Cynthia Belgrave
Stoke on Trent,staffordshire
Summary
Registered Mental Health Nurse with extensive experience in care planning, medication management, and multidisciplinary collaboration. Demonstrates expertise in ADHD assessment, patient education, and clinical leadership while maintaining adherence to professional standards and governance. Skilled in fostering innovative practices, supporting junior staff, and contributing to service improvement through evidence-based approaches. Adept at building relationships with patients, families, and teams to ensure high-quality care delivery across diverse settings. Committed to advancing mental health services through continuous professional development and collaborative practice.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Mental Health Nurse
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Stoke on Trent
10.2024 - Current
- Medication management & education– Safely administer and manage medicines in line with policy, monitor patient responses, and provide guidance and education to staff, patients, and carers.
- Clinical leadership & staff support – Support, supervise, and guide junior or less experienced staff in planning and delivering high-quality care, acting as a role model.
- Care planning & delivery– Assess care needs, develop, implement, review, and evaluate individual care plans, ensuring continuity and high standards of care across a 24-hour period.
- Monitoring & multidisciplinary collaboration – Respond promptly to changes in patient condition, liaise with the multidisciplinary team and external agencies, and communicate updates to care delivery.
- Professional standards & governance – Practice in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct, Trust policies, and national guidelines, maintaining a safe therapeutic environment.
- Practice development & innovation– Develop specialist clinical skills, promote evidence-based practice, contribute to service improvement, and support innovative nursing practice.
- Complete ACE and ADDEBROOKS for all patients.
Registered Mental Health Nurse/ADHD Assessor
Platinum Healthcare Staff Limited
04.2021 - Current
- Apply RMN expertise to monitor mental health, manage risks, provide interventions, and support patients with medication guidance and education.
- Practice according to NMC Code, legislation, and agency policies while maintaining accurate records and clinical governance.
- Conduct structured assessments, clinical interviews, and use tools like ACE-PLUS to evaluate ADHD symptoms and functional impairments.
- Work with teams, external agencies, and families to coordinate care, provide specialist advice, and ensure continuity of support.
- Contribute to evidence-based improvements, innovative practice, and service quality through audits, training, and professional development.
- Support, advise, and guide junior staff or colleagues in clinical practice and ADHD assessment.
Support Worker
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Stoke on Trent
02.2023 - 10.2024
- Assisting patients with daily activities such as personal care, meal times and promote good hygiene.
- Encouraging and supporting patients in developing independence and life skills.
- Support Children and Young People Intensive Support Hub (CYP ISH) in the community.
- Engaging patients in therapeutic activities, exercises, and social interactions.
- Observing changes in patients' behaviour, mood, and mental state.
- Recording observations in patient care plans and communicating concerns to nurses.
- Ensuring a clean, calm, and structured setting for patients.
- Managing challenging behaviours with de-escalation techniques.
- Following hospital policies to maintain a safe space for staff and patients.
Support Worker
Compassionate Healthcare
02.2020 - 10.2022
- Communicates effectively with children, young people, families, all members of the multidisciplinary team, and external agency staff using a range of methods, including information technology.
- Regularly reports and clearly communicates the health status and care goals of children, young people, and families through accurate care records and verbal reports to Registered Health Professionals and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Support children, young people, families who have ADHD.
- Builds appropriate relationships with children, young people, carers, colleagues, and others, maintaining professional boundaries at all times.
- Ensures that all actions uphold the equality, diversity, rights, and responsibilities of individuals at all times.
- Identifies, minimises, and reports any risks of danger, harm, or abuse to senior colleagues.
- Consistently minimises risks to self and others by following safe working practices.
- Works at all times within agreed and established Trust policies and operational procedures.
- Collaborates with other Trust services to promote seamless, person-centred care for service users from referral or admission through to transfer and discharge along defined care pathways.
Education
adhd training -
The spectrum clinic
01.2026
developinh healthcare talent -
NHS combined
01.2025
Masters - mental health nursing
Keele university
01.2024
Degree - public health and health service management
university of east london
01.2012
Skills
- Self-directed
- Relationship building
- Collaborative
- Innovative
- Creative
- Care planning
- Multi-disciplinary collaboration
- Patient assessment
- Medication management
Timeline
Registered Mental Health Nurse
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
10.2024 - Current
Support Worker
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
02.2023 - 10.2024
Registered Mental Health Nurse/ADHD Assessor
Platinum Healthcare Staff Limited
04.2021 - Current
Support Worker
Compassionate Healthcare
02.2020 - 10.2022
adhd training -
The spectrum clinic
developinh healthcare talent -
NHS combined
Masters - mental health nursing
Keele university
Degree - public health and health service management
university of east london