Helen Orton

I opened a brand new male PICU unit for cygnet in nottingham, here i have overseen the team, implemented changed, identified problems and teething errors and have come up with solutions to manage this. Before opening i made a list with all the medication, dressings and clinical equiptment that would be needed to open a new service and prepare the ward to admit new patients. I implimented the reconsiliation stock count and have delegated specific tasks to members of the team.

• Sitrep meetings
• Chair morning meetings
• Medication compitencys for all new staff.
• Audits
• Oversee Datix reviews
• Oversaw, trained and mentored student and junior nursing staff.
• Monitored patient behaviour and responses to treatments and reported concerns to senior staff.
• Assisted team with developing balanced care plans incorporating physical, mental and social needs.
• Complied with quality healthcare standards to uphold hospital reputation.
• Dressed surgical wounds, monitored healing and replaced bandages to prevent infections. Alongside body map and communication with team including photo documentation.
• Dealt with emergencies with calm and composure.
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
• Developed appropriate resources to meet needs of patients and staff.
• Kept appropriate stock levels to match expected demand. Implimented the stock ordering system, developed the
• Delegated clinical nursing tasks to meet patients' care requirements.
• Implemented clear quality standards to maintain first-class patient provisions.
• Maintained a safe ward environment by ensuring standards of cleanliness in clinical areas.
• Managed complaints, ensuring ward team proactively engaged with patients and families to achieve best outcome.
• Overseen compliance of cygnet policies and procedures.
• Leading and motivating staff.
• Developed and implemented cleaning schedule.
• Supporting incidents and debreif.

• Led staff to improve patient care through valuable coaching, teaching and mentoring.
• Advised on dietary, nutrition and illness prevention.
• Coordinated care across large wards based on patient priorities and requests.
• Followed modern nursing standards for optimum treatments and patient protection.
• Worked with clinical team to carry out prescribed treatments addressing individual patient needs.
• Maintained comprehensive patient care plans and monitored implementation of physicians' orders.
• Identified areas in need of clinical improvement and implemented process changes to accommodate.
• Coordinated and performed patient admissions, transfers and discharges.
• Dressed surgical wounds, monitored healing and replaced bandages to prevent infections.
• Documented and evaluated effectiveness of care plans and interventions.
• Recognised and managed workplace risks, immediately determining best methods for resolution.
• Supported physicians and consultants with tests and procedures.
• Encouraged learning appropriate learning opportunities for staff members, promoting best practices for high-quality patient care.
• Determined and implemented nursing standards and structures for better patient care practices.
• Oversaw, trained and mentored student and junior nursing staff.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary healthcare specialists to devise, implement and modify plans of care defining patient outcome goals.
• Performed patient evaluations and developed care plans in alignment with needs.
• Participated in health education programmes and nurse education activities in clinical and community settings.
• Worked closely with fellow nursing professionals to identify strategies for practice development and improvement.
• Assisted team with developing balanced care plans incorporating physical, mental and social needs.

Overseeing all physical health needs across the four wards of the hospital including:

Wound dressings

Clinical Assessments of patients – reviewing physical health, intervening and escalating to medics if appropriate to bridge the gap between nursing and doctors and prevent too many nursing decisions being escalated unnecessarily.

Physical Health care Plans

Skeleton care plans for the nursing team to use with general health and medications

Staple/suture removal

Liaise with district nurses/TVN/Diabetes nurses.

Diabetes management:

Care plans with the doctors,

Phone calls when off duty to advice on management

Delivering training sessions

Auditing diabetes care

Supporting the ward nurses with advice, management and overseeing their careplans and medication management for more complex conditions or medications.

Bloods and ECG

HDAT monitoring, care plans and ensuring all paperwork, legal framework and policies are being adhered to.

Capacity assessments, chairing the meetings for BIM, documenting it all and organising this across the MDT.

Attending management emergency meetings or other meetings to support ward staff.

Weekly GP calls with the medics to communicate physical health

Ordering/monitoring consumables

Attending morning meeting and picking up actions or deciding on what to do

Flu Clinic

Supervising/overseeing staff with clinical skills and signing off

Medication management document for nurses.

Generating documents for the wards to use to monitor new presentation such as constant vomiting, sleep charts etc.

• Led staff to improve patient care through valuable coaching, teaching and mentoring.
• Coordinated care across large wards based on patient priorities and requests.
• Followed modern nursing standards for optimum treatments and patient protection.
• Maintained comprehensive patient care plans and monitored implementation of physicians' orders.
• Built and maintained excellent rapport with patients and loved ones.
• Communicated with external departments to facilitate critical patient admissions.
• Coordinated and performed patient admissions, transfers and discharges.
• Documented and evaluated effectiveness of care plans and interventions.
• Medication Rounds
• Following PBSP
• Managing and leading the ward team.

Working on an Acute Medical Unit as a student and registered nurse I have adapted to a dynamic and fast paced environment. Due to AMU being a general speciality, I have cared for many patients with varying levels of health needs and cognitive abilities. My responsibilities include, admitting new patients to the ward from A&E and documenting all of the appropriate paperwork needed for their stay at the hospital. I complete risk assessments, document clinical incident reports and make referrals to departments such as SALT and Physiotherapy. I maintain outstanding patient care levels through attentive, compassionate monitoring of physical and mental wellbeing, and where needed, appropriate delegation and communication with patients or caregivers. Due to the variety of patients within the general acute setting I often need to assess and make decisions for the patients safety due to their cognitive function and vulnerable status, this includes documenting safeguarding, MCA and DoLLs, I liaise with support workers, mental health nurses and physiotherapists to ensure that vulnerable patients are cared for. Excellent documentation of all clinical interventions, medication, care plans and interactions with the MDT, patient, family members or care providers.

I maintain a safe environment for patients and staff supporting HCA and communicating with appropriate Chanel’s. I Monitor and record patient condition by monitoring skin integrity and carrying out and reporting regular observations. My outstanding planning allows me to safely care for up to 12 patients, I prioritise health problems to assist patients in complex, urgent or emergency situations, as well as liaising with senior physicians to plan timely, successful patient discharges.

To ensure that all of my current practice is best and up to date in line with the NMC requirements I attend further training sessions to develop and improve my practice.

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• Kept reception area clean and neat to give visitors a positive impression of the company.
• Answered and helped resolve enquiries from clients, vendors and general public.
• Managed office inventory to ensure timely ordering and replenishment of low-level stock.
• Managed bookings using Booker software to schedule, cancel and re-arrange appointments.
• Provided clerical support to company employees, including copying, faxing and file management.
• Delivered front of house duties with warm and professional manner.
• Coordinated maintenance services to achieve fully-functional office space.