GUGU MOFOKENG
HANWELL,UNITED KINGDOM
Summary
Dedicated healthcare professional with a strong foundation in comprehensive patient assessment and clinical decision-making. Demonstrates excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ensuring effective patient education and counselling. Proficient in risk assessment, venepuncture, cannulation, ECG recording and interpretation, with a focus on infection prevention and control. Skilled in medicines management, safeguarding adults, and clinical governance. Known for being compassionate and patient-centred while maintaining professionalism and accountability. Exhibits strong attention to detail, remains calm under pressure, and excels in problem-solving. Committed to continuous learning and quality improvement within a multidisciplinary team environment.
Overview
1
1
Certification
2
2
years of post-secondary education
38
38
years of professional experience
Work history
Research Registered Nurse
Research Nurse Hvivo
2023.08 - 2026.08
- Nurse led human clinical trial platform providing effective nursing services for optimal studies delivery by providing support through coordinating workload during the different clinical trials. Building local research, changing research cultures, also maintaining and promoting the safety and wellbeing of all subjects participating in a clinical trial within the regulatory framework of NMC Code of Conduct.
Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Pre-Assessment Nurse Specialist
2021.03 - 2026.08
- Conducting comprehensive assessments of patients scheduled for surgery or invasive procedures. The nurse evaluates patients' medical history, current health status, and fitness for anaesthesia and surgery, coordinates necessary investigations, provides education, and works collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure patients receive safe, effective, and high-quality care.
- Key Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive pre-operative assessments for elective and day-case surgical patients.
- Obtain and document medical, surgical, medication, allergy, and social histories.
- Perform physical assessments, including: Vital signs, Height, weight, and BMI, ECGs (where appropriate), Venepuncture and blood tests, MRSA screening and other required swabs
- Identify patients at increased perioperative risk using clinical assessment tools.
- Escalate concerns to anaesthetists, surgeons, or specialist teams when necessary.
- Request or coordinate diagnostic investigations in accordance with local protocols.
- Review laboratory and investigation results and follow up on abnormalities.
- Ensure patients are medically optimized before surgery.
- Provide patients and relatives with information about: Surgical procedures, Anaesthesia, Fasting requirements, Medication management, Recovery expectations, Discharge planning
- Assess safeguarding, infection prevention, and discharge needs.
- Maintain accurate electronic patient records and documentation.
- Liaise with theatres, wards, surgeons, anaesthetists, pharmacists, and community services.
- Participate in quality improvement, audit, and service development initiatives.
- Comply with professional, legal, and organisational policies, including infection prevention and confidentiality.
Medinet CMH Park royal LNW trust and PRH Haywards Heath West Sussex county
2021.03 - 2022.07
- Delivering direct patient care whilst coordinating and overseeing nursing practices. Responsible for ensuring the delivery of clinical activities during their span of duty, ensuring that there is efficient and effective utilization of resources to deliver high-quality care to their client group.
- Working autonomously triaging patients independently prioritizing referrals, taking of a depth medical history from the patient and evaluating previously unknown health issues, ensuring that pre-operative investigations are ordered, carried out and the results are carefully and thoroughly followed up, any abnormalities detected are discussed and actioned appropriately as required. Implementing policies and acting in accordance with the decision-making process. Provide advice and support for patients and their families. Keeping accurate records as per trust policy and effective communication.
- Has knowledge and skills to conduct heart and lung assessment, ECG, spirometry and interpretations. Liaising with specialist consultants, GPs, Laboratories, Psychiatric units and other departments required for a safe patient’s journey.
- Supporting the service and leading a team to provide high-quality nursing care within pre-assessment clinics. Worked effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary team working with anaesthetic and other health care professionals within and outside of the trust. Liaising with specialist teams to create and organize pre-operative care management plans, including making the clinical decision to refer to the medical anaesthetic team and declare a patient is fit for surgery. Actioning abnormal results in a timely and effective manner to minimize any delays in treatments.
- Using different assessment tools, MY PREOP questionnaire to assess patient medical history.
