Peer support workers - key members of nursing teams
Deborah Thompson, Head of Nursing Adult Mental Health Services/Physical Healthcare Lead said:
“I just want to tell you about this wonderful nurse who was just finishing her shift yesterday. Her name is Kajsa. Kajsa has been working with us for 7 years as a Peer Support Worker/Health Care Assistant. Peer support workers are considered as key members of our nursing teams and they play a vital role in supporting our patients with their well-being and recovery while they are on our inpatient wards. They form supportive and therapeutic relationships and help in a number of ways and I wanted to give them a shout out.
Kajsas fellow nurses say she is, approachable, consistent, funny, and of course a great character.
I have known Kajsa for a number of years and have always known her to be friendly, kind and compassionate. I also want to recognise that nurses of whatever grade and position are all of them key people in making the lived experience of the patients journey as good as it can possibly be.
