Experience

Remedy Healthcare Solutions

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Matron for Endoscopy

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  Compassionate inclusive leadership – leading and influencing all staff with kindness, empathy and care – is fundamental to the matron’s role. To lead and influence staff to deliver high quality care for patients by: • Being visible and providing an authoritative presence. • Using strategic thinking to spread understanding of the organisation’s aims. • Demonstrating organisational values and behaviours through role modelling and being available to support staff and… Show more Compassionate inclusive leadership – leading and influencing all staff with kindness, empathy and care – is fundamental to the matron’s role. To lead and influence staff to deliver high quality care for patients by: • Being visible and providing an authoritative presence. • Using strategic thinking to spread understanding of the organisation’s aims. • Demonstrating organisational values and behaviours through role modelling and being available to support staff and patients. • Being inclusive – advancing equality and opportunity for all and addressing inequality. •Displaying clinical and professional credibility through enabling and empowering staff. •Acting as an advocate, within their area of responsibility, on behalf of all patients, staff and carers. •Safeguarding Level 4 compliant. • Educating other professionals and members of the public about the matron’s role. • Sharing knowledge, developing broad individual and team skills and seeking out creative opportunities, as well as standardising practice. • Ensuring a professional appearance and maintaining professional standards, contributing to leading by example.

• Lead for Endoscopy

  • Jul 2022 - Feb 2023

  Senior Endoscopy Nurse for the Region, supporting the Chief Nurse for Remedy. Providing professional advice to both clinical teams and the wider corporate team. The latter in the absence of the Chief Nurse. Supporting the Lead for Nursing and Governance during negotiations in the capacity of the 'expert nurse'. Senior Sister for sites. Professional Accountability to the Chief Nurse (CN). Responsibilities to support the Chief Nurse in providing clinical leadership to the non-medical… Show more Senior Endoscopy Nurse for the Region, supporting the Chief Nurse for Remedy. Providing professional advice to both clinical teams and the wider corporate team. The latter in the absence of the Chief Nurse. Supporting the Lead for Nursing and Governance during negotiations in the capacity of the 'expert nurse'. Senior Sister for sites. Professional Accountability to the Chief Nurse (CN). Responsibilities to support the Chief Nurse in providing clinical leadership to the non-medical workforce. Attend Clinical Steering Group and Governance meetings. Approve non-registered and registered staff. Specifically, advise the wider team in aspects relating to the clinical workforce. Ensure that all sessions identified, are staffed in accordance to agreed levels. Ensure that all mandatory checks are carried out in relation to nursing workforce, reporting any concerns to the Chief Nurse. Mobilising new endoscopy services in partnership with the NHS.

• Senior Clinical Nurse Endoscopy

  • May 2021 - Jul 2022

  Senior Clinical Nurse and lead nurse coordinator for Remedy Healthcare solutions. Providing professional advice to both clinical teams and the wider corporate team. The latter in the absence of the Chief Nurse. Supporting the Lead for Nursing and Governance during negotiations in the capacity of the 'expert nurse'. Senior Sister for sites. The majority of time spent running insourcing contracts and meeting target waiting lists helping to reduce the diagnostic and clinic backlog within NHS… Show more Senior Clinical Nurse and lead nurse coordinator for Remedy Healthcare solutions. Providing professional advice to both clinical teams and the wider corporate team. The latter in the absence of the Chief Nurse. Supporting the Lead for Nursing and Governance during negotiations in the capacity of the 'expert nurse'. Senior Sister for sites. The majority of time spent running insourcing contracts and meeting target waiting lists helping to reduce the diagnostic and clinic backlog within NHS hospital trusts.

• Lead Nurse Coordinator Endoscopy

  • Oct 2020 - May 2021

  Lead nurse coordinator for Remedy Healthcare solutions. The majority of time spent running insourcing contracts and meeting target waiting lists helping to reduce the diagnostic and clinic backlog within NHS hospital trusts.



Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Endoscopy Manager

  • Jun 2021 - Feb 2023

  Ensuring safe and effective care through the provision of a streamlined and robust service by a highly qualified competent and commited team of endoscopy nurses and clinicians. I am self motivated, passionate, enthusiastic individual with a drive for endoscopy. I am able to motivate and develop the team with visual daily leadership. It is my responsibility to ensure all patients have their individual care needs assessed and are involved with all decisions surrounding their care. Ensuring… Show more Ensuring safe and effective care through the provision of a streamlined and robust service by a highly qualified competent and commited team of endoscopy nurses and clinicians. I am self motivated, passionate, enthusiastic individual with a drive for endoscopy. I am able to motivate and develop the team with visual daily leadership. It is my responsibility to ensure all patients have their individual care needs assessed and are involved with all decisions surrounding their care. Ensuring patients within the endoscopy unit are treated with dignity and respect and are happy with the investigations, interventions and treatments carried out and that they are completed within a timely manner. I am responsible for the patients receiving the best experience from the nursing team whilst they are within the unit, that the staff invoved within their care are welcoming and promote a positive image of self and the unit team as a whole. I make sure the team know their own responsibilities with regards to a patients safety and well being. It is also my responsibilty to ensure staff are fully trained to a high standard and are competent and confident to perform any task. Ensuring staff are flexible and hardworking and take responsibility for their own work and personal development. Ensuring any potential risks are identified and dealt with in regards to skills gaps or rota issues are dealt with and highlighted in accordance with trust policy. I am responsible for our nursing team recruitment process for any vacancies and managing the trust sickness and absence policy in accordance to the trust. I proactively supervise the whole endoscopy team- agreeing objectives with the senior nurses to promote and encourage and visible authoritive presence to support and supervise all the junior staff and mentor our new members of the team. Ensuring the team feel guided and supported at all times to encourage ideas for improvement and innovation and highlighting the future stars of the service.

• Sister - Endoscopy

  • Jun 2019 - Jun 2021

  Endoscopy unit sister. Taking charge of the endoscopy unit daily. Providing leadership to the team. Planning staffing and skill mix supporting the unit manager. Expert endoscopy nurse. Working under pressure, adaptable, excellent time management skills, able to prioritise workload. Driven, professional and accountable for all actions. Competent to perform all procedures to a high standard. Prioritising and implimenting in and out patient care within the unit. Maintaining a safe environment for… Show more Endoscopy unit sister. Taking charge of the endoscopy unit daily. Providing leadership to the team. Planning staffing and skill mix supporting the unit manager. Expert endoscopy nurse. Working under pressure, adaptable, excellent time management skills, able to prioritise workload. Driven, professional and accountable for all actions. Competent to perform all procedures to a high standard. Prioritising and implimenting in and out patient care within the unit. Maintaining a safe environment for all patients and staff. Conducting huddles, team briefs, de briefs, facilitating training and training initiatives with the full support of the Gastro and Respiratory consultants. Completing ILM2 in Team working and Leadership. Completing Core People Management skills and Talent Management. Conducting appraisals and sickness return to work meetings. Building weekly off duty and covering skills gaps where necessary. Treating all patients with respect and dignity and giving the patient the best experience possible whilst within the endoscopy unit. Performing audits and maintianing high quality patient care. Working within the procedure rooms supporting junior staff with visual leaderhship. Monitoring staff performance and underperformance. Defusing conflict should it arise. Monitoring own performance and being self aware. Maintaing PDP to underpin experience. ILS trained. Audits – Patient surveys, decontamination • JAG / GIN / HTM01-06 knowledge • Revalidation completed. Driving staff towards the shared goal of the unit and promoting the vision of the trust making our unit fit for the future as part of the trust Big Plan.

