Emily Elsaegh
Thornbury,South Gloucestershire
Summary
I am a senior nursing and operational manager with eight years of diverse experience in direct patient care and providing strategic leadership in acute trusts. I am a visionary and innovator who has developed and implemented a new multi-million-pound patient service. My key skills are problem-solving and identifying improvement opportunities to better clinical provisions. I am committed to delivering high-quality, compassionate care and creating a positive workplace environment.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
ECMO Lead Nurse
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston
Bristol
02.2022 - Current
- Bristol Severe Respiratory Failure and ECMO Service was the sixth ECMO Centre in the United Kingdom, commissioned in January 2022. I was appointed as the ECMO Lead Nurse, one of the six core members of the ECMO Board.
- I wrote and provided the training material for the Bristol ECMO Course, ECMO study days and ECMO competency pathways.
- I collaborated with multi-disciplinary team members and external providers to meet patient care needs, specifically the ECMO Network/ELSO across the United Kingdom.
- I wrote Standard Operating Procedures, pathways, guidelines and information leaflets.
- I implemented clear quality standards and performance targets to maintain first-class patient provisions and assessed clinical care to meet required safety standards.
- I recruited and trained a highly specialised clinical team.
- I presented financial forecasts to assess progress against targets and planned annual budgets to meet operational needs within financial targets.
- I attended ECMO conventions to monitor product and service evolutions.
Cardiothoracic Critical Care Sister
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston
Bristol
11.2021 - Current
- I oversaw patient care and unit operations in line with clinical priorities as the primary nurse in charge.
- I maintained smooth, efficient elective surgery service by organising the unit workload.
- I trained and mentored team members, building confidence and competence to ensure outstanding patient provisions and efficient clinical teamwork.
- I performed appraisals and managed junior staff, including overseeing daily activities, continuous development and sickness.
- I identified areas needing clinical improvement through audits and feedback and implemented service improvement projects.
- I educated patients, caregivers and families on diagnoses, treatment and disease prevention.
- I provided excellent care focusing on patient safety, experience and dignity.
Adult Critical Care Sister
The Royal London Hospital
London
06.2019 - 11.2021
- Level 1 Trauma and Neurological Critical Care Unit - speciality included managing severe trauma and multiple injuries, massive haemorrhage, ICD Bolt, EVDs and neuroprotective measures.
- I used outstanding planning and prioritisation abilities to oversee the management of up to 88 patients.
- I collaborated with multidisciplinary team members to devise, implement and modify care plans and define patient goals.
- I trained and mentored team members, building confidence and competence to ensure outstanding patient provisions and efficient clinical teamwork.
- I performed appraisals and managed junior staff, including overseeing daily activities, continuous development and sickness.
- I managed critically ill patients with skilled interventions using a wide variety of life-saving equipment.
- I educated patients, caregivers and families on diagnoses, treatment and disease prevention.
Cardiothoracic Critical Care Senior Staff Nurse
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Cambridge
07.2018 - 06.2019
- Tertiary referral Cardiothoracic Critical Care Unit - speciality includes cardiac output monitoring, pulmonary artery catheter, intra-aortic balloon pumps, pacing, cell-savers, VADs and ECMO.
- I oversaw many patients' care and nursing protocols as pod leader and clinical support nurse.
- I provided education on hospital policies and procedures, patient care skills, medical procedures and techniques and patient assessments and interventions.
Critical Care Staff Nurse
Ipswich Hospital, East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Ipswich, Suffolk
09.2015 - 07.2018
- I oversaw many patients' care and nursing protocols as pod leader and clinical support nurse.
- I completed audits and identified and carried out service improvement projects.
- Trained and mentored new and junior team members, building confidence and competence to ensure outstanding patient provisions.
- I managed critically ill patients with pro-active prediction of complications and skilled interventions using of a wide variety of life-saving equipment.
- I responded to incidents promptly, escalating to senior nursing staff for assistance when required.
- I provided excellent care with focus on patient safety and comfort.
Education
Master - Public Health
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh09.2024
Postgraduate Course - Major Trauma: critical care management (level 7)
City University of London
London 01.2020 - 05.2020
Postgraduate Certificate - Critical Care (level 7)
University of East Anglia
Chelmsford, Essex 09.2017 - 05.2018
BSc - Adult Nursing
University of Suffolk
Suffolk 09.2012 - 05.2015
A-Levels -
Farlingaye High School
Suffolk 09.2009 - 05.2011
Skills
Change management
- Commissioned a new severe respiratory failure and ECMO service at Bristol Royal Infirmary, including submission of nursing models to support the proposal
- I collaborated with three separate intensive care units to provide the severe respiratory failure and Bristol ECMO service I successfully employed nurses from all units while maintaining their position in their local intensive care
- I led a team of 30 senior and 30 junior nursing staff through a series of changes, including teaching crucial new skills and knowledge and implementing new clinical governance
Strategic planning
- I implemented a new nurse's strategy within the ECMO service, taking into account the current strategies of the three involved trusts This involved extensive consultation with key stakeholders across the hospitals, including the directors and heads of nursing
Organisational and nursing leadership
- I strengthened collaborative partnerships with ECMO centres across the United Kingdom
- I established the role of ECMO nurse specialist and developed the clinical competency framework
- I installed the role of pod leader in cardiothoracic critical care
Quality and improvement
- Conducted numerous service improvement projects following audit and feedback
Personal
- Considerable experience in Critical Care nursing, including trauma, neuro, cardiothoracic, paediatric short stay and general critical care
Certification
- Bristol ECMO Course - Bristol Heart Institute 2022
- Intermediate Life Support Training - Bristol Heart Institute 2022
- Leadership and Management Course - NHS Leadership Academy 2022
- Basic Life Support Training - Bristol Heart Institute 2021
- Post Transplant Care Training - Royal Papworth Hospital 2019
- ECMO Course - Royal Papworth Hospital 2019
- VAD Course - Royal Papworth Hospital 2019
- Transport of Critically Ill Patient Training - Royal Papworth Hospital 2019
- Cannulation and Venopuncture Training - Ipswich Hospital 2018
Affiliations
Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
Member of the Royal College of Nursing
Member of British Association of Critical Care Nurses
Timeline
ECMO Lead Nurse
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston
02.2022 - Current
Cardiothoracic Critical Care Sister
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston
11.2021 - Current
Postgraduate Course - Major Trauma: critical care management (level 7)
City University of London
01.2020 - 05.2020
Adult Critical Care Sister
The Royal London Hospital
06.2019 - 11.2021
Cardiothoracic Critical Care Senior Staff Nurse
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
07.2018 - 06.2019
Postgraduate Certificate - Critical Care (level 7)
University of East Anglia
09.2017 - 05.2018
Critical Care Staff Nurse
Ipswich Hospital, East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
09.2015 - 07.2018
BSc - Adult Nursing
University of Suffolk
09.2012 - 05.2015
A-Levels -
Farlingaye High School
09.2009 - 05.2011
Master - Public Health
University of Edinburgh
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