New Director of Care appointed at Hilltop Gardens Retirement Village

Charmaine Attard has been appointed Director of Care of Hilltop Gardens Retirement Village – a subsidiary of AX Holdings which brings the concepts of independent living and assisted care under one roof.

Attard is a nurse by profession with more than 15 years’ experience under her belt. After graduating with a Degree in Nursing from the University of Malta, Attard worked as a staff nurse at St. Luke’s Hospital.

She went on to work as a nurse within the private sector,for several years and in the meantime read for a Masters in Nursing with the University of Manchester.

Having experienced being on the shop floor and garnering years of hands-on experience, MAttard was promoted to various managerial positions which ranged from Home Manager at Casa Arkati to Operations Manager at Care Malta where, she was responsible for six facilities for the elderly. 

For the last six years and just before joining AX Holdings, Attard served as Director of Nursing and Midwifery at Mater Dei Hospital and Karen Grech Rehabilitation Hospital. During these years she had more than 2,000 staff members within her remit.

Attard is also an assistant lecturer within the Department of Nursing within the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Malta where she has lectured for over ten years.

Attard is currently reading for an MBA at the University of Leicester but what is probably her most significant quality and, most certainly what landed her the role of Director of Care with AX Holdings, is her passion for nursing and her belief that patients should always be at the centre of all decisions.  

Attard believes that all those in the caring profession, including doctors and nurses, have the privilege to be close to patients when they are at their most vulnerable. They therefore have a duty to treat them with respect, dignity and the best care possible.  

Having worked with AX Holdings in the past, Attard is convinced that Hilltop Gardens will offer the highest of standards in care and quality systems. Her aim is to create a patient-centric environment, where dedicated nurses and carers will be enabled and rewarded for their professional care.