About me
Hello! My name is Vanessa, and I started working with Helping Hands in December 2024.
Since starting my role, I’ve enjoyed using my nursing skills in a new way which has been rewarding. I have worked in the nursing and social care industry since 2010, and I continue to dedicate myself to making sure that every individual I support receives exceptional, safe care.
My career has been driven by my passion for nursing and a deep commitment to providing high-quality, compassionate care. I find fulfilment in making a tangible difference in the lives of other people, and I am always motivated when I see them happy and content with the care and support I provide. I trained at Imperial NHS Trust, St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington London between 2007-2010. During my training, I gained lots of skills and knowledge which helped me develop into the Registered Nurse I am today. When I qualified in 2010, I was employed at St Mary’s Hospital and initially worked on an infectious disease ward, where I developed my skills and knowledge in HIV and TB, PEG feeding, catheter care, bowel care, and palliative care.
Between July 2019 and November 2024, I decided to join a nursing agency to explore and learn more in different areas of nursing. This also gave me flexibility to choose my own working hours and days, due to having a young daughter to look after. During my time as an agency nurse, I worked in various areas – inpatient and outpatient rehab units, holiday homes for people with learning disabilities, and ward-based nursing. I also stayed on as a bank nurse at the nursing home where I’d worked permanently and was always happy to work when they needed me for a bit of extra help.
In 2020, during the COVID pandemic, I took a job as an agency community nurse at the North East London Foundation Trust, where I worked in various community locality clinics. I developed my skills further in wound care, diabetes management, compression therapy and more.