BIBI PONDOR
WELLINGBOROUGH,Northamptonshire
Summary
A knowledgeable, enthusiastic and registered learning disability nurse with 25 years’ experience with both mental health, and learning disability setting. I have worked in a variety of clinical practice such as: mental health dual diagnosis, personality disorder, learning disability services, low secure rehab services, adolescent crisis services, low secure men services, low secure women services, medium secure men services, medium secure women services, admission ward for both women and men services, complex health needs services for adolescent children, respite care for learning disability and mental health services and community services within all range of different needs expected. I have the experience providing high quality care patient centred care, committed to national service framework N.I.C.E and essence of care initiatives and work closely with the care philosophy of the hospitals.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Senior Staff Nurse
St Andrews Hospital
2011.06 - 2026.04
- Development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care, promote the importance of effective outcome focused care plans to meet individual preferences and needs, attending and contributing to ward rounds.
- Drug administration, oxygen administration, and intramuscular injections, administration of other topical medicines.
- Working with mental health service users in a multi-professional setting.
- Nursing patient with severe mental illness, from mild to moderate and from low secure to acute setting.
- Liaising with other professionals to provide quality care and work closely and collaboratively with other professionals to provide best standard of care in line with NICE guidelines.
- Being the nurse in charge of the shift and ensure patient needs are met.
- Involved in the screening, assessment and follow up and support of patients.
- Completing CPA reports, Tribunal reports, Complete weekly agenda meeting for patients.
- Completing medication reviews and other multi-disciplinary reviews, reviewing moods and behaviours with the consultant and ward doctors.
- Supporting and mentoring and supervising junior staff nurses, student nurses, and Health care assistants.
- Maintaining a high standard of nursing care during procedures and treatments through supervision and instructions.
- Working and providing nursing care and being the registered nurse and being in charge in a variety of settings, such as brain injury ward, low rehab ward and low secure, to medium secure men and women ward, and adolescents, and from admission to acute setting for both men and women.
- Reporting to senior managers.
- Dealing with patients with crisis behaviour and mental illness, such as using de-escalation techniques to resolve aggressive and physical aggression, distractions and diffusion techniques, verbal and non-verbal communication and helping patients to cope in different clinical environment.
- Completing own IPDR and other staff IPDR.
- Attending and completing all the necessary training and all IPDR for other staff.
- Completed required ward audits in line with the clinical Governance strategy.
- Ensuring all patients records, records of risk and interventions that have been taken up are up to date and accurate.
- Support the division to deliver specific outcome measures.
- Building and monitoring ongoing relationships with patients, their families and carers to encourage trust, whilst listening to and interpreting their needs and concerns.
- Plan, organise and deploy staff according to competencies and workload in order to meet patient needs.
- Effectively communicate with all MDT members, taking positive risks to manage the care environment and reduce the use of restrictive practices.
Senior Staff Nurse
Northamptonshire Health Care NHS Trust
2001.06 - 2011.06
- Worked as a senior staff nurse in community houses for patients with learning disabilities and challenging behaviours.
- Be the nurse in charge and completing the shift rotas and complete allocations shifts.
- Drug administrations and responsible for the custody, storage, and administration of medicines.
- Development of care plan package, monitor and reviewing care.
- Liasing with other health care professionals and social workers.
- Supporting assessing student nurses, assessing NVQ students level 2 and 3 in care.
- Managing patient behaviours that challenges the services and provide strategies for coping.
- Liaise with other professionals and multi-disciplinary for works.
- Participate in own personal and professional development.
- Plan, organise and deploy staff according to competencies and workload in order to meet patient needs.
- Devising time table for developing therapeutic activities time table for patients.
- Maximise patient potential in developing independence and encouraging patients to have access to the wider community services.
Ward Deputy Manager
Northamptonshire Health Care Trust
2005.06 - 2006.03
- Working as a ward deputy manager in a complex health needs settings with dual diagnosis learning disability and mental health.
- Completing the duty rota taking into consideration with all the skills mix and ensuring adequate staffing on the ward.
