Vida Court

Clare joined Vida Hall in 2014 and has worked in the Elderly Care sector for over ten years in various roles ranging from Senior Carer to Health & Social Care NVQ Assessor. During Clare’s time at university, she took a community-based route where she was able to source her own placements in primary and community care settings; district nursing, hospice care, palliative care, and community matrons to name a few. After qualifying from university as a trained nurse, Clare went on to further train to be a Practice Nurse and earned a triangulated role between Leeds West CCG.

Amanda has worked in health & social care for more than 30 years and is now the Deputy Home Manager. She has been a part of the team at Vida Hall for 6 years and holds a Dementia Care Mapping qualification from the University of Bradford. She has her Registered Managers Award and has studied through various NVQ programmes. Amanda was awarded the Most Dedicated Employee of the Year award for Vida Hall in 2018.

Sarolta has been a qualified registered general nurse since 2007.

She has a great wealth of experience both clinically and managerially. She has been supporting people with a wide variety of nursing needs. She worked in acute care, community primary care and dementia care settings over the years. Sarolta worked all across the three Vida Homes as a senior nurse, clinical lead, and house manager and now she has joined the Vida Court team as Deputy Home manager in April 2024.

Dementia care has always been where Sarolta`s heart lies. She is focused on promoting compassionate care with kindness, using a humanistic approach to all residents while supporting their clinical needs with excellence.

Jessica holds a Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care and Dementia. Since joining Vida Healthcare in 2020, she has undergone extensive training during her previous role as Senior Team Leader at Vida Hall. Jessica is a trained PIDC coach and also won Vida Healthcare's Quality Award in 2021.

She transitioned to her new role at Vida Court in 2022 and is passionate, motivated and dedicated to providing outstanding person-centred care to our residents.

Tracy is responsible for the day to day operations at Vida Court, overseeing the Housekeeping, Laundry and Maintenance teams. She has worked in a care home environment for the past seven years in both residential and dementia care settings. Her role ensures smooth running of the home, allowing Sharon to focus on maintaining excellent standards of care.

Terri has over 40 years experience of working as a Nurse in the NHS. During the last 14 years Terri has worked in the role as Community Matron., this involved caring for patients in all settings across the community. Terri has studied at Degree and Masters level, enabling her to both diagnose and prescribe medications within her competency levels. Terri is the Clinical Development Lead across Vida Healthcare and works closely with the Nurses and House Managers.

Linda joined Vida in 2018 after a career in the hospitality industry. Linda worked under the supervision of Head Chef at Vida Grange where she transferred to Vida Court in October 2021. Linda spent most of her career in 5* hotels across the UK and has completed her Foundation Degree in Culinary Arts, NVQ Level 2 in Food Safety, NVQ Level 3 in Hospitality Supervision, NVQ Level 3 Supervising Food Safety in Catering to name a few. Linda is a great addition to the team.

Gabriella started working at Vida Healthcare in January 2017 as a Care Team Leader. She has over 15 years of experience in the care industry and has achieved her NVQ Levels 2 and 3 in Health and Social Care. Since joining Vida, Gabi has also completed a Leadership and Management course. In 2020, Gabi took on the role of Roster Coordinator and in 2024 became Vida Healthcare's Admission Coordinator. Her role involves supporting and guiding families to find the right Vida care home for their loved one living with dementia.

Donna joined Vida Court in 2022 after working in the childcare sector for 22 years. The role of the well-being lead is to support and mentor the well-being facilitators who work on the houses and support the nurses and carers to provide the needs and interests of the residents with compassion and engagement.

"I knew this was the place for me to commit to providing engaging experiences to the residents and family members that enhance their feelings of well-being."

Katy is responsible for the front of the house at Vida Court.

Bernadette is an experienced healthcare professional who started her career as a community psychiatric nurse in Glasgow. She boasts more than 30 years of experience in both public and private sector roles. Prior to joining Vida in October 2011, she worked as a regional manager for a large care provider where she was responsible for managing ten homes comprising 450 personnel and 300 beds.

Arron is a qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse and joined Vida Healthcare in 2013. Arron has been a House Manager, and Quality Assurance Manager and is now the Learning, Development and Quality Manager. With many years of experience in the care sector, Arron is passionate about the delivery of quality dementia care. Vida’s ethos of care focuses on quality throughout every aspect of our service and Arron’s role involves promoting the highest possible standards. Arron supports the Home Manager and care teams to ensure the highest quality standards are met in the delivery of care.