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Lucy Miller

Loxhore,Devon

Summary

Experienced healthcare professional with extensive expertise in Palliative nursing and acute care. Demonstrates proficiency in urinary catheterisation, phlebotomy techniques, and medication administration, ensuring high standards of patient care. Skilled in communication with multidisciplinary teams and maintaining patient confidentiality, with a compassionate bedside manner. Adept at managing health risk assessments, infection control, and effective time management under pressure. Committed to upholding ethical guidelines and providing dignified end-of-life care while continuously enhancing skills through coaching and mentoring.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
28
28
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Registered staff nurse

North Devon Hospice
Barnstaple, Devon
2024.01 - Current
  • Complied strictly with infection control protocols, preventing cross-contamination in the inpatient unit.
  • Achieved successful treatment outcomes by working a part of an multi disciplinary team.
  • Delivered high-quality nursing services to enhance patient satisfaction.
  • To present and participate patients in multi disciplinary team meeting.
  • Maintained accurate patient records, ensuring data integrity.
  • Provided emotional support to patients' families during difficult situations.
  • Administered prescribed medications safely, taking responsibility and custody of controlled medications.
  • Devised personalised nursing care plans for each patient.
  • Upheld the highest standards of professional ethics whilst dealing with sensitive information.
  • Delivered consistently high standards of individualised nursing care, best maintaining patients' health and wellbeing.
  • Provided comprehensive patient care, achieving improved patient comfort and complex symptom management.
  • Managed emergency situations effectively, maintaining calm under pressure.
  • Manual handling link nurse and training instructor.
  • Aid and support students within the department as an assessor.
  • Undertake the role of nurse in charge.

Interventional Radiology Nurse

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation
Barnstaple, Devon
2021.08 - 2024.01

To aid in the smooth running of the interventional radiology unit, and maximise patient follow.

To undertake pre and post procedure assessments. Intra operative care and assessment.

Wait list and schedule procedures in accordance to protocol.

Undertake the role of scrub nurse for several different procedure including Nephrostomy insertion and replacement, Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram, Angioplasty, Hysterosalpingogram, maintaining air way for consciously sedated patients and biopsies lung, liver, breast.

To administer medications including sedative medications. Ordering and maintaining appropriate stock levels.

Escalate patient care in a timely manner, and lead medical emergency within the department.

Link nurse for infection control for the department, which includes all departments MRI, Ultra sound, IR and CT.

Support students within the department as an supervisor and assessor.

Education

Master of Science - Multi disciplinary end of life care

University of Grater Manchester
2025.09 - 2025.12

Bachelor of Science - Nursing Adult

Plymouth University
Plymouth
2017.09 - 2021.07

GCSEs - Maths

Pilton Community College
Barnstaple, Devon
1995.09 - 2000.06

GCSEs - English Lit & Lang

Pilton Community College
Barnstaple, Devon
1995.09 - 2000.06

GCSEs - Science double award

Pilton Community College
Barnstaple, Devon
1995.09 - 2000.06

GCSEs - Resistance materials

Pilton Community College
Barnstaple, Devon
1995.09 - 2000.06

GCSEs - French

Pilton Community College
Barnstaple, Devon
1995.09 - 2000.06

Skills

  • Urinary catheterisation
  • Professionalism and respect
  • Mental resilience
  • Surgical aftercare
  • Understanding of ethical guidelines
  • Record keeping accuracy
  • Phlebotomy techniques, including cannulation
  • Communication with multidisciplinary teams
  • End-Of-Life care dignity
  • Therapeutic communication
  • Multitasking under pressure
  • Adaptability in crisis situations
  • Patient confidentiality adherence
  • Oncology nursing
  • Basic life support
  • Medication Administration
  • Pain management
  • Catheterisation
  • Compassionate bedside manner
  • Health risk assessments
  • Acute care expertise
  • Oxygen therapy
  • Medicine stock management
  • Tracheostomy care
  • Effective time management
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • Care and treatment planning
  • Patient examinations
  • Infection control management
  • Vital signs monitoring
  • Diabetes management
  • SystmOne
  • Intravenous therapy
  • Intravenous (IV) line care
  • Wound dressing
  • Patient advocacy
  • Palliative Care
  • Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)
  • Syringe driver administration and trouble shooting

Affiliations

  • Horse riding, swimming and gardening

Timeline

Master of Science - Multi disciplinary end of life care

University of Grater Manchester
2025.09 - 2025.12

Registered staff nurse

North Devon Hospice
2024.01 - Current

Interventional Radiology Nurse

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation
2021.08 - 2024.01

Bachelor of Science - Nursing Adult

Plymouth University
2017.09 - 2021.07

GCSEs - Maths

Pilton Community College
1995.09 - 2000.06

GCSEs - English Lit & Lang

Pilton Community College
1995.09 - 2000.06

GCSEs - Science double award

Pilton Community College
1995.09 - 2000.06

GCSEs - Resistance materials

Pilton Community College
1995.09 - 2000.06

GCSEs - French

Pilton Community College
1995.09 - 2000.06
Lucy Miller