Staffordshire grandmother who was a founding employee of Cannock Chase Hospital to retire after nearly half a century of service with NHS
A “completely dedicated” founding employee of Cannock Chase Hospital is to retire after nearly half a century of service with the NHS.
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Jill Green, 67, healthcare assistant in outpatients, is hanging up her uniform on September 27, after serving the Cannock-based hospital – part of The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust – since it opened in 1991.
The mother-of-one and grandmother-of-two, from Heath Hayes, got into healthcare when she decided to accompany friend Kim Watkins to a pre-Nursing course at Cannock Chase College.
After completing the two-year course which included weekly stints at Stafford Hospital, music lover Jill started work at the former Chase Hospital on February 29, 1975, when Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel’s (Come Up & See Me) Make Me Smile was number one in the charts.
Having started dating her then boyfriend, she accepted his marriage proposal and saw her request to defer her registered mental health nurse training rejected and told not to apply again.
Undeterred, she continued at Chase Hospital, working in elderly mentally ill and respite.
