Meet the Team

Anna is our Home Manager at Deeside. She has an abundance of experience in residential care settings and is responsible for managing the team in delivering care to our residents in the residential unit.

Kayleigh joined the team in 2019 and has progressed in her career at Deeside Care Home, now in the role of Deputy Manager Clinical. Kayleigh takes great enjoyment from working closely with our residents, their relatives and the team.

Chris was promoted to the Non-Clinical Deputy Manager post in May 2022, prior to that Chris has been a Team Leader in various care homes providing the highest standard of care. As a Non-Clinical Deputy Manager Chris is tasked to support the management team and improve standards within the home and has implemented RA framework at Deeside, which is still ongoing, and has tailored comprehensive RA’s specific to residents’ needs.

Chris has also compiled a dementia-friendly dining experience training for staff, immersive training to improve the dining experience and quality within the home. He has used his previous experiences to diversify roles with the home.

Lesley is the Administrator for the home and has worked at Deeside for over six years. Lesley takes great pleasure in being the first point of contact for our residents and relatives.

Steve is our Head Chef and has a long career in catering, including in the Army. Steve prides himself on providing the very best homemade, nutritious meals for our residents.

Sumudu started working in Deeside Care Home in February 2022 as a care assistant, working both days and nights. She is a highly qualified RGN form Sri Lanka with extensive experience working in acute unit in hospital in Kalutara and Colombo. Sumudu passed her OSCE exam in January 2024 and joined Deeside nursing team overseeing delivery of care for all residents in Deeside Care Home.

Thea joined Deeside in early 2023 as a senior care assistant, originally from Saint Lucia with RGN qualifications and experience working in Accident and Emergency department in Millennium Heights Medical Complex, OKEU Hospital and ICU department in Victoria Hospital, Millennium Heights Medical Complex, OKEU Hospital. She has now passed her OSCE exam in the UK and has started her career as a nurse in Deeside Care Home.

Hazel is a Senior Staff Nurse and has worked alongside the Deeside team delivering exceptional levels of care to our residents since 2016.

Having joined the team in 2012, Sheeba is a dedicated RGN and takes great pride in delivering person-centred care for our residents.

Fran is one of our RGN’s having joined the team in 2015. Fran takes great enjoyment in caring for our residents and working with her colleagues.

Donna recently joined the Deeside team and brings with her a wealth of experience in customer service and fundraising expertise. Donna will be part of the Activities Team, organising a variety of engaging activities for our residents each week. Donna’s favourite things to do are spend time with family and friends and also ice skating. She is a bubbly, happy and outgoing person who gets satisfaction from making people happy and laugh and always goes that “extra “mile.

 

Emmanuel is one of our Team Leaders and has been working at Deeside for twelve years. Emmanuel has a compassionate attitude towards his role and goes above and beyond to ensure the team he leads is always providing exceptional care to our residents.

Meet Eleanor, our Receptionist at Deeside. Eleanor’s past work life involved working in retail and customer services. Eleanor enjoys travelling and her favourite holiday destination is the Canaries. Eleanor loves family get-togethers and spending time with her grandchildren. Eleanor enjoys working in customer services and especially Reception as she loves meeting and greeting friends and family of our residents.

Sandra recently started working as a part-time receptionist at Deeside Care Home having previously lived and worked on the Shetland Isles for nearly 20 years. Her working background includes Banking and Higher Education. She now lives locally and has 2 grown-up children, her hobbies include crafting and gardening.  She enjoys the variety of reception work and being part of the Deeside team.

Lisa is our in-house hairdresser who works at our Hair Salon. Lisa joined Deeside in 2021 and loves nothing more than transforming residents’ hair and putting a smile on their faces. Whether it’s a cut, colour or blowdry, Lisa can do whatever our residents request.