Craig Gallagher

Having worked in many different health care settings with over 25 years experience, I am a very adaptable and skilled nurse. I have ran vaccination clinics in the armed forces. I have advanced IV skills and make good competent clinical decisions.

I have been employed in the clinical setting since 16 years of age. I have been exposed to a very broad range of environments and specialties. I am a competent scrub & circulating nurse across a broad range of specialties including ophthalmology, urological, orthopedic & spine, general, obstetrics and gynae and

ENT.

I am competent in advanced airway management and emergency airway procedures. I am a very well rounded OR nurse with years of leadership experience.

I enjoy my profession and strive to be an ambassador for patient care.

I am a strong personality who can coordinate & delegate duties and responsibilities. I have excellent communication skills and initiative. I am calm and clear sited in times of stressful situations whether it be clinical or administrative. I am well known with my peers as someone who brings forward valuable opinions.

I hold teaching and assessing certificates and I enjoy educating and mentoring

I spent a total of 9 years in the military as a combat medic and nursing officer. During that time I was deployed for medical service numerous times including Oman and Iraq during the 2nd Gulf War O R T H O P E D I C & T R A UMA P A T I E N T C A R E C O O R D I N A T O R

Coordination of Elective & Emergency patients in the operating room

Administration of equipment, budget and logistics

Coordination of teams & roles

Team Leader / Charge Nurse

PERMANENT RESOURCE NURSE ORTHOPEDICS

Planning & logistics for the orthopedic service

Administration of surgeon preferences

SURGICAL UNIT CHARGE NURSE coordination of the operating room & post anesthetic recovery room

Coordination of the patient through the peri-operative unit

Problem solving, planning & staffing

REGISTERED NURSE OPERATING ROOM

Scrub & circulating nurse

Assist with anesthetic and patient preparation

Record keeping

Patient care

SOLE PROPRIETOR GALLAGHER ANESTHETIC SOLUTIONS LTD (GAS)

Business owner

Supply of anesthetic nurse assistance to hospitals throughout the UK on a locum basis

ANESTHETIC NURSE

Assisting with the preparation, induction & maintenance for patients undergoing surgery

IV Access & blood gas

Equipment maintenance & repair

HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT OPERATING ROOM

Assist with patient positioning

Assist with circulating during surgery

Preparation of the room and equipment

Decontamination & sterilization of surgical instruments

NURSING OFFICER BRITISH ARMY RESERVES

Administration of duties in the unit

Leadership of subordinates

Planning & implementation of missions

Leadership of the operating department during deployment to disaster scenes and war

COMBAT MEDIC BRITISH ARMY

Routine clinical duties for the unit or regiment

Provision of emergency care during field exercises

Provision of emergency trauma care to a high level during hostile missions

I live with my wife & teenage son and daughter. We have a Coon Hound, Grey Hound and a

Pomeranian. Two budgies and a cat.

During my time off I like to ski, mountain bike and work out.

COMMUNICATION

LEADERSHIP

ACLS & ATLS

OR SCRUB, CIRCULATOR &

COORDINATOR

ADVANCED AIRWAY MANAGMENT

ANAESTHETIC ASSISTANCE

IV STARTS & VENA-PUNCTURE

TEACHING & MENTORSHIP