Lynette Thomas
Bridgend,Bridgend
Summary
I am a dedicated and passionate Advanced nurse practitioner with over 20 years of nursing experience. Committed to building upon my own learning and development. I am dedicated to providing high quality holistic patient care and believe in building strong nurse-patient relationships based on trust and empathy, which are essential for successful treatment and patient satisfaction. I work well as part of a team and am able to delegate fairly and appropriately promoting a safe comfortable environment for both staff and patients.
I have extensive experience of working within acute medicine which has provided me with the ability to develop my clinical assessment and management skills of patients with a variety of complex medical conditions. Working autonomously to make clinical decisions based on clinical findings and implementing appropriate programmes of care for each individual patient.
I have an interest in patient education enabling them to make informed decisions regarding their care and I have developed patient information leaflets which are currently in use within my area of work. Improving care delivery is important and taking part in quality improvement projects is an integral part of service development, which I enjoy and have introduced new clerking and referral documentation which has improved service delivery.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
Advanced nurse practitioner
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Bridgend, County Borough of Bridgend
06.2017 - Current
- I am responsible for multiple staff members within my team including monthly rotas and overall management of the unit.
- Working autonomously within my scope of practice, assessing and diagnosing often complex conditions through accurate clinical history taking and physical examination.
- Demonstrating safe clinical decision making skills through evidence based practice and local health board guidelines.
- Requesting further investigations including blood tests, radiological investigations, ultrasounds and by analyse of these results utilising all clinical findings to achieve an accurate diagnosis and implement an individual patient treatment plan.
- I possess complex physical skills and extensive knowledge of venesection for treatment of haemochromatosis, IV cannulation, IV drug administration, blood products, male and female catheterisation, arterial and venous blood gas sampling.
- I lead in lumbar puncture procedure, providing classroom teaching sessions with formal and informal assessments for junior doctors, Advanced nurse practitioners and Physician associates.
- Including planning and delivering teaching programmes to multi professional staff during weekly teaching sessions.
- Being a non medical prescriber enables me to provide holistic care, following the patient through from diagnosis, treatment and discharge, communicating and referring to other departments and specialities within the hospital or community setting when required.
- Providing education and teaching to patients and relatives in relation to their acute and chronic health needs, delivering specialist advice when needed.
- Acting as an advocate for patients and relatives at all times.
- Direct involvement in supporting the practice development of junior doctors, helping to enhance and build upon their clinical skills and knowledge. Aiming to provide expert clinical advice when required and enhancing practice in order to reduce any risk to patients.
- I facilitate and support bespoke placements for student nurses, providing them with an inside into unscheduled care, building upon their clinical skills and knowledge to achieve objectives set during their placement, through leadership, mentorship and acting as a role model at all times.
- I have evolved a weekly service administering greater occipital nerve blocks to patients suffering from headaches post assessment by our headache specialist. This has increased the number of patients accessing treatment without delay, improving symptom burden and the overall patient experience.
- I am responsible for managing a venous thrombosis clinic providing a follow up service for patients diagnosed with pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis and superficial-thrombophlebitis.
- Performing clinical review, comprehensive assessment and appropriate treatment and management plan to meet the needs of each individual patient, seeking specialised advice when needed.
- Participating in local and national audit work to enhance and develop our service provision through quality improvement and local research projects.
- Incorporating findings into clinical practice and implementing change to improve the service we provide.
- Keep my own medical knowledge and skills updated through continuous professional development courses.
- Demonstrated expert clinical skills and critical judgement to provide safe, appropriate patient-centred care.
- Collated and stored data for patient records with strict confidentiality and sensitivity.
Education
Registered Nurse - Adult - Nursing
Glyntaff University of South Wales
/2001 - /2004
BSc (Hons) Acute and Critical Care - Nursing
Glyntaff University of South Wales
/2007 - /2009
MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice -
Glyntaff University of South Wales
/2016 - /2021
Nurse Independent/Supplementary Prescriber - Nursing
Glyntaff University of South Wales
Skills
- Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations
(e-IRMER)
- Venesection Training
- Advanced life support (ALS)
- Quality improvement Training
- Greater Occipital Nerve Block Administration
- Verification of Death
- Lumbar puncture
License
2004-2015
Registered general staff nurse
Acute medical unit
2015-2017
Ward sister Acute medical unit
2017-present
Advanced clinical practitioner
Ambulatory emergency care unit
Certification
Hold a full UK Driving license and have my own car.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Advanced nurse practitioner
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
06.2017 - Current
Registered Nurse - Adult - Nursing
Glyntaff University of South Wales
/2001 - /2004
BSc (Hons) Acute and Critical Care - Nursing
Glyntaff University of South Wales
/2007 - /2009
MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice -
Glyntaff University of South Wales
/2016 - /2021
Nurse Independent/Supplementary Prescriber - Nursing
Glyntaff University of South Wales
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