Helena Houghton

~Managing my own caseload and work routine on a daily basis within my community role, managing 14 visits daily

~Currently End of life link nurse role, providing continuous holistic care to patients within last months/days of life, including supportive needs for patients family members Ensuring preferred place of care is met and working closely with the palliative community nurse specialists and hospice nurse specialists My role involves regular meetings with the End of life lead nurse and to cascade back to the team with updates/training needs

~I am currently Catheter Champion for Pemberton team, continuing to attend meetings with the Urology nurses and consultants I have attended clinics which has enhanced my skills for my community role

~I am competent in complex wound assessments and compression bandage training, I am a confident lower limb assessor and can evaluate/plan treatment for patient care

~I can confidently take lead of a weekend without senior cover, triage patients and schedule visits, I am also able to delegate the workload when appropriate

~I enjoy my time with students as I am able to support in development of pre grad nurses to promote clinical supervision

~I am aware of appropriate escalation processes and feel comfortable liaising with my team leads and higher management

~During my time on the community I have built lovely rapport with my patients which I continue to do so on a daily basis

~I have attended CHC and MDT meetings and confidently communicate needs and wishes for patients which ensures effective service delivery and an integrated care approach