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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Certification
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Marcs Dhammika Jayamini Pathiraja Appuhamillage

Marcs Dhammika Jayamini Pathiraja Appuhamillage

Kettering,Northa

Summary

I am a dedicated nursing professional with expertise in neuro surgical intensive care, acute and chronic medical patient care, pre-operative and post-operative care, end-of-life care, and dementia awareness. I am confident in taking ECGs, blood samples, and cannulation, with a solid understanding of NHS policies. Further more, I have been demonstratesing exceptional multitasking abilities working under pressure and holding CPR certification. My career goal is to apply my skills, following evidence-based nursing approch and continue my careere to provide compassionate care and support within a dynamic healthcare environment. Additionally, I am eager to learn and to get new experiences, intending to provide better care for cervice users and to mentor new staff.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
12
12
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Health care assistant (Band 3)

Short Stay Unit, Kettering General Hospital
Kettering, Northamptonshire
01.2024 - Current


1. Providing personal care for inpatients, including assisting with bedpans, commodes, and continence care.
2. Recording vital signs and uploading them into CareFlow.
3. Performing ECGs.
4. Carrying out bladder scans.
5. Performing venipuncture and cannulation.
6. Checking blood glucose levels.
7. Maintaining accurate and timely documentation.
8. Updating food and fluid charts in CareFlow.
9. Measuring height and weight, and calculating BMI and MUST scores.
10. Assisting nurses with clinical procedures such as wound dressing and catheterization.
11. Ensuring cleanliness in the ward and adhering to infection control protocols.
12. Assisting with manual moving and handling patients, using equipment such as Sara Steady, Rota stand, hoists, wheelchairs, and
trolleys.
13. Collecting blood packs from the blood bank refrigerator.
14. Collecting medications from the pharmacy.
15. Completing admission checklists, including property checks, collecting MRSA samples, conducting skin assessments, and taking
lying and standing blood pressures.
16. Participating in falls PIF (Patient Improvement Forum) meetings and updating ward staff accordingly.
17. Providing compassionate care for patients at the End of Life and providing respectful care after death

Care assistant

Purley View Nursing Home
Purley, Croydon
11.2022 - 01.2024

Provided personal care for its residents to maintain cleanliness.
Incontinence care was provided
Checked Vital signs on the day the GP was visiting the residents.
Fed residents who couldn’t eat by themselves and maintained weight records, encouraging them to eat.
Keeping precise and timely documentation
Provided end-of-life care (I was one of the end-of-life care champions in the nursing home)
Maintained proper moving and handling techniques. Got confident in handling residents using equipment such as hoists, Sara steady

Guided and superviced new staff.

Respected the privacy and dignity of each resident during the provision of care services.

Excoted with residnts to another care providers when neeed.

Adhered strictly to professional standards, regulations and policies while actively participating in the policy of the week program, where staff were familiarised with policies and procedures in the nursing home.

Nurse

Pannipitiya Private Hospital LTD
Pannipitiya, Sri Lanka, Kottawa
02.2022 - 09.2022

Monitored vital signs for both inpatients and outpatients and recognised the alterations and excalate to the doctor on duty.
Provided unconscious patients care at the ITU and HDU.
Administered medications as prescribed by the physician.
Gave health education to the service users, providing related health educational leaflets.
Maintained personal hygiene as needed, providing privacy and degnity. As It was a private hospital there were various levels of care, service users were navigated according to their requirments, adhearing to the policies and procedures.

Phlebotomist

Life Care Laboratory
Moragahahena, Sri Lanka, Padukka
01.2020 - 09.2022

Obtained blood samples and sent them to the laboratories accodingly and disposed wast according to the local policies and protocals.
Performed ECG when clients had come for full-body check-up.
Maintained precise Documentation.
Posted the test results to clients correctly. If there were any alteration to normal values, patients were informed over the phone.

Ensured sufficient stock of supplies by regular inventory checks.

Study Nurse

University of Sri Jayewardhanapure
Gangodavila, Sri Lanka, Nugegoda
09.2018 - 09.2019

Obtained informed consent for the research from the participants
Obtained samples such as blood and trimed nails.
Checked Vital Signs and reffered to medical officer if there was any variations to normal.
Having been educated research participants, handgrip measurements were taken.
intervieved research participants following the research questionnair.
Entered data to the database.
Stored samples until shipment and checked temperature and maintained standards.

Community visits were done once a month to educate people about the research pogram and gain house-hold consents.

Maintained good interpersonal relationship.

Nurse- Neuro Trauma-ICU

National Hospital of Sri Lanka
Maradana, Sri Lanka, Colombo
03.2015 - 07.2016

Recognized the care needs of each patient and developd care plans according to the individual care requirment then acted accordingly.

evaluated the short term and long term goal achievments and reassessed the patient care and adjusted accordingly.

Ensured delivery of a high standard of nursing care

Looked after ventilator-patients and performed ABG as needed.

Maintained fluid balance charts stictly.

