Caroline Iboyi

• Delegated clinical nursing tasks to meet patients' care requirements.
• Assessed clinical care provisions to meet required safety standards.
• Evaluated resource and service use to maximise department productivity.
• Recruited committed, hardworking clinical teams for reliable care services.
• Led high-performing clinical and community support service teams.
• Set and monitored performance targets for optimised service-user care.
• Collaborated with external providers to meet patient care continuity needs.
• Evaluated performance reports to monitor practice progress.

• Completed accurate, detailed patient records to carefully monitor progress and improvements.
• Provided cognitive behaviour therapy for depression and anxiety patients to manage healing.
• Consulted with psychiatrists and other behavioural health staff in designing appropriate treatment plans for clients.
• Recorded reactions to psychotropic drugs and other medications.
• Consulted with healthcare team to assess and execute proper patient care plans.
• Informed patients of rights to provide protective measures.
• Attended case conferences and meetings to assess treatment success rates.
• Briefed patients regarding de-escalation methods to help manage emotions.
• Implemented essential legislation requirements to fellow team members for continued compliance.
• Encouraged patients to engage in therapeutic and creative activities to assist healing process.
• Explained nature of emotional disturbances and emphasised need for treatment.

• Minimised Covid-19 transmission risk by effectively controlling number of visitors on ward.
• Administered staff scheduling, planning rotas to reflect skill mix against patient acuity and workload demand.
• Ensured continuity of care, contributing to clinical and nursing reviews to ensure accurate feedback on patient care.
• Maintained a safe ward environment by ensuring standards of cleanliness in clinical areas.
• Managed complaints, ensuring ward team proactively engaged with patients and families to achieve best outcome.
• Drove patient care quality improvement by ensuring timely completion of clinical documentation.
• Facilitated efficient ward operations by maintaining stock control, promptly re-ordering low-stock medication and supplies.
• Guaranteed ongoing availability, participating in on-call system to provide first point of contact for ward staff.
• Set and monitored performance targets for optimised service-user care.
• Managed daily service operations through strategic care planning.
• Collaborated with local authorities in safeguarding vulnerable patients.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Integrated nursing services philosophies and objectives into the management and nursing care of the patient
• Read the report of the previous shifts, happenings in the ward and special cases attended to
• Administered Medication to patients
• Responsible for the requisition of medications and special equipment for the ward
• Assessed and maintained patient physical hygiene
• Supervised and or assisted with patient's feeding
• Accompanied patients for any special therapy outside the ward
• Participated in the patient review during ward round by management team to contribute my quota
• Assessed and re-assessed patients well being and response to treatment
• Supervised nurse care assistants and health assistants and giving them practical training in ward management
• Organized and participated in local seminars
• Educated/enlightened patients and on diagnosis and treatment plans
• Counselled and reassured patients
• Participated in the admission process of new patient and proper discharge of patient
• Engaged patient in either individual or group psychotherapy when need arise, depending on set target
• Proper record keeping of any items retrieved from patient during search of their belongings and handed over to their next of kin as approved by the patient or significant authority
• Participated in special procedure for patient like Electro convulsive therapy session
• Participated in the family therapy and occupational therapy
• Assisted and taught the patients when and where necessary in the performance of Activities of Daily Living when they are unable to perform them
• Responsible for the overall management of the ward
• Accepted individual responsibility and accountability for nursing action