Becky Banks
Becky Banks (RPS 1998-06) started at Rydal Penrhos in Year 6 when she was 10-years-old, moving through the school and leaving at 18 in 2006.
Following school she says "I went down to Cardiff in 2007 and started my nurse training, I took a year out during my degree due to personal reasons but then qualified with a 2.1 in my degree in Bachelor of Nursing Hons in 2010 (I was two points off a 1st ).
I then worked in the Heath hospital in Cardiff on a trauma orthopaedic specialist spinal ward for six months. Then three orthopaedic wards in the Heath hospital got mixed up and amalgamated together forming into a specialist spinal ward, a trauma ward and a short stay orthopaedic ward.
As I’ve always loved the fast pace of nursing I then worked on the short-stay orthopaedic ward for a further six months before deciding to return home.
Following the move back to North Wales I then worked on a renal, diabetic ward at Glan Clwyd hospital for two years in the Emergency Department where I worked for five and a half years and I also got to cover a band 6 post for maternity leave for six months.
Recently, I got a job working in a GP practice, Rysseldene surgery working as a band 6 practice nurse. I have now been working there just over a year, after having my first anniversary in September.
I was always intrigued by nursing as my mum was a practice manager in a Dr's surgery, so I used to go and sit in the practice nurse's seat when I would go and visit my mum and loved looking at all the medical bits dotted around her consultation room.
My true dream of becoming a nurse happened after my dad passed away when I was 14 years old and I was in admiration of two of my mum's best friends who were nurses, one was a practice nurse and the other was a midwife.
I aspired to become like them one day and help people in this world. When I started my nurse degree I knew I always wanted to go down the path of being a practice nurse or midwife, so I am over the moon, that my dreams have come true.
I love my job more than anything and would do anything I can to help my patients and their relatives. My next plans are to eventually become an advanced nurse practitioner within the GP surgery. However, this will be in a couple of years' time.
Becky Banks (RPS 1998-06)
