Nurses

• Jettie Vije
  HBO-Verpleegkunde
  Jettie joined the practice in March 2013. She qualified as a nurse in the Netherlands in 1994 and since then has worked in the Netherlands, Africa (Angola and Uganda) as an aid worker in emergency situations as well as more long term capacity building projects. Since moving to Norfolk in 2003 she has worked in Acute Stroke Services in both the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and Addenbrookes. Jettie is our research, travel, hypertension and infection control nurse lead.

Healthcare Assistants

• Gemma – Care Coordinator
  Gemma joined Grove in January 19 as a Care Coordinator. Gemma has an NVQ in Health and Social Care Level 3. She has working in care settings for vulnerable adults on and off for 19 years. Gemma has spent the last nine years working in a dementia care home. During this time she became a dementia awareness trainer helping colleagues understand the effects of and how to care for those suffering with dementia.
• Tiffany – Healthcare Assistant
  Tiffany joined the practice in 2021. She started in healthcare in 2007 as a Nursing Assistant at West Suffolk Hospital. She gained her Care Certificate and an NVQ3 in Health Care working mainly in elective and emergency surgery at the hospital. Tiffany is also a Maternity Care Assistant, offering breastfeeding support, postnatal care and assisting the Midwives on the unit and in the community.
  Her professional interests include surgery, tissue viability, maternity and women’s health.
• Marlena – Healthcare Assistant
  Marlena joined the practice in July 2021. Marlena previously trained as a Nurse in Poland and in 2005 she moved to England where she worked in Health Care looking after patients with Dementia for over 6 years.
  Marlena has completed her NVQ2 in Health and Social Care, she also completed her Nursing Assistant course Level5 in 2021.
• Courtney – Healthcare Assistant
  Courtney is a Health Care Assistant who originally joined the team in August 2018 until June 2021. She has a period of reemployment elsewhere but came back to in 2022. Courtney carries out various roles including NHS health checks, vaccinations, bloods and INR monitoring. She has particular interest in Wound care.
• Emma – Phlebotomist
  Emma Joined the Practice in March 2019. She has worked in the health care setting since 2004 in Residential and nursing care.
  Emma has completed NVQ in Health and Social Care Level 2. Emma enjoys taking bloods and ensuring everyone that enters her room at the Healthy Living Centre gets the best experience.