Gaganpreet Kaur

Key Responsibilities:

• Person-Centered Care: Delivering comprehensive daily support to residents with diverse needs, ensuring dignity, privacy, and independence are maintained at all times.
• Clinical Observation: Monitoring vital signs and reporting changes in residents' physical or mental wellbeing to senior nursing staff, utilizing clinical knowledge from nursing background to identify early warning signs.
• Care Planning & Documentation: Maintaining meticulous digital and paper records of care delivery, medication administration, and incident reports in alignment with UK data protection and healthcare regulations.
• Risk Management: Conducting regular environmental risk assessments to ensure a safe living space for residents, particularly those with mobility issues or cognitive impairments.
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Liaising with GPs, social workers, and family members to ensure a holistic approach to resident health and social integration.
• Leadership Support: Assisting in the mentoring of new staff members, applying principles of healthcare leadership to foster a positive, efficient, and compliant work environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Acute Clinical Care: Provided high-quality nursing care within a fast-paced hospital environment, managing a diverse caseload of patients in medical-surgical wards.
• Clinical Procedures: Competently performed technical nursing interventions including intravenous (IV) cannulation, catheterization, wound dressing, and administration of prescribed medications via multiple routes.
• Emergency Response: Acted as a key member of the rapid response team, assisting in life-saving interventions and stabilizing patients during critical deteriorations.
• Patient Assessment: Conducted comprehensive initial assessments and ongoing monitoring of patient conditions using the ABCDE approach, ensuring early detection of clinical decline.
• Infection Control: Strictly adhered to hospital-acquired infection (HAI) prevention protocols, maintaining a sterile environment and managing biohazardous waste according to international safety standards.
• Pre- and Post-Operative Management: Coordinated care for surgical patients, including preparing patients for theater and monitoring recovery to prevent complications like DVT or infection.
• Health Education: Empowered patients and their families by providing clear discharge instructions, medication counseling, and lifestyle advice to support long-term recovery.