Meet the Woodhorn Park Care Home Team
Great care is delivered by great people and a committed and well-trained team, with a caring and inclusive view on life. Our staff are what hold the home together. Each one of these team members are dedicated to providing high quality care and services to those we support, and ensuring that residents enjoy all aspects of life at our home. See below to meet some of our friendly faces:

Emma Saunders
General Manager
Hi, my name is Emma and I am the General Manager here at Woodhorn Park. Welcome to our website.
My aim is to ensure residents, staff, families and visitors all feel they are in a caring, welcoming environment and being supported by every member of our team.
I began my career as a Home Administrator then progressed to Commercial manager within Woodhorn Park and have gained experience and qualifications to progress to my current role. Barchester has a high standard of care and superior lifestyle delivered throughout the company, and I endeavour to deliver those same values in our home. I always enjoy spending time with residents and their families, and am always available for a chat about our home, staff, services and most importantly, our residents.
Please continue to look down this page and meet our wonderful team.

Christine Bennett
Deputy Manager
Hello, my name is Christine, and I am the Deputy Manager here at Woodhorn. I started working at Woodhorn Park in June 2025, and I love it so far here.
The management and staff here work really well together, and it means this is a brilliant home to work in. I am now privileged to be part of the management team, where we strive to make sure that each resident feels at home and that each family knows their loved one is being looked after by truly caring professionals.
I have worked in the care sector for 10 years and have gained a lot of knowledge and experience to support me in my role. My previous role was a CHAP 3 in a nursing home.
In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my family, going on holidays and being a shopaholic!

Tracey Tait
Administrator
Hi, my name is Tracey and I am the Home Administrator here at Woodhorn Park, transferring from our sister home Station Court in November 2024. I joined Barchester in 2014 and throughly enjoy the administrator role.
Despite working in the office, I still love to find the time to chat with the residents and their families and helps out whenever I can.

Bob Clark
Head Chef
Hello, my name is Bob, and I am the Head Chef here at Woodhorn Park. I have worked at Woodhorn Park for 19 years previously as Head of Maintenance before changing in 2025 to Head Chef.
I have got a number of years’ experience in catering following many years in the Royal Regiment of Fusilier’s. I pride myself on preparing high quality food, and seeing our residents enjoy the dishes that the team and myself create makes me very happy.
Our hospitality team are committed to providing seasonal home cooked menus offering choice, nutrition and quality - including exciting menus to specific individual dietary needs and all appetites. The food we produce is hugely important to our residents which is why it is absolutely imperative that we always get their feedback and continuously meet the needs and nutritional quota of every single resident who chooses to make their home.

Megan Donnelly
Senior Carer
Hello my name is Megan. I have a passion for delivering excellent person centred care. I also enjoy chatting with residents getting to know them and their preferences which enables me to deliver excellent care.
I have worked in the care sector for 8 years starting as a care assistant doing home care before joining Barchester Healthcare in 2017. I joined the NHS for a period of time to develop my knowledge in care giving. I became a Senior Care Assistant in July 2022. I have completed my medication programme and completed my Senior Care programme which I really enjoyed advancing my care knowledge to ensure that I give the residents the best care we can.
I continue to love my job at Woodhorn Park and jumped at the chance to return when I did as my passion is to give personalised care to all our residents whether they are here on respite or permanent residents. I look forward to any training that will help my continued development and that will enhance the Quality of Care to our residents within the home.
In my spare time I enjoy spending time with my partner and my two sausage dogs Milo and Toby.

Anna Attard
Senior Care Assistant
Hello, my name is Anna. I have a passion for delivering excellent person-centred care. I enjoy spending time with residents and getting to know them as well as their families. This enables me to deliver excellent care.
I have worked at Woodhorn Park for 5 years, starting as a care assistant and developing my knowledge and becoming a Senior Care assistant. I have completed my medication programme and completed my Senior Care programme, which I really enjoyed advancing my care knowledge to ensure that I give the residents the best care we can.
In my spare time I enjoy watching films, especially ones from my youth, and spending time with my dog, Ty.

Gillian Dent
Hairdresser
Hello my name is Gillian and I am the Hairdresser in both Chester Court and Woodhorn Park. I have over 40 years’ experience in hairdressing. I began to work in Chester Court in 2014 and more recently in 2021 joined the team at Woodhorn Park.
My role is to provide a full range of hairdressing services to all residents whenever they wish to visit the salon. I genuinely believe that having your hair done not only makes you look better but also makes you feel better, can be incredibly relaxing and contributes to a general feeling of wellbeing. It is so important that our residents whether they are permanent or respite have access to this service and I thoroughly enjoy spending time with them.

Emma Davison
Team Leader
I joined Barchester Healthcare in June 2008 as a Care Assistant. I thoroughly enjoyed looking after the Residents and spending time chatting to them and doing daily activities.
I later gained my NVQ’s and BTech Level 2 in Dementia Care 2009, I completed my medication course and was promoted to Senior Carer. In January 2022 I gained another promotion this time to Team Leader. With this newly promoted role, I gained a lot of knowledge on Care Planning and other daily activities that helps me look after the Residents on a daily basis. I continue to love my job and enjoy any training that helps with my continued development that enhances the delivery of great Quality of Care to our Residents within the Home.

Lauren
Activities Coordinator
Hello, my name is Lauren, and I am one of the Activities Coordinators here at Woodhorn Park.
My job is to physically and mentally stimulate our residents by offering a range of activities for them to enjoy. I want to get everyone involved and make our home community and atmosphere as positive and welcoming as possible.
Making sure that our residents have things to do that they really enjoy doing is something that I hold very close to my heart. It is so important to make sure that they are happy and enjoy all the activities and events that we host for them.
A lot of our residents also enjoy our special trips out on our minibus as we create new, special memories together.

Cheryl Thompson
Head Housekeeper
My name is Cheryl and I am the Head Housekeeper here at Woodhorn Park – and I have enjoyed my role since 2012.
I take great pride in maintaining high standards of cleanliness throughout our home. I strive to maintain Individual resident abilities and support those who wish to continue to take an active part in household duties, such as setting the tables, dusting and putting their laundry away. I want their home to be a ‘home from home’ and I am very proud to be a part of their daily lives.

Rachel Sanderson
Senior Care Assistant
Hello, my name is Rachel. I have a passion for delivering excellent person-centred care. I also enjoy chatting with residents and getting to know them as well as their families. This enables me to deliver excellent care.
I have worked in the care sector for over 20 years, starting as a care assistant and developing my knowledge and becoming a Senior Care assistant. I have completed my medication programme and completed my Senior Care programme, which I really enjoyed advancing my care knowledge to ensure that I give the residents the best care we can.
I love to learn new skills and enjoy the learning side of my role working alongside the Healthcare professional teams and our support teams who visit our homes.
In my spare time I enjoy spending time with my family and visiting the theatre.

Lucille Burton
Senior Care Assistant
Hello, my name is Lucille. I have a passion for delivering excellent person-centred care. I also enjoy chatting with residents and getting to know them as well as their families. This enables me to deliver excellent care.
I have recently joined Woodhorn Park as a Nightshift Senior Care assistant. I have completed my medical programme and I am looking forward to completing my Senior Care programme, where I want to advance my care knowledge to ensure that I give the residents the best care we can. I love to learn new skills and enjoy putting these into practice within my role.
In my spare time I enjoy spending time with my family.

Nala
Therapy Dog
Hello, my name is Nala. I am the resident dog at Woodhorn Park.
I enjoy coming into the home and spending time with residents and families. It is so important to make sure that they are happy, and I am always on hand for a cuddle.
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