Nursing Team
One of the biggest changes in the way General Practice in New Zealand works is the way the nurses are now involved in many aspects of health care.
At Stoke Medical our nurses offer a phone advice service throughout the day. They are most often the first to see more urgent cases whilst waiting for a Doctor to become available, and work in a flexible team to keep waiting times to a minimum.
We have two Nurse Practitioners who work in a similar way to a General Practitioner. They can assess, prescribe, treat, provide medical certificates etc, just like our doctors.
Our practice nurses offer a number of services including but not limited to:
Cervical smear tests, Diabetes checks, Cardiovascular ‘Heart' checks, general health advice, wound care, vaccination, Drivers License Medicals and blood tests.
To compliment our nursing team, we also have two Health Care Assistants. The work that they perform, frees up time for our nurses, allowing them to work at the top level of their scope of practice,
Lead Nurses
MEG & CHERYL
Meg and Cheryl are our Lead Nurses and are responsible for the co-ordination and guidance of the nursing team and the development of relevant policies and procedures.
Practice Nurses
ANNE-MARIE CHEYNE GIULIA JENNY JOANNE KERYN KIM LIBBY NAOMI NICKY VICKY
Health Care Assistants
JODIE & BETH
Jodie and Beth assist the nurses with many tasks, including but not limited to performing ECG’s managing recalls, blood tests, infection control, stock management.