Amie Finnerty

Qualified children's and intellectual disabilities nurse with experience in tertiary care settings. Skilled in neurology, metabolic conditions, nephrology, urology and complex patient care. Strong clinical competencies in medication management, central access management, safeguarding and patient advocacy. Experienced in supporting student nurses and newly qualified staff development.

Band 5 Staff Nurse at Evelina London Children's Hospital (2025-09 – Present)

Working in Savannah ward - Neurology and metabolic sciences ward with children from birth to 17 years in a tertiary care centre. Managing complex neurological and metabolic conditions with multidisciplinary teams.

• Working with children from birth to 17 years of age
• Working within a MDT in a tertiary care centre
• Management of complex neuro conditions including dystonia and seizure management
• Management of complex metabolic conditions eg; GSD, PKU, MSUD
• Pre-operative and post-operative care for neurological surgeries eg; DBS insertion
• Blood profiling for metabolic patient management
• Managing patient feeding regimes, dietetic requirements, specialised feeds, total parental nutrition
• Intravenous medication administration and drug management
• Central access management and blood withdrawals
• Assessor and supporting supervisor for student nurses and newly qualified nurses
• Teaching families competencies for child specific needs
• Documentation, safeguarding and palliative care planning

Band 5 Staff Nurse at Evelina London Children's Hospital (2024-09 – 2025-09)

Worked in Beach ward - Nephrology and Urology ward and Short stay surgical ward with children from birth to 17 years. Managed post-operative care for kidney transplants, nephrectomies, and general surgical procedures.

• Nurse in charge shifts and management experience at ward level
• Pre-operative and post-operative care for nephrology and urology surgeries
• Pre-operative and post-operative care for short stay surgery under multiple specialties
• Management of post operative infusions and wounds
• Management of catheters, fluid balance monitoring, urine testing
• Administration of ACE Inhibitors, immunosuppressants and prophylactic medications
• Supervisor for student nurses and supporting newly qualified nurses
• Safeguarding, documentation and emergency response in crash calls

Student Nurse Placement at Rowan View Complex and Secure Health (2023-12 – 2024-03)

Placement in Female Intellectual Disabilities Secure Facility working with offenders with mental health disorders and disabilities.

• Working with offenders with mental health disorders and disabilities
• Work with Multi-Disciplinary practices
• Providing timely and effective medication as individually prescribed
• Noting the need for and providing PRN medication
• Providing and maintaining safety
• Reassessment of care plans and individual patient safety regulations
• Patient documentation
• Shift planning and staff management
• Manual handling and use of safe restraints
• Escalating concerns

Student Nurse Placement at Alder Hey Children's Hospital (2023-04 – 2023-07)

Placement in Neuromedical and Neurorehabilitation Specialist Ward.

• Shift Work
• Providing care for children and their families
• Worked cohesively with nursing staff
• Clinical patient observations
• BM and Ketone testing
• Manual handling
• Neurological observations
• Escalating concerns
• Providing safeguarding support

Student Nurse Placement at Alder Hey Children's Hospital (2022-12 – 2023-03)

Placement in Neurology and Orthopaedic Specialist Surgical Ward.

• Shift Work
• Manual handling
• Providing care for children
• Providing emotional support to families and carers
• Personal care and hygiene tasks
• Clinical patient observations
• Neurological observations
• Escalating concerns

Student Nurse Placement at Alder Hey Children's Hospital (2022-04 – 2022-07)

Placement in Learning Disabilities and Complex Needs Team.

• Assessing care plans for patients
• Assessing the need for patient intervention
• Applying safe hold techniques
• Play therapy
• Distraction therapy
• Addressing post intervention stress
• Providing children with diagnostic pathways

Student Nurse Placement at Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Community team (2021-12 – 2022-02)

Placement in Complex needs Diagnosis Team providing community nursing services.

• Community nursing
• Diagnostic pathways for children with ASD and learning disabilities
• Working within an MDT
• Following pathways for care packages for children with additional needs
• Attending schools to amend care packages
• Assessing the need for further community intervention
• Leading psychiatric assessments

Health Care Assistant at NHS Professionals (2022-03 – 2024-07)

Bank healthcare assistant working across multiple areas and specialties providing patient-centred care and support to nursing staff.

• Monitoring of patient welfare
• Providing high quality patient centred care
• Standard, neurological, post surgical and psychiatric observations
• Ensuring accurate input and output monitoring
• Personal care needs provision
• Assessing and managing patient risks
• Safeguarding patients
• Supporting nursing and care staff with patient care and interventions

MSci in Children's and Intellectual Disabilities Nursing – Edge Hill University (2020 – 2024)

Leaving Certificate – St Brendan's CS (2014 – 2020)

Junior Certificate – St Brendan's CS (2017)