Rachel completed her general nurse training in 1994 at Arrowe Park & Clatterbridge Hospital, in the Wirral.

She joined the nursing team at Ashfields in 2008 after working for many years on the surgical wards at Leighton Hospital covering a variety of specialities including vascular, upper & lower GI and colo-rectal surgery.

Rachel primarily works in the treatment rooms providing a wide variety of services including dressings, injections, vaccinations, phlebotomy, ecg recording, ear care and health promotion screening. She also runs clinics in child immunisation, follow-up travel vaccinations and advice, cryosurgery and is branching out more into sexual health education, contraception and women’s health.