- Provide supervision to junior staff nurses and other health care assistants and receive my own supervision.
- Completing IPDR-s for other junior staff nurses and health care assistants.
- Ensuring cash flow is enough for the week and participate in good budgeting for positive cash flow.
- Ensure smooth running of the wards that is conducive to positive learning environment.
- Attending weekly meeting with the senior managers and debriefing info’s in the team.
- Providing and attending care plan meeting to discuss patients holistic needs.
- Assessing student nurses and senior health care assistants for drugs assessments and other NVQ programmes level 2 and 3.
- Completing my own professional development and personal development and attending other trainings.
- Charing staff monthly staff meetings and other ward meetings, and handovers.
- Providing and ensuring a high standard of care are being delivered to patient groups and their needs are met and participate in regular reviews with the consultant psychiatrist.
Senior Staff Nurse
Rockingham Forest NHS Trust
1997.12 - 2001.06
- Works in respite care unit for adolescents as a senior staff nurse, nursing patients with complex health needs and working as a senior staff nurse in different community settings for patients with learning disability, challenging behaviours and physical disabilities; working with learning disability directorate, improving the quality of life and reducing the risk in the least restrictive way.
- Nurse in charge for running shift.
- Supporting junior staff nurses and other health care assistants, supervising them in a variety of tasks.
- Drug administration, and safe storage of medication according to policies and procedures.
- Maintaining health and safety at work.
- Working closely with families and doctors and multi-disciplinary team.
- Development, implementation and evaluation of care.
- Monitoring healthcare needs and reporting and documenting it.
- Involved in the screening, assessment, and follow up support of patients.
- Responsible of a patient group and act as an associate nurse to provide holistic care.
- Providing e assessment and formulation of different care-plans, based on clinical evidence and therapeutics interventions.
- Maintaining a high standard of care and maximising patients.
- Managing physical verbal aggression, by using supporting behaviour approach.
Senior Staff Nurse
West Hertfordshire Community Trust
1996.06 - 1997.07
- Worked as a senior staff nurse for a respite care with children with complex health needs.
- Assessing planning, implementing and evaluating care.
- Being the nurse in charge to run day to day shift.
- Plan care, monitor and review with multidisciplinary team.
- Liasing and working with multi-professional agency for providing high standard of care.
- Working collaboratively and co-operatively with other family members and consultants and ward doctors to provide the best care.
- Reporting to senior managers, completing nursing reports.
- Acting as a group care-co-ordinator for a group of patients and monitor their health and well-being.
- Maintaining a safe and secure environment following policies and procedures.
- Administering medication orally, topically and via gastro tubes.
- Participating in clinical audit and other audits.
- Supervising junior staff nurses and student nurses and other health care assistants.
- Attending care-plan meeting, doing others supervision and attending my own supervision.
Education
High School -
State Secondary School
1988.01 - 1989.01
Diploma - Pre-Nursing course
Colchester Institute
1990.09 - 1992.09
Diploma - Nursing
University of Essex / Anglia Polytechnic University
1992.09 - 1995.09
Registered Nurse - Learning Disability Nurse
English National Board of Nursing and Midwifery, and Health Visiting
1995.09 -
Diploma Level 1 - Economics, Management, Accounting, Business Administration
The Associations of Business Executive Board
1996.09 -
Certificate - Coping with Violence and aggression, Prevention and management techniques for practitioners
London City and Guilds, Rockingham Forest NHS Trust
1999.11 - 2000.12
Mental Health Degree - undefined
Northampton University
2004.09 -
Foundation in Management - undefined
Northamptonshire Health Care Trust
2002.01 - 2004.09
NVQ Level 4 Registered Manager - undefined
City and Guilds London Institute
2008.12 -
Skills
- Good communication skills and professional approach to work
- Flexible and able to work independently
- Possessing a confident and articulate manner
- Able to respond to distressed patient by using a positive non-judgemental approach
- Good interpersonal skills and remained focused and a high level of understanding of patient needs due to 25 years experience as a senior staff nurse in a variety of settings
- Able to work under pressure and ability to stay calm under pressure
- Able to re-act quickly and effective when dealing with challenging situations
- Good listening skills and empathic skills to build therapeutic rapports with patients
- Highly resilient and able have good problems solving skills
- Clinical skills such as vital observations, clinical assessments, planning implementation and evaluation of care, wound care, IM injections
- Management skills, leadership skills, teaching skills for junior staff, patient education, staff supervising, medication administration, healthcare management, holistic CPA reports, charting and reporting, nursing staff leadership, staff performance evaluation
- Understanding of the mental health Act
- Experience of working in both NHS and private hospital
Certification
- December 2000 Coping with Violence and aggression, certificate Prevention and management techniques for practitioners.
