The Gibraltar Health Authority has announced the appointment of six new Charge Nurses (Registered Nurse).

A statement from the GHA follows below:

The six new charge Nurses will take up the clinical managerial responsibilities of overseeing  patient care which involves further developing the direct delivery of quality assured patient  services, staff management and the day to day operational management of their respective  clinical departments, within the wide range of the clinical services that the Gibraltar Health  Authority provides. This includes the Mental Health Services, Day Surgery, Night Services, the  Accident & Emergency department and Medical Rehabilitation services. The newly appointed  Charge Nurses will assist in the provision of an accessible and authoritative presence in the  clinical areas, to whom patients, family members and staff can turn to for clinical leadership,  advice and support. 

Ms Katherine Potter (Mental Health Services), Ms Encarni Rodriguez (Day Surgery), Mr  Fernando Lara & Mr Luis Balmaseda (Night Services), Ms Stephanie Stevens (Accident &  Emergency Dept.), and Ms Daniella Bright (Medical Rehabilitation Services) will be joining their  Clinical Teams to further strengthen the philosophy of nursing care delivery to nurture and  enhance health care services within our community. 

Director of Nursing and the GHA’s Ambulance Services Ms Sandie Gracia RN, MBE, FRCN  welcomed the six new Charge Nurses saying, “this is an important step in the continued hard  work and enhancement of current service provision. This will be greatly beneficial to nurse led  clinical services that will also prove beneficial towards ensuring that our service users and their  relative’s experiences of care delivery are positive and responsive to their current and future  needs. It will also greatly assist in further maintaining, developing and improving standards of  nursing care and patient/ carer access to information within the GHA. It defines the importance  of the nursing workforce to further drive forward the core values of health care delivery;  autonomy, accountability, non -maleficence, social justice and integrity.” 

The Minister for Health, Care and Justice, Samantha Sacramento said “the promotion of six  GHA Staff to the post of Charge Nurses from the internal cohort will no doubt be of the greatest  benefit to our patients and staff. This important and welcome addition comes at a pivotal and  very important time for our Health Care Services, which reinforces the commitment and drive  of H.M Government of Gibraltar to ensure further clinical and organisational development  which will be beneficial for our community.” 

The Director General, Dr Patrick Geoghegan, added that he was “delighted to welcome and  wish these new charge nurses every success in helping up deliver our transformational  services. We are fortunate within the GHA to have so many excellent staff working tirelessly  to meet the needs of our community and I know these appointments will strengthen our  objective which is to provide high quality services to all residents of Gibraltar.”