Welcome to Waverley Lodge Nursing Home

Since starting as a care assistant at New Forest Nursing Home in 1987, Jenny has devoted her career to working in the care sector. She studied at college to complete her access to higher education before commencing nurse training at Southampton University in 2003, continuing to work at New Forest Nursing Home for the duration of her studies. Upon qualifying as a Registered General Nurse in 2006, she moved to Waverley Lodge Nursing Home, a specialist centre for adults aged 18 to 65 with a variety of care needs. She has been at Waverley Lodge ever since, enjoying an immensely rewarding and satisfying career as she’s worked her way up through the ranks. Now, as Registered Manager, she works closely with her dedicated team to deliver exceptional care to Waverley’s residents. In her time off, Jenny loves reading, going to the cinema and eating out.

Working for eleven years as a Social Worker and Team Manager in Adult Services, Jacqueline relished supporting care providers with their safeguarding, quality and compliance requirements. Based on this experience, she then sought a move into working with a residential care provider. Jacqueline approached Allegra Care first, as she felt that the company’s values, care principles and household model aligned very closely with her own vision of what good care should look like. As Regional Manager, her passion for outstanding care is self-evident as she supports homes and colleagues across Hampshire. She also thinks laughter is a great tonic – and her cheeky sense of humour is infectious.

Away from work, Jacqueline enjoys eating out, cinema and horse racing. As a mother of two grown up children, she enjoys spending time with her friends, her family and her two grandchildren.

After working for 14 years as a renal nurse specialist, Jacqui changed her career to be around more for her young children. Her wide-ranging experience since then encompasses a number of rewarding positions across a variety of sectors, including team leader for Jobsite; Southern Team manager for Westfield Health; management for a specialist lender helping people rebuild their credit profile and, most recently, moving into the elderly care sector with Barchester, for whom she worked in community awareness and fundraising.

Now, as Regional Relationship Liaison Manager for Allegra Care, she brings her diverse portfolio of skills to the task of supporting the homes and helping the company develop its profile in the elderly care sector.