Paula Anne Fielding

Qualified as a Registered Mental Nurse from St George's Hospital, Morpeth, Northumberland and subsequently did a post registration Registered General Nurse training in Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. Obtained BSc Professional Studies in Nursing with Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland in January 2018. BLS and ACLS certified.

A highly motivated and dedicated nurse with extensive experience in the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia offering highest standard of clinical nursing care, management competence, planning, organizing and coordinating flair, excellent communication skills, effective mentoring and preceptoring abilities, computer literacy, and excellent level of spoken Arabic with basic understanding of the script.

Staff Nurse - Gynaecology Ward - Royal Victoria Infirmary - Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK

(1983-10 - 1986-04)

• Patient care and team nursing for 32 bedded unit
• Pre and post-operative care of gynaecology patients
• Care of ante-natal patients with threatened abortions or various medical conditions until 24 weeks' gestation
• Drug Administration
• Palliative care

Staff Nurse - Gynaecology Ward - Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

(1986-05 - 1988-12)

• Patient care and team nursing for 32 bedded unit
• Pre and post-operative care of gynaecology patients
• Care of ante-natal patients with threatened abortions or various medical conditions until 24 weeks' gestation
• Drug Administration
• Palliative care

Charge Nurse - Gynaecology Ward - Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

(1988-12 - 1994-11)

• Overall 24-hour responsibility for operation of Gynaecology Ward
• Supervision of nursing and junior medical staff
• Ensuring optimum patient care and safety
• Acting Senior Nurse Manager as required
• Administrative Duties - Staffing Rota allocation, Time sheets, Staff Appraisals, General reports and correspondence
• Attendance at Charge Nurse meetings, Obstetrics and Gynaecology meetings
• Active participant in Nursing Policies Committee

Head Nurse - Gynaecology Ward - Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

(1994-12 - 2003-06)

• Overall 24-hour responsibility for operation of Gynaecology Ward
• Supervision of nursing and junior medical staff
• Ensuring optimum patient care and safety
• Acting Senior Nurse Manager as required
• Administrative Duties - Staffing Rota allocation, Time sheets, Staff Appraisals, General reports and correspondence
• Attendance at Charge Nurse meetings, Obstetrics and Gynaecology meetings
• Active participant in Nursing Policies Committee

Staff Nurse - General and Psychiatric Agency Nursing - Multiple hospitals in London and South East area - London and South East, UK

(2003-10 - 2004-01)

Employed as an agency nurse at several hospitals in London and South East area of the UK and worked in the following areas:

• Psychiatric Unit
• General Medical and Surgical Units
• Oncology Units

Staff Nurse - Medical/Surgical Unit and VIP Float Pool - King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

(2004-01 - 2010-04)

D4 Medical/Surgical VIP Unit: 37 beds with a variety of medical, surgical, paediatric plus ante-natal/post-natal patients and newborns. VIP Float Pool: Home care of VIP long and short term medical patients within Riyadh plus occasional travel abroad with client and family.

• Total patient care and primary nursing for 4-5 patients per shift
• Drug Administration
• Pre and post-operative care
• Surgical dressings
• Palliative care
• Care of patients with tracheostomies and gastric feeding
• Care of post-natal mothers and newborns
• Care of medical patients with various conditions
• Acting charge nurse as required

Staff Nurse - IVF Unit - King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

(2010-04 - 2017-06)

Care of couples attending unit for IVF treatment including:

• IVF education in Arabic language
• Ensuring ovarian stimulation treatment plan followed as per protocol
• Medication administration i.e. Lupron Depot
• Intravenous cannulation and taking blood samples
• Procedural Sedation of patients undergoing IVF procedures
• Assisting in Female Procedures - Ovum pick up's; Embryo transfers; Drainage of ascitic fluid; Ovarian cyst aspiration; Office Hysteroscopy
• Running Andrology Clinic
• Assisting Andrologist in male procedures
• Smooth running of IVF Clinic
• Running of Nurse Clinic; Doctor's Visit, Infertility, IVF Andrology, Reproductive Endocrinology and Recurrent Abortion Clinics
• Liaising with IVF laboratory as needed
• Support and assist Team Leader, Charge Nurse and other colleagues

Staff Nurse - IVF Unit - King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

(2017-10)

• IVF education in Arabic language
• Ensuring ovarian stimulation treatment plan followed as per protocol
• Medication administration i.e. Lupron Depot
• Intravenous cannulation and taking blood samples
• Procedural Sedation of patients undergoing IVF procedures
• Assisting in Female Procedures - Ovum pick up's; Embryo transfers; Drainage of ascitic fluid; Ovarian cyst aspiration; Office Hysteroscopy
• Running Andrology Clinic
• Assisting Andrologist in male procedures
• Smooth running of IVF Clinic
• Running of Nurse Clinic; Doctor's Visit, Infertility, IVF Andrology, Reproductive Endocrinology and Recurrent Abortion Clinics
• Liaising with IVF laboratory as needed
• Support and assist Team Leader, Charge Nurse and other colleagues

Staff Nurse - Screening Area (Covid-19 Pandemic Support) - King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

(2020-04 - 2020-10)

• Disinfecting and setting up the area each morning
• Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) screening of all patients and visitors
• Monitoring of staff for Covid symptoms

Support Team Member - Emergency Department - King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

(2024-10)

• Intravenous cannulation and taking blood samples
• Drug Administration
• Assisting emergency nursing and medical staff with care of patients attending for various conditions
• Asthmatics for nebulization treatment
• Fractures
• Chest pain and myocardial infarction
• Sickle Cell crisis for analgesia and intravenous fluids
• Cerebral Vascular Accident
• Minor cuts
• Gastric complaints

Registered Mental Nurse - Nursing - St George's Hospital

Registered General Nurse - Nursing - Newcastle Upon Tyne

BSc - Professional Studies in Nursing - Glasgow Caledonian University (2018-01)