highly skilled nurses run our specialist clinics in Coronary Heart Disease, Strokes, Asthma, Diabetes and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Cervical smears/well woman checks and family planning checks can be done by a nurse. Please tell the receptionist when making an appointment that it is for a smear test. Similarly, well man checks or blood pressure checks are also available. Please ask at reception for further details. |
Healthcare Assistants
Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one. |
Practice Management
Terri Wardell is our Business Manager The business manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The business manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care. Finance Manager The finance manager is responsible for the day to day management of all aspects of the practice accounts. This ranges from paying our suppliers, paying staff, to submitting VAT returns and ensuring the practice receives all of its income. |
Administration
The admin team are a very important part of the practice, undertaking various aspects of office duties. This includes summarising patients medical records, photocopying records for solicitors requests and scanning hospial letters onto the computer. |
Reception
Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits. |
Secretaries
The practice secretaries are responsible for making referrals to the hospital and other community services on the instructions of a clinician. They have to work in an accurate and timely manner to ensure that the referrals are acted on as soon as possible. They can also help patients with their hospital appointments rather than seeing the GP. |
Community Nurses
The nurses can be contacted at Hornsea Cottage Hospital on 01964 535223. |
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.
For advice on family health contact 01964 536842. The health visitors are now based at Hornsea Cottage Hospital, The Children Centre at Beeford on 01262 481699 or Beverley Health Visitors on 01482 862831. |