Meet Ryan

Hospice Nurse, Ryan is our deputy community services manager and wellbeing centre team leader. Ryan let us know why he is a hospice nurse:

“I have worked in several different, clinically oriented nursing roles from orthopedics to acute palliative care with a measure of oncology, and district nursing which encompasses many specialties. Clinical work is interesting and varied, but the best part of the job, for me, has always been patient contact.

My latest role has me focusing more on holistic, multidisciplinary nursing, helping people to mentally process and practically manage life with a life limiting illness. This is also a wide-ranging job that can be challenging and joyful in equal measure.

We can move from profound conversations about practical and spiritual aspects of planning for end of life, to debating the relative merits of rival biscuits, sometimes in the same session.

People are great…”

You can read more about Ryan in our Spring/ Summer 2023 ‘From the Heart Newsletter’ 

Sponsor a Nurse

If you would like to help support Ryan and the rest of our nursing team, you can sign up to ‘Sponsor a Nurse’ and make a regular donation to the hospice. Everyone who signs up to make a regular donation receives a special welcome pack, including a Sponsor a Nurse pin badge.

There are three ways to Sponsor a Nurse:

  • By Post – Download our standing order form, print, complete and return to: Fundraising Office, Wirral Hospice St John’s, Mount Road, Higher Bebington, Wirral CH63 6JE
  • Online Banking – email fundraising@wirralhospice.org to let us know you would like to make a regular donation and we will let you know our bank details and the reference you can use.
  • Direct Debit via Just Giving – visit our Just Giving donation page or click the button below to set up a regular donation via direct debit.

Please visit our Sponsor a Nurse page for more information

 

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