Blessing Taiwo

A compassionate and dedicated newly qualified Registered Nurse Learning Disabilities from Birmingham City University, with a solid background in healthcare spanning over 10 years. Brings a rich blend of clinical experience in Inpatient, Outpatient and Acute Unit skilled in Person-centered Care, and compassionate practice rooted in the 6Cs: Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage and Commitment. Committed to delivering a high standard of holistic care to patients in comprehensive nursing home care for those individuals who have complex health care needs, physical disability, sensory impairment, mental health settings needs, learning disabilities or requires such end-of-life care, long-term condition management, diabetes care, medication administration, older adult with dementia, and community healthcare teams settings.

Previously worked in various healthcare settings for individuals with learning disability and mental disorder, developing skills in therapeutic engagement, clinical risk management, de-escalation, and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Student Nurse at Lime Court Nursing Home (Jaffray Care) (2025-06 – 2025-08)

Through clinical placements, gained comprehensive experience in different inpatient care nursing home settings, as well as in the private sector. Inpatient complex care.

• Contributed to the multidisciplinary risk assessments and participated in the physiotherapy session by advocating for a patient who has arthritis in her legs but lacks mental capacity with learning disabilities.
• Participated in the decision-making process by considering the patient's best interests and making reasonable adjustments to ensure their well-being.
• Clinical competency in using blood sugar monitor kits to measure patients' blood sugar levels and in administering insulin via a Pen and needle to patients who require insulin with the patients with diabetes.
• Completed placement in nursing home care, dementia care home, older adult complex care, and eating disorder services.

Student Nurse at Jaffray Resource Centre Community Hub – (LD) - BCO Learning Disability Service Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (2024-12 – 2025-04)

Gained comprehensive experience in outpatient community teams settings.

• Contributed to collaborative review of patients' mental health conditions and shared decision-making for patients' best interest during the Multidisciplinary Team meetings, e.g. patients' service manager, social worker, NHS personnel section 117, and community nurse learning disabilities.
• Observed meetings on how to assess the patient's mental health condition.
• Experience of the holistic approach to nursing care, i.e., ability to adjust to the changing demands of patients.

Student Nurse at Birmingham Women's, and Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Learning Disabilities Liaison Team (2024-08 – 2024-08)

• Developed knowledge in the role of nursing liaison, facilitating discussions and emphasizing the importance of learning disability and autism training with clinical educators.
• Participated in the assessment, referral, reviewing and reassessment of person-centered support plans, particularly providing observations about patients' needs and preferences.
• Contributed to reflective practice by discussing and implementing patients' healthcare needs and making appropriate recommendations for further care.

Student Nurse at Forward Thinking Birmingham - The Dice Team (City Wide) - Learning Disabilities Team - Community Learning Disability Nursing Team in the Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. Selly Oaks Trust School, A Specialist Science College Supported Learning Community and the Specialist Eating Disorder Service (2024-06 – 2024-08)

• Attended and participated with the nurse in Learning disabilities holistic assessment for the admission to new patients.
• Maintains confidentiality of information regarding the patients (details, conditions and choices etc.), staff families and the organization.
• Adhered to the NMC code of conduct of priorities patients and consent gained from a guardian or legal appointee priority before the commencement of the meeting.
• Liaise and communicate with other members of the staff and external professionals' healthcare as appropriate.
• Assisted the young patients on physical health parameters such as blood pressure, body temperature, heart rate, exploring the ranges for different age groups.

Student Nurse at The Riverside Lodge Learning Disabilities Service Division, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (2024-05 – 2024-05)

• Demonstrated the knowledge of medication management by implementing the right procedure for medication prescription by right patient, the right medication, the right time/date/valid period, the right dose/last dose, the right route/method, and special instructions.
• Clinical competence in medication safety by checking expiry dates. Check notes on any special instructions/contradictions by checking prescription thoroughly.
• Experience in how to check allergies and sensitivities, demonstrating an understanding of risks and managing these appropriately by asking patients, checking prescription charts or identification band.
• Having understood the process following a medication error and aware of the policy and procedures to follow.
• Keep records up to date, factual and well maintained; to manage all documentation as directed by the organization, unit managers, Safety Legislators and organization policies and procedures to countersign and date all entries made into records, to review records on a regular basis where directed.

Student Nurse at 9-10 Kingswood Drive (Learning Disabilities) – Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (2023-11 – 2023-12)

• Gained experience administering enteral feeding tubes of various types, including PEG tubes and NG tube feeding tubes, Competent in reading the PH level before administering medication and feeding patients. Knowledge of the length of the tube at the nose (5.5cm).
• Additionally, having clinically competent in understanding patients' needs and how to take care of patients with complex needs such as PEG tube, feeding, NG tube feeding via fluids, nutrition supplement, fortisip, and medication administration as prescribed with patients with dysphagia that are at risk of aspiration.
• Ensure the date, time, and sign after finishing testing from the stomach to look for acid by checking with two competent nurses.

Student Nurse at Health Facilitations Team (Learning Disabilities Community Nursing Health Facilitation) - Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Learning Disability Services (2023-06 – 2023-07)

• Gained more exposure how the learning disabilities nurses do referral process- MDT/citywide, Health Facilitation allocation meetings, Triage, Singles point of access and MDT working.
• Undertake recording keeping note taking, phone calls, passing on messages and taking messages.
• Able to work effectively within the inter-disciplinary team with the intent of building professional relationships.

Student Nurse at Reaside Clinic Dove Ward, Birmingham and Solihull mental health NHS Foundation Trust (BSMHFT) (2023-02 – 2023-04)

• Provided direct care to patients with schizophrenia, psychosis, alcohol abuse, bipolar disorder, and severe depression.
• Support with care planning, 1:1 observation, and MDT reviews.
• Engaging in positive patients' observation and conducted all the four standard therapeutic observation level.
• Level 1 - How to minimum level of observation.
• Level 2 - How to be intermediate observation.
• Level 3 - Continuous observation.
• Level 4 - Arm's length observation.
• Attended multidisciplinary team meetings.

B.Sc. (Hons) in Learning Disability Nurse – Birmingham City University (2022-09 – 2025-09)

Diploma in Social Science and Health – University College, Birmingham (2021-09 – 2022-09)

Diploma NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care (Adults) – Omega Training Service Ltd (2017-09 – 2018-09)

BTEC NVQ 2 in Employment Responsibilities and Rights in Health, Social Care and Children and Young People's Setting (QCF) – The in-Training Group in collaboration with Newcastle College (2013-09 – 2014-09)

Edexcel Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England (QCF) – The in-Training Group in collaboration with Newcastle College (2013-09 – 2014-09)