Helen Mollard-Davies
Liverpool,Merseyside
Summary
- Compassionate Specialist Nurse with skills for delivering high-quality patient care and improving patient outcomes.
- Have a passion for working with children, young people and families.
- Strong communication skills and compassionate approach to patient care. Knowledgeable about healthcare protocols, teamwork, and patient support.
- Hard-working with strong organisational skills.
- Organised and dependable with 26 years of nursing experience. Successful at managing multiple priorities with positive attitude.
- Leaving the NHS with a positive focus on progressing in a new career/challenge.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Safeguarding Children Specialist Nurse
Merseycare NHS Trust
Liverpool, Merseyside
03.2021 - Current
- Take lead responsibility for management and co-ordination of safeguarding activity including audit
- Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating plans of care for vulnerable children and families.
- Provide highly specialist advice and clinical support to trust staff maintaining appropriate documentation and records. Undertake a programme of specialist education in relation to safeguarding children to staff and students.
- Collaborate with key professionals in the development and implementation safeguarding children policies, procedures and practice guidance. Participate in the development of relevant multi-agency policy, procedure and practice guidance.
- Work autonomously and provide clinical leadership by example throughout the trust and across other health and social care providers.
- Support staff involved in the safeguarding children process through attending all initial safeguarding children case conferences, strategy meetings and other inter-agency professional meetings.
Specialist Community Public Health School Nurse
Merseycare NHS Trust
Liverpool, Merseyside
03.2015 - 03.2021
- Provide early intervention and prevention to school age children and young people (CYP).
- Promote and follow the Healthy Child Programme, act as an advocate promoting health and well-being, reducing inequalities, referring and signposting to services.
- Complete review health assessments on vulnerable CYP. Complete safeguarding reports and attend safeguarding meetings including children in care, initial and review child protection conference, child in need and early help meetings.
- Work in partnership with multi disciplinary services.
- Maintained excellent record keeping, including EMIS, outlook, excel spreadsheets.
- Deputise for the team leader and support all staff in the team. Record keeping, Use of EMIS and micro soft outlook, excel spreadsheets. Deputise for the team leader and support all staff in the team.
Lead Nurse (Children in Care/Youth Offending)
Merseycare NHS Trust
Sefton, Merseyside
09.2012 - 03.2015
- Lead and manage team.
- Deliver support to children in care and young offenders. Quality assure health assessments.
- Travel across settings to meet the needs of CYP and their families.
- Lead on strategic plans. Communicate with the CCG, local council, health practitioners and others to ensure best outcomes for CYP.
- Completion of reports, SOPS and audit, follow trust policy.
- Prepare for inspection.
- Work in partnership with multi disciplinary staff.
- Deliver training to foster carers and trust staff. Escalation, DATIX, challenge, support staff.
General Health Nurse (Youth Offending)
Merseycare NHS Trust
Liverpool, Merseyside
04.2008 - 09.2012
- Promote health and well-being to vulnerable young people involved with youth offending services.
- Undertake health assessments and review health needs. Prescribe treatment for sexually transmitted infections.
- Facilitate and deliver training to young people and staff.
- Complete complex health reports and attend safeguarding meetings, share information, communicate and work with multi disciplinary partners.
- Liaise effectively with patients' families to establish health needs and improve health outcomes for young people.
- Deliver health education programmes to promote community health awareness.
- Participate regularly in professional development activities to enhance nursing skills and knowledge.
- Record sensitive information and use electronic records.
Outreach Nurse (Children in Care)
Merseycare NHS Trust
Liverpool, Merseyside
06.2006 - 04.2008
- Outreach nurse for vulnerable children in care residing in Liverpool by other placing authorities and nurse for secure unit for young offenders.
- Promote health and well-being to vulnerable young people not accessing education who are children in care/involved with youth offending services.
- Undertake holistic health assessments and review health needs.
- Promote good health. Refer and signpost to specialist services.
- Write complex health reports and attend multi agency safeguarding meetings
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary team for improved patient outcomes.
- Deliver health education programmes to promote community health awareness.
Paediatric Staff Nurse
Alder Hey Children Hospital
Liverpool, Merseyside
01.2000 - 06.2006
- Assess, plan, implement, deliver and review health needs of CYP. Identify minor and major illness.
- Promote health and well-being.
- Attend advanced training to enhance skills.
- Maintain accurate and contemporaneous records. Support team leader and new staff.
- Contributed to a safe environment by adhering strictly to infection control protocols.
- Collaborate with healthcare professionals for the effective management of complex cases.
- Perform physical assessments of paediatric patients, providing crucial data for diagnosis and treatment planning.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool 09.2017 - 07.2018
Diploma of Higher Education - Leadership Approaches to Quality Health Care
Edge Hill University
Ormskirk 04.2013 - 10.2013
Diploma of Higher Education - Protecting the Child at Risk
Edge Hill University
Ormskirk 04.2009 - 10.2009
Diploma of Higher Education - Mentorship in Practice
Edge Hill University
Ormskirk 04.2003 - 10.2003
Diploma of Higher Education - Registered Nurse (Child)
Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool 01.1997 - 01.2000
Skills
- Excellent Leadership skills
- Able to assess health needs, signpost to support services
- Identify risk to safeguard children and young people
- Quality assure health assessments, safeguarding reports
- Excellent report writing skills (including court reports, safeguarding reports)
- Delegate within a team and wider teams, provide safeguarding advice to staff within the trust
- Support both junior and senior staff, deputise for manager when required
- Provide safeguarding supervision with staff
- Collaborate and Communicate within multi-disciplinary teams
- Develop and review SOPS (standardised operational procedures)
- Deliver and facilitate safeguarding training to staff
- Complete escalations and support staff with escalations
- Good use of IT skills utilising multiple electronic systems with excellent record keeping
Affiliations
- Loves to travel and experience other cultures. Enjoys baking cakes.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Safeguarding Children Specialist Nurse
Merseycare NHS Trust
03.2021 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
Liverpool John Moores University
09.2017 - 07.2018
Specialist Community Public Health School Nurse
Merseycare NHS Trust
03.2015 - 03.2021
Diploma of Higher Education - Leadership Approaches to Quality Health Care
Edge Hill University
04.2013 - 10.2013
Lead Nurse (Children in Care/Youth Offending)
Merseycare NHS Trust
09.2012 - 03.2015
Diploma of Higher Education - Protecting the Child at Risk
Edge Hill University
04.2009 - 10.2009
General Health Nurse (Youth Offending)
Merseycare NHS Trust
04.2008 - 09.2012
Outreach Nurse (Children in Care)
Merseycare NHS Trust
06.2006 - 04.2008
Diploma of Higher Education - Mentorship in Practice
Edge Hill University
04.2003 - 10.2003
Paediatric Staff Nurse
Alder Hey Children Hospital
01.2000 - 06.2006
Diploma of Higher Education - Registered Nurse (Child)
Liverpool John Moores University
01.1997 - 01.2000