- Accident and Emergency RGN
- Accident and Emergency RGN - ongoing - East Kent NHS trust - Providing critical care to patients experiencing sudden injuries or illnesses in a hospital’s emergency department. Duties involve triaging, immediate patient assessment, treatment and support, often in high pressure situations, also collaborating with other healthcare professionals and managing a variety of medical equipment.
Registered Nurse Assessor
Collins
2021.01 - 2021.03
- Heathrow Airport- Nurse-led sites developed during the Covid 19 pandemic. Teaching, advising, supervision, and managing Covid testing pools ensure that necessary procedures were carried out thoroughly and effectively according to the PHE/ NMC framework.
Registered Nurse - Surgical / Medical Unit
2020.03 - 2020.12
- Balfour Hospital, Orkney Island
TXM Nursing Agency
2020.01 - 2020.03
- Heathrow PHE
Central Middlesex Hospital, Park Royal
2019.01 - 2019.12
- TXM nursing agency - Nurse Practitioner- Pre-assessment Clinic: Working autonomously and independently, prioritize referrals, taking of a depth medical history from the patient and evaluating previously unknown health issues, ensuring that preoperative investigations are ordered, carried out and the results are carefully and thoroughly followed up, any abnormalities detected are discussed and actioned as required. Implement policies and act in accordance with the decision-making process. Provide advice and support for patients and family. Keeping accurate records as per trust policy and effective communication, has knowledge and skills to conduct heart and lung assessment, ECG, spirometry and interpretations. Liaising with specialists’ consultants, GP’s, Laboratories, Psychiatric units and other departments required for safe patient care and journey.
Band 6 Agency Registered Nurse
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Aberdeen
2018.01 - 2018.12
- Neuroscience department, Foresterhill health campus
Registered Nurse Band 6 (agency nurse)
Nobles Hospital
Strang, Isle of Man
2017.04 - 2017.12
- AMU
Band 6 Agency Registered Nurse
Princess Elizabeth Hospital
Guernsey
2017.01 - 2017.03
- Surgical Unit Le
HCA Hospitals
London
2013.09 - 2017.01
- Started as an agency nurse then employed as a Senior sister from Dec 2015 to January 2017 - Worked directly with lead nurse and as a nurse in-charge in an outpatient departments with different specialities , to achieve health promotion, health education to patient and families, responsible to delegate and perform daily clinical work, phlebotomy, processing blood samples, coordination of research projects / collating information and data processing, Overall management of 13 consulting rooms, staff management and management of sub-speciality clinics, vaccines, assisting with minor ops.
Registered Nurse
Imperial College NHS Trust
London
2004.03 - 2015.01
- Started from Band 5, worked as a Band 6 and Acting Band 7- Had clinical responsibilities to all patients, managerial responsibilities, educational, training and health promotion to all staff.
Registered Nurse
No.1 Recruitment Nursing Agency
South Woodford
2011.01 - 2013.08
- Had to experience working in a prison setting, both primary health care and substance misuse units carrying out planned care for a group of client without direct supervision, ensuring the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence based individualize client care. Assist and advise unregistered staff in delivery of care. Maintain accurate clinical observation and undertake nursing procedures as it was an emergency department in the prison environment. Act as a client's advocate regarding their health. Ensured that all clients were educated according to their conditions, medications, and to liaise with a multidisciplinary team. Maintained good communication skills for the patients who were non-English speaking.
Registered Nurse
King Edward VIII Hospital
Durban
1999.12 - 2004.02
- Had clinical responsibilities to all patients, also worked with the senior registered nurse to do managerial duties.
Student Nurse / Staff Nurse
St Aidan's Mission Hospital
Durban
1988.09 - 1999.11
- Started training as a nurse and worked as an enrolled nurse and continues to do training as a registered nurse. Carried out all planned care for a group of patients under the supervision of a registered nurse.
