A US nurse has crossed the pond and swapped life in New York for Glasgow's south aspect to be reunited with the particular person she loves.
Grace Hayner has began working for NHS Better Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGCC) as one in all 52 nurses from abroad not too long ago recruited by the well being board to assist sufferers and groups on hospital wards.
She was working Brooklyn as an Superior Follow Nurse, specializing in household drugs in a clinic providing care to uninsured and undocumented residents, stories Glasgow Stay.
She made the transfer after marrying her husband who's a British trainee physician primarily based at Inverclyde Royal Hospital in 2021.
"Once you love somebody, you need to be the place they're," she stated. "As a result of my husband is within the midst of his coaching, it was very clear after we married that I'd come right here too."
Grace submitted her software to NHSGCC in November final 12 months and was provided a job in February. Though the method was comparatively simple, being other than her new husband was troublesome.
She added: "I used to be within the US for about two months separated from my husband, which is kind of troublesome, ready for that job to return by means of, however when the supply was made, the House Workplace turned across the well being and care employee visa in a short time, inside about 10 days."
Grace and her husband have been lastly reunited on February 28. The couple moved to Govanhill, in Glasgow's south aspect.
Grace continued: "Individuals ask me about residing in Govanhill and I all the time say it is very peaceable they usually appear to seek out that very humorous, however in comparison with Brooklyn it is very peaceable. The transition to Glasgow has been one of many best - the individuals are simply extremely pleasant right here and the tempo of life is much more relaxed.
She is now engaged on ward 5A on the Queen Elizabeth College Hospital, treating sufferers with medical diabetes. Grace says her new colleagues are 'great', including: "Everybody's been actually beautiful and useful and heat."
Angela Wallace, Nurse Director at NHSGGC stated: "I need to welcome Grace and all of our abroad nurses who're set to hitch us within the coming weeks and months. They are going to be very welcome additions to our NHS household and can assist to alleviate a number of the stress on our employees groups on the wards, bringing with them a wealth of expertise for our sufferers.
"We're persevering with in our efforts to recruit extra nurses and right here in Glasgow, there are a variety of recruitment days for certified nurses arising in Could."
There are nonetheless processes to undergo for Grace. She has to re-qualify with the Nursing and Midwifery Council to adjust to UK rules and she or he's trying ahead to as soon as once more working as a complicated nurse practitioner. Like her visa software, the price of the examination is roofed by the well being board.
She stated: "I am excited for the longer term, the work I am doing right here is kind of totally different from what I did earlier than, but it surely's thrilling on the wards right here on the Queen Elizabeth and I am trying ahead to requalifying and dealing with sufferers."
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