A BALLYNAHINCH nurse has clocked up an incredible four decades of service.
Audrey Clarke is an emergency nurse practitioner based at the Lagan Valley Hospital’s urgent care centre.
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 South Eastern Trust.
“I started my training in North Down and Ards College of Nursing as it was known back then,” she said.
“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 moved to the Lagan Valley.”
Audrey said delivering patient centred care and giving the best possible service ”is at the forefront of what drives her and her team.”
She added: “You would never exist in nursing and you would never exist in the emergency department if you didn’t have colleagues. It is the teamwork that drives you.
“The South Eastern Trust is a good organisation to work for. I enjoy this role and it’s very much a ‘wee’ family here.I am so delighted to mark 40 years’ service.”