Meet the team

The team at Abbey View brings together experience, clinical oversight and steady leadership within one coordinated home. From the Home Manager and Clinical Lead to care colleagues, hospitality, housekeeping and maintenance, each role contributes to how the home operates day to day. Communication is consistent and responsibility sits clearly within the home, so decisions are well informed and standards remain dependable. 

Care is delivered by people who know the residents well and work closely together. Continuity matters, especially as needs change. Behind the scenes, the wider Colten Care group provides governance, professional support and shared learning, strengthening how the home is led and maintained. What families see is a team that works with clarity and purpose, with the resident at the centre of every decision. 

Home Manager – Elena Barna

Elena brings a breadth of international nursing experience, having worked across four countries and gained insight into a range of healthcare systems and approaches to care. Her clinical background spans intensive care, anaesthetics and recovery, alongside specialist experience in burns and orthopaedics within acute hospital environments.

She joined Abbey View in 2019 as Clinical Lead, bringing with her a depth of expertise and a calm, assured presence in complex clinical settings. In 2022, she progressed to the role of Home Manager, reflecting both her leadership capability and her commitment to maintaining consistently high standards of care. She leads her team with a focus on compassionate, high-quality care, always striving to enhance residents’ wellbeing and daily experiences.

Clinical Lead – Becco Joff Thomas

Becco is our Clinical Lead, responsible for overseeing all clinical aspects of care within our home, ensuring that residents receive exceptional, person-centred care tailored to their needs. Becco leads the nursing and care teams, providing clinical expertise and guidance to ensure that best practices are followed and regulatory standards are met. Becco is dedicated to delivering excellence in care, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and supporting the professional development of the care teams under his leadership.

Customer Support Advisor – Emma Phillips

As our Customer Support Advisor, Emma is dedicated to providing exceptional service and support to new enquiries, residents, families, and visitors. Emma is the first point of contact for enquiries, ensuring that everyone who contacts our care home receives clear, helpful information and a friendly, professional experience. Emma assists families throughout the process of choosing the right care for their loved ones, offering guidance on our services, answering questions, and providing ongoing support. From coordinating visits to addressing concerns, she is there to help every step of the way, even making sure new residents have everything they need to settle into their new home.

Nursing Team

Nurses are on duty at Abbey View 24 hours a day, seven days a week, ensuring that residents receive the highest standard of nursing care, tailored to their individual needs. This is Melody who, as part of the nursing team, plays a key role providing expert clinical care and leadership within our home. With a focus on both clinical excellence and compassionate care, our nurses are committed to promoting the wellbeing and dignity of all our residents. They work closely with the Home Manager and other healthcare professionals to create care plans that enhance residents’ quality of life.

Head Chefs

Our home benefits from two dedicated Head Chefs, ensuring that our kitchen operates seamlessly seven days a week. This commitment allows residents to enjoy the same high standards of dining every day, with fresh, seasonal, and thoughtfully prepared meals. This is Sarah, who, along with her fellow Head Chef, works closely with residents and the care team to design menus that support wellbeing, offering variety and creativity to make every mealtime a pleasure. Sarah is responsible for leading the catering team in preparing delicious, nutritious meals that cater to the diverse dietary needs and preferences of our residents. With a passion for creating high-quality, home-cooked dishes, Sarah ensures that every meal is balanced, flavourful, and tailored to individual requirements, whether for specific health conditions or personal preferences.

Companionship Team

As a member of the Companionship team, Sara is responsible for creating and coordinating a wide variety of engaging and meaningful activities that enhance the wellbeing and enjoyment of our residents. Sara and the team work closely with residents to design a programme of activities that caters to diverse interests, abilities, and preferences, ensuring every resident has opportunities for social interaction, creativity, and fun. This includes regular minibus trips out of the home, keeping residents connected to their community.

Health Care Assistants

Our Health Care Assistants provide compassionate, hands-on care and support to our residents, helping them with their daily activities and ensuring their comfort and wellbeing. Our Senior Care Leads work closely with the nursing team to maintain person-centred care, tailored to the individual needs of each resident. The team’s responsibilities include assisting with daily personal care, taking medications, helping with mobility, and offering emotional support to ensure residents feel valued and respected.

Gardener

Our gardener is dedicated to creating and maintaining beautiful, tranquil outdoor spaces that residents can enjoy all year round. With a focus on enhancing the wellbeing of our residents, they ensure that the gardens are inviting, safe, and accessible for all. Our gardener encourages residents to relax, walk, or even participate in light gardening activities, understanding the therapeutic power of being in nature and the impact it can have on our residents’ quality of life.

Senior Administrator

Emma is the friendly face and organised presence at the heart of Abbey View’s daily operations. Emma is responsible for ensuring that the reception area runs smoothly, providing a warm welcome for residents, families, and visitors. She plays a key role in supporting the home’s management and care teams by ensuring that all administrative processes are efficient and in compliance with regulatory requirements.

Maintenance

Our Maintenance team ensures that our home facilities operate safely and smoothly for residents. They support residents with routine maintenance and minor repairs as needed. Their duties include conducting monthly tests and inspections on various equipment, such as fire doors, water temperature outlets, fire extinguishers, security doors, internal and external lighting, wheelchairs, window restrictors, reclining chairs, and nursing beds.

Housekeeping

The Housekeeping Team plays a crucial role in maintaining a clean, safe, and comfortable home environment for our residents. With the utmost respect for our residents’ private space, the team carefully clean rooms and en-suites, including residents’ own keepsakes such as pictures and ornaments. Personal clothing is carefully laundered, ironed, folded and returned to residents’ rooms on a daily basis.

“The care shown to my Mum was outstanding, she was made to feel part of a fun and happy home.” – B T, daughter of resident at Abbey View

Our values

Abbey View is part of Colten Care, a family-owned business built on core values that still guide us from the very heart of our business today. Our values shape the company culture and play out in our home every day through meaningful, heartfelt interactions between staff, residents and family members.

We are Friendly

Welcome, approachable, eager to listen and help

We are Kind

Respectful, patient, thoughtful, taking time and doing what’s needed

We are Individual

Attentive, responsive, embracing uniqueness

We are Reassuring

High standards, inspiring trust and confidence, taking responsibility

We are Honest

Realistic, open, ready to acknowledge mistakes and put them right, unafraid of difficult conversations

Careers at Abbey View

A career in care is one of the most rewarding paths you can choose, with a wide range of exciting and meaningful roles that contribute toward improving the lives of older people. Join us in providing a better quality of later life for our residents.

To find out about available roles at Abbey View, or any of our sister homes, visit our careers site.

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