Catherine McMenamin
Stockport
Summary
Highly-motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner with extensive experience supporting fast-paced primary and urgent care teams. Multi-skilled in assessment, diagnosis and treatment for safe, attentive patient assistance. Proactive and flexible for responsive support and good team collaboration under pressure.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Advanced Paramedic Practitioner - Urgent Care
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
London
11.2020 - Current
- Rotation across a range of diverse responsibilities to include: weekly rotation into GP and UTC dealing with a diverse range of typical minor illness and injury patients; solo car responder to minor illness, injury, complex comorbidity, and EOLC patients; Emergency Control Dispatch of APPs Urgent Care across London, including call back, triage and identification of suitable patient presentations; clinical leadership and development of APPs, Paramedics and EMTs.
- Working in a busy UTC colocated multidisciplinary ED setting, trying on average to see a patient every 20 minutes.
- Working in a mixed demographic GP setting, seeing on average 16 patients per day in 20 minute consultation slots.
- Exposure to a vast range of acute on-the-day and chronic illness or injury management, including suitable diagnostics and referrals.
Medical Coordinator
Medical Volunteers International
Athens
05.2020 - 08.2021
- Management of 10-20 Volunteer Medics with varying country qualifications and skills bases (Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics, Medical Students) on a rotational basis, including rostering appropriately, establishing and supervising Primary Care clinics (during COVID-19 this included rapidly morphing the programme to digi-health and tele-triage appropriately), working and leading in a non-clinical and low resource setting.
- Project Management of 15,000 EUR/annum medical NGO mission delivering multiple points of Primary Care clinics across Athens, including liaising and building significant partnerships from MSF to Help Refugees and integrating beneficiaries into a complex INGO and Greek NHS network.
- Integral in designing and establishing our system of support, NHS integration and service provision for c.1000 patient F2Fs per month and multiple more teletriage/teleconsultation connections.
- Mixed demographic beneficiary base: 0-90 years old; multiple nationalities/languages; chronic and acute problems.
Trainee Senior Paramedic
North West Ambulance Service
Tameside
01.2016 - 11.2020
- Team supervisory duties, including CPD, Core Training, Sickness Management, Resources Management (Ambulances, Rota etc), Team Developmental responsibilities.
- Paramedic, on rota, responding to diverse jobs while on shift.
- Cadet, Student Nurse, Paramedic and EMT placement or newly qualified shift supervision – ensuring their safe practice within guidelines and under my HCPC registration. Helping them develop their history taking, handovers and patient management where needed.
Consultant
CM (HR) Consulting Ltd
London
10.2012 - 01.2016
- Set up own freelance company to fund Paramedic studies; regular speaker at events, organise topical seminars and source suitable speakers, present on topical items, liaise with various levels of experience in a technical subject.
Student Paramedic
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
London
09.2012 - 09.2015
- Worked alongside various mentors and spending my final year of 3 using all Paramedic level skills.
Global Reward Project Manager
Oxfam Gb
Oxford
02.2011 - 09.2012
- Responsible for management of a team of 14 (4 in person, 10 remote staff), working across 80 countries delivering a complex integration project.
- Designed and led remote training sessions, skype mentoring, and providing support and coaching in my area of technical expertise to both junior and directorate level within the team and throughout the global HR and management network.
- Liaised with all levels of staffing from country to CEOs/HR Directors, nuancing my communication appropriately.
- Creating and reviewing project communications, from Board presentations to country level supporting information packs.
Senior HR Consultant
ORC Ltd, a Mercer Group Company
London
02.2005 - 02.2011
- Key contact for a range of diverse contacts in the Charity sector globally.
- Trained client HR and line management teams to interpret and use technical data and related policies effectively in their organisation, including designing and leading regular training seminars.
HR Management Trainee
Diageo Ireland
Dublin
09.2001 - 02.2004
- Managed Graduate Recruitment Programme and Summer Internship Programme: attracting applicants through to assessment and recruitment; acting as a mentor; providing support; organising social events.
- Assisted in setting up a development and training plan for both programmes across all disciplines; sourced trainers, organised logistics.
Education
Master of Science - Advanced Clinical Practice
St George’s, University of London
London, ENG 01.2021 - 07.2024
Bachelor of Science - 1st Class Honours - Paramedic Science
University of Greenwich
Independent Prescriber -
City University of London
London 05.2024 - 03.2025
Skills
- Minor Illness & Injury: 6 years experience in a Primary & Urgent Care setting, dealing with diverse range of acute on the day and chronic GP & UTC style presentations and management
- Communication, training & mentoring: most recently assisted with North London GP Training alongside Dy Lyann Gross (Primary Care Consultant, LAS); have designed and delivered training to medical volunteers and patients in Greece; led and mentored a globally located team and organisation-wide international project at Oxfam International
- CPD: Red Whale GPCPD, e-Learning for Healthcare, Stryker Virtual ECG Course, various external forums and Prehospital Care Programme events; completed core refresher skills days within NWAS & LAS
- Clinical: Advanced Pre-hospital Urgent Care, Teletriage, Teleconsultation, MTS, Prescribing to follow shortly
- Project: Advanced Project and Primary Care Coordination
- Languages: Basic French, Beginner Arabic
Affiliations
- HCPC Membership
Timeline
Independent Prescriber -
City University of London
05.2024 - 03.2025
Master of Science - Advanced Clinical Practice
St George’s, University of London
01.2021 - 07.2024
Advanced Paramedic Practitioner - Urgent Care
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
11.2020 - Current
Medical Coordinator
Medical Volunteers International
05.2020 - 08.2021
Trainee Senior Paramedic
North West Ambulance Service
01.2016 - 11.2020
Consultant
CM (HR) Consulting Ltd
10.2012 - 01.2016
Student Paramedic
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
09.2012 - 09.2015
Global Reward Project Manager
Oxfam Gb
02.2011 - 09.2012
Senior HR Consultant
ORC Ltd, a Mercer Group Company
02.2005 - 02.2011
HR Management Trainee
Diageo Ireland
09.2001 - 02.2004
Bachelor of Science - 1st Class Honours - Paramedic Science
University of Greenwich
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