Emergency Nurse Practitioner, Audrey Clarke who is based in the Urgent Care Centre in Lagan Valley Hospital has marked an incredible 40 years of dedicated service within the South Eastern Trust.
With the foundations of her Nursing career beginning in the Ulster Hospital in July 1984, Audrey explained how her medical journey has been spent entirely within the Trust.
“I started my training in North Down and Ards College of Nursing as it was known back then! From there I took up a role in Paediatrics before I moved to the Ulster Hospital Emergency Department where I stayed until 2009 and then to Lagan Valley Hospital.”
Audrey described how being, “Patient centred and giving the best service we can,” is the forefront of what drives her and her team. “You would never exist in Nursing, you would never exist in the Emergency Department if you didn’t have colleagues, it is the teamwork that drives you.”
Audrey continued: “The South Eastern Trust is a good Trust to work for. I enjoy this role and it’s very much a ‘wee’ family here. I am so delighted to mark 40 years of service.”