- London City and Guilds, Rockingham Forest NHS Trust November 1999 and December 2000 D32/D33 Assessor course
- Leadership at the point of care
- Counselling skills
- Student Nurses Assessment course
REFERENCES
- Rahman, Olusesi, ROlusesi@stah.org, 07737031088
- Services@stah.org, 01604 616000, St Andrews Hospital, Northampton
THE FOLLOWING TRAINING COMPLETED
- Safe Medication Management -safe Administration of Medicines – 2021-01-12
- Physical Health Observations foundation skills-2021-01-06
- Immediate Life Support Training- 2024-12-17
- Self -Harm suicidal Training – 2024-10-26
- Infection Control in a clinical and non -clinical area 2020-12-16
- Mental Capacity Assessment -2021-03-31
- MHA,MCA, and Dols 2025-03-30
- Search Training 2025-01-09
- Least Restrictive Practice 2021-04-18
- Seclusion training -2025-05-09
- Fire Safety Awareness Training 2025-05-28
- Safeguarding level 3 – 2021-04-29
- Safeguarding level 1 – 2021-04-29
- Positive Behaviour Workshop -2025-05-09
- MAPPA disengagement practical -2025-05-09
- Collaboration risk assessment -2021-04-30
- Management of Actual and Potential Aggression (Mappa) 2021-05-09
- Essential Skills Refresher (Safety intervention) 2025-05-09
- Enhanced support 2025-05-09
- Ascom Alarm Training 2025-11-24
- National Warning Score (NEWS2) 2025-08-04
- Datix Incident Reporting 2025-07-31
- Cyber Security awareness 2025-07-28
- Safety Intervention Training 2025-07-28
- Information Governance and Information Security 2025-07-28
- Closed cultures and our roles in opening them up 2025-07-24
- Introduction to Co-Production 2025-06-27
- Dysphagia Awareness 2025-05-28
- Relational security course 2025-05-09
- Transgender Awareness 2020-11-22
Timeline
Senior Staff Nurse
St Andrews Hospital
2011.06 - 2026.04
NVQ Level 4 Registered Manager - undefined
City and Guilds London Institute
2008.12 -
Ward Deputy Manager
Northamptonshire Health Care Trust
2005.06 - 2006.03
Mental Health Degree - undefined
Northampton University
2004.09 -
Foundation in Management - undefined
Northamptonshire Health Care Trust
2002.01 - 2004.09
Senior Staff Nurse
Northamptonshire Health Care NHS Trust
2001.06 - 2011.06
Certificate - Coping with Violence and aggression, Prevention and management techniques for practitioners
London City and Guilds, Rockingham Forest NHS Trust
1999.11 - 2000.12
Senior Staff Nurse
Rockingham Forest NHS Trust
1997.12 - 2001.06
Diploma Level 1 - Economics, Management, Accounting, Business Administration
The Associations of Business Executive Board
1996.09 -
Senior Staff Nurse
West Hertfordshire Community Trust
1996.06 - 1997.07
Registered Nurse - Learning Disability Nurse
English National Board of Nursing and Midwifery, and Health Visiting
1995.09 -
Diploma - Nursing
University of Essex / Anglia Polytechnic University
1992.09 - 1995.09
Diploma - Pre-Nursing course
Colchester Institute
1990.09 - 1992.09
High School -
State Secondary School
1988.01 - 1989.01