Welcome to the team!

 

What are you looking forward to the most in your new role?

I am thoroughly excited to join the Adult ADHD team as a diagnostic clinician supporting the service for 8 hours per week.  I am passionate about the delivery of high-quality care for people with an underlying diagnosis of ADHD.  I have always worked in secondary care mental health services, with the service being based in a PCN, I am keen to engage fully with primary care and feel that shared care would be enhanced due to shared electronic medical records.

 

Before joining the organisation, what other work experience have you had?

I am a qualified mental health nurse, ADHD Specialist and independent prescriber with 14 years experience working for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust.  I am a research active nurse and I have been published on service design for children, young people and their families whose lives are affected by ADHD.  I spent five years working in the pharmaceutical industry as a Service Development Lead, working with the NHS to improve ADHD Care Pathways.  I am passionate about health innovation and service design, ensuring that care pathways are as effective as possible.

 

How does your role assist Warrington GP Practices?

I understand that there is a waiting list for Adult ADHD clients, so I will be assisting with the wait times by supporting as a diagnostic clinician.

 

Hobbies and Interests

I love music, travel and singing – not that I sing well, but I enjoy it!!  I am also learning to speak Polish at the moment, which is a very hard language to learn.  My late grandfather was Polish, so trying to keep his legacy living on.

 

Who is someone that you look up to?

My dad!!

 

What is the best piece of advice you have ever been given?

“May we not see ourselves through the eyes of people who never saw us!”

 

What fact about you might surprise people the most?

I am mixed race, Tunisian, English and Polish.  I have French cousins and also feel French, as I spent a lot of time with them in France when growing up.  They also feel Tunisian for the same reason.