Tanis Hand
HCA Adviser
Tanis completed her registered nurse training in 1987 in Carmarthen, West Wales and initially specialised in Occupational Health, working for the Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service and later IBM. In 1997 the family moved back to Tenby and Tanis started work in Pembrokeshire as a practice nurse, becoming a chronic disease specialist nurse in 2007.
In 2003 she set up a training business with a colleague, specialising in running courses and study days for Health Care Assistants in Primary Care whilst also working part time, and in November 2009 joined the Royal College of Nursing as HCA Adviser.
Tanis is passionate about HCAs and Assistant Practitioners, and is committed to raising the profile of people working in these positions and ensuring that HCAs and APs are valued in these important roles. Recently Tanis was instrumental in developing the RCN’s film “Accountability and delegation: what you need to know”, and the web based induction resource “First Steps for HCAs”, shortlisted in the 2011 e-learning awards ‘not for profit’ category. Both are available on www.rcn.org.uk/hca