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
