
Katie Ashton
Team Leader for the Craven District Nursing Team
Job role
Team Leader for the Craven District Nursing Team
Area of Responsibility
Craven District Nursing Team
Point of contact at the hospital
Office: 01756 701754
Mobile: 07717677360
Email: Katie.ashton6@nhs.net
Professional background
I started my career as a Healthcare support worker in a 40 bedded residential home after my passion to care for people and strive in my own career I undertook several NVQ’S in customer services alongside, NVQ’s in leadership and management with these qualifications I became a senior carer and then was successfully appointed to be the deputy manager, very eager to learn and take on new challenges. I was inspired by the Local District nursing team to go on and undertake my BSC Hons degree adult nursing, which is where my professional career then qualified as a Registered Nurse in 2013, I spent 3 years across elderly wards, 1 year with acute elderly admissions and 2 years on a Community Intermediate Rehabilitation ward. I then transferred into the hospital for 2 years on a Day Surgery Ward undertaking a dual role; leading a clinic on women’s health and working as a Patient Liaison Nurse with Child Safeguarding. 3 years with Craven District Nursing team, as a Specialist District nurse practitioner, then District nurse Team Leader and an Independent and supplementary prescriber.