BRORA AND HELMSDALE MEDICAL PRACTICE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Practice Management Team
- Administration
Tony joined the practice in May 2010. He qualified in Edinburgh in 1995, and worked in the UK and Queensland, Australia, in a wide variety of hospital posts until he settled in Inverness and completed his GP training in 2001. Prior to joining the practice he worked as a sessional GP for 9 years in Caithness and East Sutherland. He has developed an interest in medical photography and skin disease, having completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Dermatology from Cardiff University in 2010. Tony is trained as a BASICS emergency response GP and works for the out of hours GP service at the Lawson Hospital, Golspie. Outside of medicine he enjoys ski-ing, cycling and running.
Janet qualified in Edinburgh in 1988. For eight years she was a partner in a GP practice in Livingston and for the last eight has been working as a regular locum and OOH doctor mainly in Caithness and East Sutherland. She studied tropical medicine before spending a year as a doctor in Uganda in 2001 and is involved in the practice travel health clinic and diabetes care programme. She now lives o'wer the Ord in Caithness and enjoys gardening and various sports including sailing in the Pentland Firth.
Jess joined the practice in September 2023. She qualified from Cardiff University in 2014 before moving to Glasgow for her first job. After a spell training in paediatrics she undertook her GP training in North Ayrshire. She then completed the GP rural fellowship over two years working in practices across Sutherland. Jess is trained as a BASICS emergency response GP and undertakes work for the out of hours service within Scotland. Outside of medicine she enjoys gardening, hiking and watching wildlife.
Mary joined the practice in August 2010. Originally from Yorkshire, she studied in Wales qualifying from Cardiff University in 2004. Undertook GP training mainly in Wales with some time worked in New Zealand. She has worked in many Highland practices as a rural fellow. Her clinical interests include sexual health, family planning and mountain / expedition medicine. Mary is trained as a BASICS Scotland emergency response GP. She undertakes minor surgery, implants and coil fitting. In her spare time Mary enjoys climbing, biking and running.
Liz undetakes blood taking, performing ECG's, taking blood pressure and analysing urine for the practice, and will shortly expand her skills to include spirometry to free up GP and nursing time for more complex clinical skills.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Practice Management Team
- IT Manager / Receptionist / 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.