Full Name
Dawn Varney
Job Title
Lead Practice Nurse, Team Leader, Birley Health Centre
Speaker Bio
Dawn is a Lead Practice Nurse at Birley Health Centre in Sheffield, team leader for a great group of nurses and health care assistants.
Dawn trained at Sheffield University where she obtained a Diploma in 2002 and her degree in 2005.
She worked within Gynaecology for 8 years, NHS Direct for 1 year and finally got a place within Primary Care as a Practice Nurse.
She loves being a nurse and her passion is engaging with her team and the community they serve.
The whole team are committed to going above and beyond and this was highlighted in 2021 in the Covid pandemic where they recognised patients that would be spending Christmas day alone, so they went out on Christmas morning and delivered them presents.
It was a practice effort, and they now do this every year for the lonely, isolated and those in need – young and old as well as anyone that needs a little treat.
Dawn’s philosophy is treating everyone like you’d like to be treated and everyone like they’re your nan.
Dawn trained at Sheffield University where she obtained a Diploma in 2002 and her degree in 2005.
She worked within Gynaecology for 8 years, NHS Direct for 1 year and finally got a place within Primary Care as a Practice Nurse.
She loves being a nurse and her passion is engaging with her team and the community they serve.
The whole team are committed to going above and beyond and this was highlighted in 2021 in the Covid pandemic where they recognised patients that would be spending Christmas day alone, so they went out on Christmas morning and delivered them presents.
It was a practice effort, and they now do this every year for the lonely, isolated and those in need – young and old as well as anyone that needs a little treat.
Dawn’s philosophy is treating everyone like you’d like to be treated and everyone like they’re your nan.
