Aesthetic nurse prescriber Jackie Partridge details the various medical roles she has undertaken and her love for aesthetics
Aesthetic nurse prescriber Jackie Partridge began her nursing career caring for premature babies in the Neonatal Unit at Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion in Edinburgh. It was a difficult and emotionally-draining job, dealing with lots of deaths and working late nights. “I wanted to work with babies, and ideally wanted to be a midwife,” says Partridge, adding, “But there were no spaces available on the midwifery course once I had qualified as a nurse, so I got a job working with premature babies, which was the next best thing. However, it was very challenging and I soon realised there was more to life than working nights and weekends!” Partridge decided to take on a very different role and went into medical sales at Convatec (Woundcare) medical device company and then Molnlycke Healthcare, and won many awards for her sales ability. Here, she gave advice to hospitals on wound care…
