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Pinewood Residential & Nursing Home and Pinewood Home Care Staff

Staff at Pinewood are selected primarily on the basis of a kind and caring nature. On-going training is provided to ensure that they have the necessary skills and experience to deliver a high standard of nursing care, utilising the medical equipment and facilities provided by the Home.

Responsible Individual and Director

Philip Sadeghi

Philp had, until 2004, worked as a solicitor in the city of London with over 8 years' experience in law. Feeling it was time for a change of career, Philip agreed to join his father, Jim, and his brother, Andy, to be in charge of Pinewood.

Director

Andy Sadeghi

Having acquired Masters degrees in Biomedical Sciences and Internet Computing, Andy, had, until 2004, been working for an Internet Service Provider in Sheffield. Since then, he agreed to come to Devon and join Jim and Philip to be heavily involved in the administration and running of the family care business.

Domiciliary Care Manager

Sally Williams

Sally has been working in the care industry since 1998, be it within care homes or in the domiciliary care sector. In 2003, she successfully completed her NVQ 3 and progressed to the position of Senior Carer. She gained experience of the day to day running of a care home, having responsibilities including the management of the home during times of the manager’s/owner’s absence. Sally has also studied Physiology and Anatomy at Level 3 alongside gaining a VTCT Level 3 diploma in Swedish Massage in 2009/10. Before joining Pinewood in May 2010 as a Senior Carer for the care home, she was working with people with learning disabilities. In September 2011, Sally was registered as Manager for Pinewood Home Care.

Care Home Manager/Matron

Karen Thomas

Karen qualified as a Registered Nurse (RN) in 2001, having gained a Diploma in Health Studies at the University of Plymouth. Her first position as a staff nurse was on a respiratory ward at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. She stayed there for 18 months before moving to a diabetes ward. She then went on to secure a senior staff nurse role and then a Sister's role while she was there. During her management position, Karen lead the medical directorate drug update training sessions for qualified nurses, was a clinical nurse advisor and did night management duties where she was in charge of the hospital at night. Having decided upon a change, Karen came to Pinewood in June 2007.

Care Home Deputy Manager

Helen Harris

Helen originally qualified as a Registered Nurse with a Distinction in 2005. Up until joining us at Pinewood in 2010, she had since been working at Exmouth Hospital where a lot of her duties involved being responsible for the wards and the subsequent teams that had been allocated to her. These wards involved looking after both surgical and medical patients. Amongst her various qualifications, she has completed degree courses in both Tissue Viability and Mentorship.

Nurse

Maria Fampulme

Maria has over twenty years' experience as a nurse, having qualified in the Phillipines in 1980. She started her career working in Pediatrics and later worked in various surgery wards in the Phillipines. She travelled to Ireland in 2003 and worked in a nursing home in Cork for over a year, where she undertook an adaptation course to be able to practice nursing in the UK. She joined the home shortly thereafter in 2004.

Nurse

Bindu John

Bindu qualified as a nurse in India in 1998. She worked in both midwifery and general nursing in hospitals in India and then came to join Pinewood in 2004 as a care assistant. After having completed her adaptation programme in 2005, Bindu commenced work for Pinewood as a nurse.

Nurse

Nisha Sreedharan

Nisha qualified as a nurse in India. She joined Pinewood in 2006 as a care assistant and, after completing her adaptation programme in 2007, Nisha commenced work for the care home as a nurse.

Nurse
Galina Stavreva

Care Team Leader

Beverley Nottingham

Beverley has over 18 years' experience as a care assistant and has recently gained NVQ level 3 in care. Beverley leads the care team here at Pinewood nursing home.