Meet the Tandridge Heights Care Home team

Rekha is an experienced adult nurse having undertaken postgraduate training at King’s College London. She is a specialist community public health nurse, a nurse prescriber, with particular interest in neuro disability,  and training in Palliative and End of life nursing (European Certificate). Rekha has worked extensively in the community leading community nursing teams for a large NHS trust. She has won numerous awards like the King’s London Award, Nursing Times finalist 2019, Student Nursing Times Award for best community placement 2018, CLCH Diversity award 2019. Rekha’s work in 0-19 community nursing leadership during Grenfell fire crisis was nationally recognised :

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/27/grenfell-survivors-help-now-health-visitors-trauma-rekha-vijayshankar

She is also writer and a meditation teacher, who has taught and led meditation to various age groups for a number of years.

She lives in Oxted with her two “most wonderful children”, a rescue dog and a cat.

My name is Vali Stallard and I am Senior nurse at Tandridge Heights. I am a trained ,registered nurse and have specialised in caring for the elderly for more than 17 years here in the UK .

I believe strongly in treating people as I would like to be treated, and I carry that through to the way I manage my team, care for the residents and support their families. I am passionate about providing great nursing care and believe that working in a care home environment gives me the opportunity to deliver the very best of care possible, build caring relationships and get to know each resident and their care needs in detail.

I also know that, as a team, we become a big part of our residents lives and that their happiness is just as important as their health. I am a dedicated professional benefiting from the experience of working effectively as a nurse for more than 30 years, as part of multi-disciplinary team overseas and in the UK; I have a record of managing busy caseloads, promoting services, increasing personal  and professional standards. I am very happy to be part of Barchester team here at Tandridge Heights.

I started at Tandridge Heights in 2020. Previous to this, I have been working as a carer sine 2010, which has helped me to understand the needs, wants and the individuality of all of our residents.

My main responsibility is provide a varied and engaging activities schedule every day for our residents; this helps to keep them involved in social and uplifting activities. We love to have parties to celebrate birthdays, national days and special occasions.

Rachel joined Tandridge Heights in 2018 as a hostess. As a hostess, Rachel has the all-important role of providing a friendly, engaging and helpful service in our dining room and bar areas. It’s a fulfilling role that gives her a real opportunity to enhance the lives of all our residents.

Rachel was recently named the Divisional hospitality champion of the entire South region as part of the Barchester Care Awards 2020 and is now off to the National Finals in October.

Nikta works with Tandridge Heights as a sole trader. Having studied at the respected SAME Institute of Foot Health Professionals, She is passionate about working as a fully qualified and insured Foot Health Professional.

Her services cover a range of foot care needs from routine nail cutting to more specialised foot care treatment like Corn, Callus and cracked skin, Fungal skin & nail and Diabetic foot care.

Kate works with Tandridge Heights as a sole trader to provide physiotherapy services. Kate qualified as a Physiotherapist in 2003 from Cardiff University. She joined the physiotherapy department at East Surrey Hospital and completed her junior rotations. In 2005, she became a Senior Physiotherapist in Trauma and Orthopaedics and was then appointed as Team Leader Physiotherapist in Trauma and Orthopaedics at Royal Surrey County Hospital in 2009. She then went to become the Rehabilitation Director for the South West London and Surrey Trauma Network in 2018. She has also worked at Kingsmead Physiotherapy Clinic since 2014 and has completed a range of post-graduate courses.

Kate works within the clinic setting but also in the community, both in patients’ homes and within a range of nursing and residential care homes in the local area. She has a special interest in the management of Parkinson’s Disease, the rehabilitation of older people, post-operative orthopaedic rehabilitation, and post trauma recovery. She runs an exercise and advice group for people with Parkinson’s Disease. She also offers teaching to staff in care settings to include people moving and handling, falls prevention, exercise prescription, management of Parkinson’s Disease and post-trauma management.  Kate has a special interest in the physiotherapy management of older people and has been treating residents at Tandridge Heights for many years.

She has a holistic approach to her treatment sessions, including strengthening and flexibility exercises, balance re-education, gait re-education, postural correction, exercises to improve/maintain fitness, falls prevention and practice of functional activities.