Staff
Please see below our team at Bessbrook Surgery. All our staff are fully trained and more than happy to assist you with any queries you have.
Surgery Staff
DR ELLEN MCKERNAN
(MB BCH BAO DCH MRCGP)
DR CIARA HIGGINS
(MB BCH BAO DIPMH DRCOG MRCGP)
DR LAURA RODGERS
(MB BCH BAO DRCOG MRCGP)
NURSE BERNADETTE CAMPBELL
Nurse Campbell is our Advanced Nurse Practitioner. She is Responsible for Disease Management. These include Asthma, COPD, Diabetes, Coronary Heart Disease, Hypertension, Cervical Smears, contraceptive counselling and treating patients with acute illness.
MRS BERNADETTE GRANT
Bernie is one of our reception staff but she has recently completed training as a Healthcare assistant and helps to run phlebotomy and blood pressure clinics.
MDT Staff
EDEL MATHERS - Social Worker (Wednesday/Friday)
ROSEMARY O'NEILL - Physio (Friday)
MAIREAD O'DOWD - Mental Health Practioner (Tuesday/Wednesday)
Other Practice Staff
MRS JOAN MURPHY
MRS ROBERTA MCMULLAN
MRS DARRA HAVERN
The Receptionists are here to help you. Their job is very demanding and they often have to do several things at once. They book appointments, home visits, prepare repeat prescriptions, organise patient’s notes for surgeries and carry out a variety of other duties. Please be assured that all practice staff strive to respect patient confidentiality at all times.
ZERO TOLERANCE
Everyone has a duty to behave in an acceptable and appropriate manner. Staff have a right to work, as patients have a right to be treated, free from fear of assault and abuse, in an environment which is safe and secure.
Bessbrook Surgery operates a ‘Zero tolerance policy’ to incidents of violence. The Health and Safety Executive defines violence at work as “any incident in which an employee is abused, threatened or assaulted in circumstances relating to their work.”
All instances of physical abuse against a doctor or member of staff by a patient or his/her relative will be reported to the PSNI. The patient should expect to be removed from our list with immediate effect.