Staff

Doctors

DR SHANTHI RAVICHANDRAN

Dr Shanthi trained in Edinburgh, completing her GP training with distinction in 2004. She has been working in the Highlands since 2007 and joined the practice as a GP partner in 2018. She is passionate about the benefits of making healthy lifestyle choices, and enjoys cycling, running, skiing and spending time in the mountains.

DR MICHELLE MEHERS

Dr Michelle Mehers MBChB (Hons) Aberdeen 2008 MRCGP 2014 DFSRH 2016. Dr Michelle has been a GP partner at the practice since 2019. She enjoys teaching and is the lead tutor for the fourth year medical students from Aberdeen University. Her special interests include remote and rural medicine, minor surgery and reproductive & sexual health. Passionate about life style medicine, she offers a weekly community yoga class in Munlochy Village Hall. In her spare time she enjoys mountaineering, wild swimming, biking and skiing.

DR CHANELLA BACON

Dr Chanella graduated from Dundee Medical School in 2010 and completed her GP training in 2017 in the Highlands. She has a diploma in Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (DTM+H) and has a specialist interest in women’s health. She is qualified to insert coils and nexplanon devices (LoC IUD and SDI). She is a mum and enjoys family time, being outdoors in the garden and woods or adventuring, watching live music and reading fiction.

DR CALUM HUTCHENS

Dr Calum Hutchens graduated from Medical School at the University of Glasgow in 2015. After completing GP training in 2021 he worked as a locum at the practice, as well as at various practices all over the Highlands and Islands. He joined the practice permanently in 2022. He is passionate about medical education and is the lead tutor for 5th Year Aberdeen University students at the practice. He also has interests in remote and rural healthcare and addressing health inequalities. In his spare time he enjoys hillwalking, football and spending time with family.

Nurse Practitioners

Nurse Practitioners are highly experienced nurses who have undertaken additional medical education. They can examine, investigate and treat many problems for which you may have seen a doctor in the past.

JANE CLARK-HAY

Jane graduated from Abertay University in 2000 with BSc (Hons) and returned to the Highlands to work. She has nearly 20 years experience in Unscheduled Care and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Practice. Jane has worked in the practice since 2020. She enjoys time off outdoors; paddling, walking and camping trips with family.

Nurses

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

KIRSTY WINDSOR

Kirsty qualified as a nurse in Aberdeen in 2014, and has experience in both medical and surgical nursing before moving on to practice nursing in 2017. She has gained qualifications in the management of diabetes, asthma and coronary heart disease, with her special interest being diabetes. She is also an independent prescriber. Kirsty is a mum to two young children, and in her spare time enjoys spending time with her family and holidays on the beach.

NATALIE STEVENS

Natalie grew up in South Africa but did her training in Sussex, where she worked as a Sister in Intensive Care for 35 years. She started working in general practice in 2015, relocated to Scotland in 2020, joined Munlochy practice in July 2023 and loves the job. Natalie adores the mountains, which are a lot like areas in Cape Town, and spends her spare time traipsing through woodlands and up and down hills.

Physiotherapist

Our First Contact Physio is employed by the Health Board and works every Tuesday with us. They see patients with musculoskeletal problems and can also arrange imaging and onward referral where appropriate. Patients are encouraged to self refer directly to the physio and do not need to see another clinician first.

SAMANTHA RICHARD

Pharmacists

Our pharmacists are employed by the health board and attached to our practice. They help us with vital medicines safety work, but also offer appointments for patients who would like further information with, or help managing their medication. Fiona has a special interest in HRT and sees patients for their annual reviews.

FIONA BURT

ELLIE COOPER

Practice Management

The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

KAREN HARCUS

Senior Admin Assistant

NICHOLA GRIMMOND

Reception

Our friendly reception team are your first point of contact in the practice, and also look after the dispensing of prescriptions. They will do their best to answer any queries that you have, and will arrange appointments with the most appropriate person for your needs.

KATHY DONAGHY

SUE BEATTIE

LOUISE BERNARDI

LINDY BEVERLY

SOPHIE GRIMMOND

ANGELA MACKAY

ANNE PATIENCE

EMMA CUMMING