Donna Parker

I joined St Mary’s Hospice in 2016 working as a Health Care Assistant within the Hospice at Home community team and In-patient unit, caring for patients and their families. Whilst working in this role I was given the opportunity to develop my skills and knowledge through enrolling at University of Central Lancashire. I qualified as an Assistant Practitioner and graduated in 2018. 

In 2019 I joined the Family Support and Bereavement Service as Bereavement Coordinator and have more recently taken the role of, Family and Bereavement Support Lead Practitioner. Within this role I get the absolute privilege of providing emotional care and support to patients and their families as well as working closely with our Team Lead to develop our service ensuring, we are able to support as many people as possible.