Dr Bridget Kemball

Nominated for Paediatric Junior Hero (ST1-4s, FTs, GPST and Trust SHOs)

Has been working at Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust – EASTERN

Bridget is an absolute pleasure to work with. She is incredibly enthusiastic, and has a beautiful calm and caring manner.

She is an utterly fantastic doctor. The best mixture of kind, capable and conscientious. Her clinical acumen is superb. Fantastic to work with.

Bridget utterly embodies the values of the RCPCH. She is a fantastic team member as well as having very sound clinical knowledge. Her wonderfully caring nature is exemplified in her clinical work as well as dedication to improving information & resources for Child poverty, helping manage the hospital’s paediatric teaching program and involvement in multiple guidelines. She is a pleasure to work with, conscientious, friendly and efficient but above caring and kindly to colleagues, patients & their families.

Bridget has been an absolute joy to work with on Bramble, she is one of the loveliest and happiest people, always with a smile on her face. When she is on the ward, you know it will be a good day. Not only is she a lovely person, but an excellent doctor. She has sound clinical judgement and skills, always trusting her judgement and is always open and willing to listen to you and any ideas or concerns. She is wonderful with patients and their families, putting them at ease and always remains calm in a crisis. She is a valued member of the team, and is an excellent team player. Hopefully she will be back on Bramble soon!

Bridget is an exceptional doctor and an absolute joy to work with. We have worked together in some very difficult situations this year and the support she gave to the whole team was amazing. She is a reassuring presence in any situation and has the ability to put everyone at ease with her calm and considered approach.
She also has ability to simplify complex medical information and make it accessible to families and the wider MDT.

Bridget you are fab, amazing, wonderful. The list goes on. I have worked with you on many occasions and knowing you are on is very reassuring. Your knowledge and skills is extraordinary and enables you to happily teach myself as a nurse, your colleagues and the wider MDT team. It is clear that you are so compassionate within this job, always giving 110% no matter how hard it gets at times. You demonstrate astounding interaction with the children, young people and families that we see. It is evident that the families and patients we see utterly adore you. Keep doing what you are doing!

Bridget was born to be a paediatric doctor. She has an incredibly kind nature and patients and families love her.
She is a great colleague to work alongside. She’s a team player, she is supportive and her communication with her peers contribute to excellent patient care.
She is motivated and such a fast learner. Any team that Bridget works in are lucky to have her!

Bridget is an excellent paediatric trainee who goes above and beyond for her patients. She has particular strengths in communication. Bridget puts the time in to make sure parents understand what is going on, communicates extremely well explaining complicated things in a simple way.

She is also a good team player who is reliable and hard working. She is very supportive of other juniors on the ward.

A fantastic yet incredibly humble trainee. Bridgett is incredibly reliable, shows huge initiative and makes fantastic clinical decisions. She is hugely committed to her role and is a super valuable team member. She is highly appreciated by medical professionals, nursing staff and other allied health professionals. She has a fantastic manner with patients and families while being super organised. She reflects really well on episodes in order to continue to improve her care. She is committed to learning and teaching and practices evidence based medicine. She is a highly valued team member

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