Marie Murphy

Highly experienced Registered General Nurse with over 30 years of NHS and healthcare experience, combining frontline acute and emergency nursing, senior operational leadership at Band 8A level, healthcare assessment and advanced medical aesthetics. Extensive background in clinical governance, patient safety, risk management, incident management, service coordination, staff leadership and multidisciplinary working. Clinically current through Emergency Department bank nursing and committed to safe, compassionate, evidence-based and professionally accountable practice.

Emergency Department Bank Nurse / Registered Nurse - NHS

(1991-01)

Maintain current frontline clinical practice within Emergency and acute care.

• Undertake patient assessment, observations, NEWS2 monitoring, recognition of deterioration and appropriate escalation.
• Clinical skills include venepuncture/blood sampling, ECG recording, medication administration, emergency response and accurate documentation.
• Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams while supporting patients and relatives through acute and distressing situations.

Functional Specialist - Capita

(2025-10 - 2026-03)

• Undertook disability assessments including telephone assessments and paper-based reviews.
• Reviewed complex medical evidence and applied analytical clinical reasoning to functional information.
• Produced clear, evidence-based professional reports within defined quality, governance and productivity frameworks.
• Communicated sensitively with individuals presenting with a broad range of physical and psychological conditions.

Director / Advanced Aesthetics Practitioner - ML Aesthetics

(2024-01 - 2026-12)

• Delivered nurse-led aesthetic consultations, assessment, treatment planning, procedures, aftercare and follow-up.
• Supported clinical governance through SOPs, risk assessments, audit tools, treatment protocols, incident processes and emergency preparedness.
• Maintained focus on consent, documentation, infection prevention, patient safety, ethical practice and professional accountability.

Advanced Aesthetics Practitioner

(2019-01)

Experience includes advanced anti-wrinkle treatments, dermal fillers, skin boosters, polynucleotides, PRP, microneedling, RF microneedling and advanced skin treatments.

• Experienced in facial assessment, informed consent, complication recognition/management and patient aftercare.
• Works within a strong clinical-governance framework with emphasis on evidence-based treatment and safe practice.

Clinical Site Manager / Senior Nurse - progressed to Band 8A - NHS

(2004-01 - 2024-12)

Approximately 20 years of service. Provided senior hospital-wide clinical and operational leadership, including emergency pressures, escalation, patient flow and bed capacity.

• Coordinated safe staffing and deployment of nursing and medical resources across complex acute services.
• Made high-level operational decisions under pressure, managed competing priorities and supported multidisciplinary clinical teams.
• Contributed to incident management, risk escalation, conflict resolution, service improvement and liaison with senior management and external stakeholders.

Clinical Nursing - Head & Neck and Thoracic Surgery - NHS

Earlier nursing career. Developed a strong clinical foundation caring for patients with complex surgical and medical needs.

• Experience included pre- and post-operative care, assessment, monitoring, multidisciplinary working and patient/family support.

Registered General Nurse (RGN) - Nursing

ENB 998 - Teaching & Assessing

ENB 249 - Cardiothoracic Nursing