Kind Julie is best nurse in the UK
A grandmother is enjoying a double celebration after she was named the UK’s best nurse just weeks after marking her 50th birthday.
Julie Noble, who is a carer at Jack Dormand Care Home in Horden, was given the honour as part of the prestigious National Care Awards 2017.
The award was given to Julie in recognition of her “outstanding clinical and managerial qualities”, while demonstrating “a high level of dedication” to residents at Jack Dormand, which is in Fourth Street.
To celebrate her incredible achievement, the HC-One-run home held a party with staff and residents, with the company’s chief executive officer Justin Hutchens attending to congratulate Julie.
Julie, who lives in Easington Lane and has three children and seven grandchildren, has been a nurse at the home for four-and-ahalf years.
She credits her traditional upbringing, as the youngest of nine children, for instilling in her a love of people and a desire to make a difference for the people she supports.
Julie said: “The whole thing has been just lovely.
“I’m not an attention-seeking person really. I like to just come in and get on with my job, so to be recognised like this is something a bit different.”
The National Care Awards are the UK care sector’s leading annual national awards ceremony.