Laura Crome
Summary
My names Laura, I am a compassionate and attentive Mental Health Nurse, with the desire to help transform people's lives who struggle with their mental health.
I have 2 years experience working closely with young people (7-14years) with complex mental health disorders within an inpatient setting. Whereby I provide intensive interventions underpinned by evidence based care, in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team. With the goal to deliver excellent treatment, to enable the best possible recovery outcome.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Mental Health Nurse
Great Ormond Street Hospital
London
08.2021 - 09.2023
- Undertaking holistic assessments and admissions with young people and their families.
- Adopting a Therapeutic Milieu with young people and implementing the 5 pillar; safety, structure, support, involvement and validation.
- Leading therapeutic groups and providing evidence based 'key work' sessions to key patients, to help them overcome their mental health difficulties.
- Ensuring patient safety though effective risk assessment and implementing management plans.
- Working effectively within a multi-disciplinary team participating in family therapy, reviews meetings, care team meeting and case reviews, ensuring to provide quality care and treatment plans.
- Conducting and leading audits, quality improvement projects and teaching sessions to staff.
- Supervising and assessing students and junior staff members.
- Being nurse in charge and coordination shifts efficiently by ensuring high quality care, safely prioritising tasks and allocating workload.
- Advocating and empowering young people and, escalating safeguarding concerns.
- Being the link nurse for the clinic room, take away medication and infection control/prevention.
- Providing safe medicine management and venepuncture.
- Ensuring to underpin my work with a recovery and trauma informed care approach.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mental Health Nursing
University of Greenwich
London 09.2018 - 06.2021
Skills
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Implementing CBT interventions and desensitisation techniques
- De-escalation techniques
- Adult and Paediatric Venepuncture Training
- Motivational Interviewing Training
- Student Assessor and Supervision Training
- Advanced Assessor for Junior Nursing Staff Training
- Leadership and Foundations in Nurse In Charge Skills Training
- Infection Prevention and Control Practitioner
- Attentive listener
- Wound care
- Self-harm reduction and distraction techniques
- Experience in teaching staff
- Risk management
Timeline
Mental Health Nurse
Great Ormond Street Hospital
08.2021 - 09.2023
Bachelor of Science - Mental Health Nursing
University of Greenwich
09.2018 - 06.2021
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