Handled medical devices such as syringe pumps, infution pumbs.

Monitored intra-cranial pressure.

Monitored GCS and charted.

Performed CPR, DC shock

Performed death-body preparation according to the local policies.

Rendered pre-operative and post-operative nursing care.
Maintained patients’ personal hygiene to maintain cleanliness of service users and enhancerd patient comfort and maintained a hygienic friendly environment.
Monitored patients’ vital signs and notified patients physical and clinical changes.
Kept records in relation to patient-related activity

Assisted doctors during procedures, ensuring successful operations.

Performed wound dressings, contributing to faster healing process.

maintained confidentiality within relevant legislation, guidelines, policies, and procedures
Maintained effective communication with patients / relatives / carers and other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure that
appropriate information is shared, and patient needs are met
Incorporated health education and health promotion within clinical practice through providing verbal and written information to patients
/ relatives / carers
Performed administration of oral and intravenous medications
Set up and performed care of invasive monitoring systems such as central venous catheters and arterial cannula.
Care of airway adjuncts e.g., oral airway, nasal airway, endotracheal tube, and tracheostomy
Assisted medical staff with the insertion of central venous catheters, arterial lines
Rendered care of unconscious patients, confused patients and patients who are high dependant or critically ill

Inserted nasogastric tubes, urinary catheters

Nurse- Neuro Trauma ICU

National hospital of Sri Lanka
Maradana, Sri Lanka, Colombo
08.2010 - 03.2014

Recognized the care needs of each patient and developd care plans according to the individual care requirment then acted accordingly.

evaluated the short term and long term goal achievments and reassessed the patient care and adjusted accordingly.

Ensured delivery of a high standard of nursing care

Looked after ventilator-patients and performed ABG as needed.

Maintained fluid balance charts stictly.

Handled medical devices such as syringe pumps, infution pumbs.

Monitored intra-cranial pressure.

Monitored GCS and charted.

Performed CPR, DC shock

Performed death-body preparation according to the local policies.

Rendered pre-operative and post-operative nursing care. Maintained patients’ personal hygiene to maintain cleanliness of service users and enhancerd patient comfort and maintained a hygienic friendly environment. Monitored patients’ vital signs and notified patients physical and clinical changes. Kept records in relation to patient-related activity

Assisted doctors during procedures, ensuring successful operations.

Performed wound dressings, contributing to faster healing process.

maintained confidentiality within relevant legislation, guidelines, policies, and procedures Maintained effective communication with patients / relatives / carers and other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure that appropriate information is shared, and patient needs are met Incorporated health education and health promotion within clinical practice through providing verbal and written information to patients / relatives / carers Performed administration of oral and intravenous medications Set up and performed care of invasive monitoring systems such as central venous catheters and arterial cannula. Care of airway adjuncts e.g., oral airway, nasal airway, endotracheal tube, and tracheostomy Assisted medical staff with the insertion of central venous catheters, arterial lines Rendered care of unconscious patients, confused patients and patients who are high dependant or critically ill

Inserted nasogastric tubes, urinary catheters

Education

Bachelor of Science hons - Nursing

The Open University of Sri Lanka
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
06.2013 - 09.2021

General Deploma - Nursing

School of Nursing, Colombo
Sri Lanka
01.2007 - 01.2010

Professional Diploma - Healthcare

Lincoln College
Lincoln, England
10.2021 - 04.2022

Skills

  • Nursing care
  • Respecting cultural differences
  • End-Of-Life care sensitivity
  • Taking ECG, and basic understanding about variations
  • Elderly care proficiency
  • Multitasking under pressure
  • Taking blood samples and cannulation
  • CPR certification
  • Safeguarding knowledge
  • Dementia awareness
  • Knowledge of nhs policies
  • Fair Marshale
  • Mentoring

Affiliations

  • Drawing, cooking, reading

Certification

NMC Registration- Adult Nurse

Nursing Council- Sri Lanka- Nurse

Timeline

Health care assistant (Band 3)

Short Stay Unit, Kettering General Hospital
01.2024 - Current

Care assistant

Purley View Nursing Home
11.2022 - 01.2024

Nurse

Pannipitiya Private Hospital LTD
02.2022 - 09.2022

Professional Diploma - Healthcare

Lincoln College
10.2021 - 04.2022

Phlebotomist

Life Care Laboratory
01.2020 - 09.2022

Study Nurse

University of Sri Jayewardhanapure
09.2018 - 09.2019

Nurse- Neuro Trauma-ICU

National Hospital of Sri Lanka
03.2015 - 07.2016

Bachelor of Science hons - Nursing

The Open University of Sri Lanka
06.2013 - 09.2021

Nurse- Neuro Trauma ICU

National hospital of Sri Lanka
08.2010 - 03.2014

General Deploma - Nursing

School of Nursing, Colombo
01.2007 - 01.2010
Marcs Dhammika Jayamini Pathiraja Appuhamillage