• Staff Registered Nurse Endoscopy

  • Apr 2018 - Jun 2019

  Completed Adult Nursing degree (2:1). Staff nurse endoscopy. Admitting patients for a wide range of procedures. Ogd, Flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, EUS, ERCP, VCD, Broncoscopy and EBUS TBNA. Thoracoscopys, IPC BTVA Competent in all Bronchoscopy/Respiratory diagnositc and therapeutic work. Bronchoscopy, EBUS TBNA, Thoracoscopy, VCD, C-PEX, BTVA (bronchoscopic thermal vapor ablation for managing severe emphysema) IPC placement and removal - CRYO, C-Pex. National BCSP programme. Taking full… Show more Completed Adult Nursing degree (2:1). Staff nurse endoscopy. Admitting patients for a wide range of procedures. Ogd, Flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, EUS, ERCP, VCD, Broncoscopy and EBUS TBNA. Thoracoscopys, IPC BTVA Competent in all Bronchoscopy/Respiratory diagnositc and therapeutic work. Bronchoscopy, EBUS TBNA, Thoracoscopy, VCD, C-PEX, BTVA (bronchoscopic thermal vapor ablation for managing severe emphysema) IPC placement and removal - CRYO, C-Pex. National BCSP programme. Taking full medical historys and allowing the patients to make fully informed decisions within the consent process regarding their own plan of care. Managing acute upper Gi Bleeds and monotoring acutely unwell/ deteriorating patients. Performing all procedures and therapeutic intervention. Competent in assisting in all elements of GI tract interventions ERCP competent,Pre-assessment working within my own PGD Competent in the decontamination process for all scopes used within the endoscopy unit. Supporting the sister/ lead nurse coordinator. Discharging patients fully informing them of all findings and further treatment plans. Completing documentation. Maintaining personal development and mandatory training. Me toring junior members of the team and student nurses within the unit.

• Assistant Practitioner Endoscopy

  • Jun 2013 - Apr 2018

  Completed Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care (Assistant Practitioner). AP in Endoscopy- admitting patients for a wide range of endoscopic procedures and broncoscopy. Assisting the clinician during diagnostic and surveillance procedures. Supporting the team during acute and upper gi bleeds, ERCP. Recovering patients and supporting the lead nurse coordinator. Second checking of medication and all blood products. Competent in venpuncture, cannulation, ECG. Competent to perform all… Show more Completed Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care (Assistant Practitioner). AP in Endoscopy- admitting patients for a wide range of endoscopic procedures and broncoscopy. Assisting the clinician during diagnostic and surveillance procedures. Supporting the team during acute and upper gi bleeds, ERCP. Recovering patients and supporting the lead nurse coordinator. Second checking of medication and all blood products. Competent in venpuncture, cannulation, ECG. Competent to perform all elements of the decontamination process. Maintaining a safe environment for all our patients.

• Assistant Practitioner MAU

  • Mar 2012 - Jun 2013

  Medical Assessment Unit- supporting the ward and senior nurses. Working within the assessment process on admissions to the ward. Taking medical historys, bloods, ECG, venepuncture and cannulation, catheterisation, second checking of medications and all blood products. Taking a team. Accurate and thorough documentation. Completed inhourse Assistant Practitioner course plus Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care (assistant practitioner).

• Band 3 HCA MAU

  • Jun 2010 - Mar 2012

  Medical Assesment Unit- senior HCA - carrying out venepuncture, monitoring vital signs- calculating NEWS scores and early warning signs - escalating and highlighting patient deterioration to nurse in charge/ outreach timely. Accurate record keeping within real time.

• Band 2 HCA MAU

  • Nov 2009 - Aug 2010

  Medical Assesment Unit- Healthcare assistant providing support to the ward and senior nurses in giving excellent standards of nursing care to all the patients within the medical assessment unit. Completed NVQ 2 & 3 in Health and Social Care.


Totally Healthcare
• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Lead Nurse Coordinator Endoscopy

  • Nov 2018 - Nov 2020


Medinet

• Chile
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Endoscopy Nurse

  • Apr 2015 - Apr 2020

  Endoscopy Nurse and Decontamination Assistant Endoscopy Nurse and Decontamination Assistant


Alimentary Solutions Ltd
• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Lead Nurse Coordinator Endoscopy

  • Aug 2017 - Nov 2019


Northwood Nursing Home

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Auxiliary

  • Apr 1994 - Nov 2009

  Caring for all residents on a day to day with a wide spectrum of needs. Patients with Dementia, Altzeimers disease and personality disorders, mental health issues Caring for all residents on a day to day with a wide spectrum of needs. Patients with Dementia, Altzeimers disease and personality disorders, mental health issues



Kirby and Hughes Funeral Service

• Funeral Director

  • Mar 1993 - Jan 1994

  Funeral Director- Booking and conducting funerals. Care of the deceased, embalming, out of hours cover and calls, sudden deaths - working for the local coroner. Funeral Director- Booking and conducting funerals. Care of the deceased, embalming, out of hours cover and calls, sudden deaths - working for the local coroner.