Maria
Registered Adult Nurse
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About
A resilient, proactive, hardworking staff nurse with over 10 years of service to the NHS. Proficient in maintaining standards of patient care whilst working under pressure in a busy but challenging variety of departments.
Experience
Stage 4 functional nurse assessor in training at Serco (2025-09 until 01/2026)
Assessing customers functional restrictions
Staff Nurse at West Middlesex University Hospital (2014-11 – 2025-09)
- Experienced in assisting the consultants perform TRUS (trans rectal ultrasound guided biopsy)
- Assisting the doctors to perform flexible cystoscopies
- Assisting the surgeons to perform minor surgeries such as punch biopsies or excisional biopsies for plastic/breast and dermatology clinics
- Managing wounds in fracture/orthopaedic clinic which involves suture and clip removal, post operative wound care, wound packing
- Experienced in removing redivac drains for post operative patients
- Performing spirometry
- Administering prescribed medications to patients (intramuscular and subcutaneous)
- Performing departmental audits such as fire safety, PPE, hand hygiene and health & safety
- Career break in 2015 due to maternity leave
Staff Nurse at West Middlesex University Hospital (2011 – 2014)
- Experience in IV therapy/fluid management
- Post and pre op care
- Wound management
- Managing admissions and discharges and beds on a time restrictive scale
- Taking on the role of nurse in charge to delegate work to the junior staff and hca's in the absence of ward sisters
- Twoc (trial without catheter)
- Bladder scanning
- Managing irrigations for patients who have had TURBT/TURP and monitoring and recording urine output alongside the irrigation
- Female catheterisation
- Career break December 2010 till November 2011
Staff Nurse at West Middlesex University Hospital (2006-02 – 2010-12)
- Managing admissions and discharges and working closely with the discharge co-ordinator
- Taking on the role of nurse in charge to delegate work to the junior staff and hca's in the absence of ward sisters
- Application of Vac dressings for the management of complex wounds
- Stoma care and help empower the patients to manage their stomas
- Ng tube insertion and setting up of Ng feeds/peg feeds and TPN
- PCA and epidural care
- Pressure ulcer care and management/prevention
Education
DipHe in Adult Nursing – Bucks university (2005)
Diploma in Mentorship in practice – Bucks university (2010)
Diploma in Advanced health and social care – Langley college (1999)
