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Rachel Drury

    Curriculum Vitae

    • Education:

      I went to Twycross School for 12 years! Aged 4-16

      I then went to a local sixth form college John Cleaveland in Hinckley before moving to Leeds to go to university.

      After I moved back after 10 years in Leeds, I studied another degree at De Montfort University in Leicester

       

    • Qualifications:

      I got 8 GCSEs A-C

      I got 4 A-Levels

      I got a BSc Nurse degree at Leeds University

    • Work History:

      I started my career in oncology (cancer) where I looked after patients that were very poorly and dying. I then started to give chemotherapy to people with cancer.

      I changed jobs from the hospital to work in the community giving people treatment in their own homes and training other nurses across the country.

      I then moved to be a nurse in a doctors surgery.

    • Current Job:

      I am a lead nurse at Barwell & Hollycroft Medical Practice and Strategic Nurse Lead for LLR Training Hub.

    • Workplace:

      Doctors surgery in Leicestershire

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    • About Me:

      I live with my husband and 2 children who are 3 and 10 years old. I love dancing, festivals and growing veggies in my allotment.

    • My pronouns are:

      she/her

    • My Work:

      I work as a practice nurse in a large and busy doctors surgery in Leicestershire for 3 days a week and work for Leicestershire Training Hub for one day too.

    • My Typical Day:

      I wake up, have breakfast, drop the kids off at school and head to work at the doctors surgery. I see patients for blood tests, do dressing on wounds, help people with asthma and diabetes, prescribe medications to patients. I come home, go to the gym or a run, cook tea and relax before bed.

      If I work at the Training Hub, I work from home and have several meetings online and work on my computer all day.

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      At the practice I see all sorts of patients, including babies, children and the elderly. I give babies injections, see women for contraception, help people lose weight, give medications such as antibiotics if they have an infection. I look after people with learning disabilities too in the practice making sure they stay well. I also train the staff in the practice on various things including resuscitation to make sure they know how to save a life if someone collapses. I support the other doctors and nurses in their training and practice.

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