Education
BA - Theology and Counseling
LST
2018.01 - 2020.01
BSc (Honors) - Psychology with Counseling
Open University
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom 2017.01 -
Certificate for Higher Education - Psychology
Open University
Milton Keynes, UK 2015.01 -
General Academic Studies Degree - Stand Alone Module in Breast Cancer
University of West London
London, England, United Kingdom 2010.01 -
General Academic Studies Degree - Assessor's Course
University of West London
London, England, United Kingdom 2010.01 -
General Academic Studies Degree - Critical Ill Surgical Patient
Bucks University
Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom 2008.01 -
General Academic Studies Degree - Mentorship in Training
Bucks University
Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom 2005.01 -
Diploma in General Nursing - Nursing
St Aidan's Mission Hospital
Durban, South Africa 2002.01 -
Level 1 Diploma ADHD Coaching - ADHD
SPEAKup
United Kingdom 2025.12 - 2025.12
ADHD Specialist Certification - Management - ADHD Medication Management
Global ADHD Network
United Kingdom 2025.11 - 2025.11
ADHD Specialist Certification - Diagnosis - ADHD Diagnosis
Global ADHD Network
United Kingdom 2025.11 - 2025.11
Skills
- Comprehensive patient assessment
- Clinical decision-making
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Risk assessment and escalation
- Venepuncture and cannulation (where required)
- ECG recording and interpretation (desirable)
- Time management and organisational skills
- Documentation and electronic record keeping
- Patient education and counselling
- Ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary team
- Pre-operative assessment guidelines
- Perioperative care
- Anaesthetic considerations
- Infection prevention and control
- Medicines management
- Consent and capacity
- Safeguarding adults
- Clinical governance and risk management
- Compassionate and patient-centred
- Professional and accountable
- Strong attention to detail
- Calm under pressure
- Excellent problem-solving abilities
- Flexible and adaptable
- Committed to continuous learning and quality improvement
Certification
- Advanced Practice for Nurses certificate in 2021
- Immunisation / Vaccination course certificate in 2020
References
- Nobukhosi, Mkhwananzi, Senior Sister
- Darwisa, Abdulla, Senior Sister
Interests
Charity sponsorship for cancer, helping the elders in the community.
Timeline
Level 1 Diploma ADHD Coaching - ADHD
SPEAKup
2025.12 - 2025.12
ADHD Specialist Certification - Management - ADHD Medication Management
Global ADHD Network
2025.11 - 2025.11
ADHD Specialist Certification - Diagnosis - ADHD Diagnosis
Global ADHD Network
2025.11 - 2025.11
Research Registered Nurse
Research Nurse Hvivo
2023.08 - 2026.08
Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Pre-Assessment Nurse Specialist
2021.03 - 2026.08
Medinet CMH Park royal LNW trust and PRH Haywards Heath West Sussex county
2021.03 - 2022.07
Registered Nurse Assessor
Collins
2021.01 - 2021.03
Registered Nurse - Surgical / Medical Unit
2020.03 - 2020.12
TXM Nursing Agency
2020.01 - 2020.03
Central Middlesex Hospital, Park Royal
2019.01 - 2019.12
BA - Theology and Counseling
LST
2018.01 - 2020.01
Band 6 Agency Registered Nurse
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
2018.01 - 2018.12
Registered Nurse Band 6 (agency nurse)
Nobles Hospital
2017.04 - 2017.12
BSc (Honors) - Psychology with Counseling
Open University
2017.01 -
Band 6 Agency Registered Nurse
Princess Elizabeth Hospital
2017.01 - 2017.03
Certificate for Higher Education - Psychology
Open University
2015.01 -
HCA Hospitals
2013.09 - 2017.01
Registered Nurse
No.1 Recruitment Nursing Agency
2011.01 - 2013.08
General Academic Studies Degree - Stand Alone Module in Breast Cancer
University of West London
2010.01 -
General Academic Studies Degree - Assessor's Course
University of West London
2010.01 -
General Academic Studies Degree - Critical Ill Surgical Patient
Bucks University
2008.01 -
General Academic Studies Degree - Mentorship in Training
Bucks University
2005.01 -
Registered Nurse
Imperial College NHS Trust
2004.03 - 2015.01
Diploma in General Nursing - Nursing
St Aidan's Mission Hospital
2002.01 -
Registered Nurse
King Edward VIII Hospital
1999.12 - 2004.02
Student Nurse / Staff Nurse
St Aidan's Mission Hospital
1988.09 - 1999.11