Our Staff

Doctors

DR VARUNA PARANAHEWA

MBBS MRCGP PGCert

Diabetes (Dist) Areas of Interest: Diabetes

DR ANNELIESE KEIGHTLEY

MBBS MRCGP DFSRH

Areas of Interest: Contraception Substance misuse Special Allocation Scheme; (alongside Drs Lytton and Woodall)

DR CLARE REYNOLDS

BSc (Hons), MBBS, DRCOG, MRCGP, PGCert (Leadership and Education)

Areas of interest: Palliative Care GP Training

DR SHUJEEBUR RAHMAN

MBBS MRCGP

Dr Rahman qualified in Liverpool in 2009 and carried out his GP training in West Sussex where he continued working till he joined Seaside Medical Centre as a partner. Areas of special interest: Minor Surgery

DR NICK WOODALL

MA MB BS DCH DRCOG

Areas of interest: Joint Injections Palliative Care Special Allocation Scheme (alongside Drs Lytton and Keightley)

DR CARMEN ERSEK

MBBS

DR NICOLA HAMMOND

MBChB MRCGP DFSRH PGCert Dementia

Dr Hammond has an interest in dementia, with a PG certificate. Dr Hammond also works for the Memory assessment service.

DR MOTI GURUNG

MBBS, MRCGP

Nurse Practitioners

JANE STRONG

ADELLE MARTIN

Nurses

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

NURSE OLIVIA GREENWOOD

NURSE PAULINA SHEWARD

Special interests are women's health and family planning.

Health Practitioners

GUY EMERY

Guy is an experienced paramedic on the clinical team at Seaside Medical Centre, he carries out home visits to assess and treat patients and liaises with the practice doctors referring to appropriate care pathways when needed. Guy is also a volunteer for the RNLI in Eastbourne

KIRSTY SLATER

Paramedic

KAREN MCCONVILLE

Paramedic

Phlebotomists

NURSE SARAH PEAT

Lead Phlebotomist and HCA Sarah has been working at Seaside Medical Centre for twelve years. Sarah is the lead Phlebotomist which means the bulk of her time is spent taking blood tests. Some of these are regular blood tests for patients who take certain types of medications which require monitoring. Sarah manages the list of these patients to make sure they come regularly for their blood tests Other tests are for patients who need routine investigations because their doctor is trying to diagnose a new problem or they have a long-term illness, or maybe the hospital has asked them to have some tests done as follow-up after an operation or a recent admission. Sarah also enjoys looking after people who take Warfarin, a medication to prevent blood clots. This medication needs careful monitoring in case the blood levels change and the dose needs to be adjusted. Also Sarah does the NHS Health Checks for patients aged 40-74 years of age. This is done every five years to calculate their risk of heart attack, stroke and diabetes and to advise how to lower the risk if tis is raising so this can be prevented. Sarah also does injections to protect against disease for example flu and pneumonia.

Practice Management

The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

LISA HERRIDGE

Practice Manager

CLAIRE MATTHEWS

Assistant Practice Manager

OLIVIA MELLOR

Team Leader

Administration

KIM COLLINS

IT Manager

CLAIRE FENWICK

Practice Administrator

Reception

Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, financial claims, patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.