Mary Cris Siongco

• Support learning and development of nurses, healthcare support workers, students, and newly qualified staff within clinical setting.
• Deliver teaching sessions, clinical skills training, and bedside support to promote safe, evidence-based patient care.
• Work collaboratively with Ward Managers, educators, universities, and multidisciplinary teams to support competency assessments, student placements, and staff development.
• Promote reflective learning, clinical competence, and continuous professional development within orthopaedic and spinal paediatric services.
• Contribute to education programmes, practice development, and quality improvement initiatives to maintain high standards of patient care

• Responsible for providing clinical leadership to a designated nursing team, supporting the delivery of safe high quality and family-centred care for children and young people. Acted as a visible role model within the clinical area, demonstrating professional practice, leadership and expert on clinical skills.
• Worked directly alongside nursing staff to support development of clinical competence and confidence through coaching, supervision and informal teaching. Supported the use of evidence-based practice, reflective learning, and quality improvement to enhance patient care.
• Collaborated with Ward Manager, Practice Educators and the wider education team to identify learning needs and contribute to planning and delivery of education and training in response to service and clinical priorities. Promoted evidence-based practice, reflective learning and continuous improvement in patient care.
• Contributed to the safe and effective management of clinical area and worked across the Trust to support practice development, service improvement and delivery of trust values and objectives.

April 2023 - September 2024

September 2025- April 2026

• Provided expert clinical leadership within a specialist paediatric setting, ensuring consistent delivery of high quality, evidence based and family-centred care to children, young people and their families. Acted as visible role model promoting professional standards, compassionate care and patient safety within clinical environment.
• Delivered holistic nursing care through comprehensive assessment, care planning, implementing and evaluation in partnership with children and families, ensuring care is individualised, developmentally appropriate, and in line the trust and NMC standards.
• Provided leadership and support to nursing staff through supervision and mentorship especially on newly qualified nurses and students.
• Actively participated on audit activity, risk management and incident reporting.

• Worked as a specialist paediatric orthopaedic and spinal ward nurse, delivering safe, effect and family- centred care to children and young people with complex surgical and medical needs. Undertook comprehensive patient assessments, developed and implemented individualised care plans from admission to discharge and continuously evaluated patient progress to ensure optimal outcomes.
• Provided nursing care for children undergoing complex orthopaedic and spinal interventions including spinal fusion surgery, traction management, hip spica care and others. Administered oral, enteral and intravenous medication as well as blood products in accordance with safety standards and trust policies.
• Actively supported and educated families throughout patient journey, providing explanation on procedures and recovery and discharge planning
• Worked collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team, including surgeons, physiotherapist, dieticians and other health care professionals to deliver holistic, coordinated care.

• Provided clinical and operational leadership within a 13 bed Medical Intensive Care Unit, maintaining a 1:2 nurse to patient ratio to ensure safe, high acuity, evidence-based care for critically ill adult patients. Held overall responsibility for the coordination and quality of nursing care delivery, ensuring patient safety, effective prioritizations and optimal use of staff and resources.
• Managed and supervised nursing staff, including duty allocation, skill mix oversight, performance monitoring and ongoing support to maintain high clinical and professional standards.
• Worked collaboratively with multidisciplinary and interdepartmental teams to address clinical and operational concern, coordinate complex care needs and achieve optimal patient outcomes.
• Played a key role in staff education, coaching and competency development, promoting reflective practice, adherence to organisational policies, and continuous improvement within the ICU team

• Provided senior clinical and operational leadership within a 10-bed private adult medical-surgical ward, maintaining a nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:4 to ensure safe, effective and patient centred care. Led and supported nursing staff through day-to-day supervision, coaching, education, promoting high standards of clinical practice, professionalism and patient experience in a private health care setting.
• Coordinated the delivery of nursing care from admission to discharge through consistent application of the nursing process, including assessment care planning, implementation, evaluation and discharge preparation.
• Ensured the treatment plans, clinical pathways and protocols were implemented accurately and in a timely manner to support patient recovery, continuity of care and positive clinical outcomes.
• Worked collaboratively with multidisciplinary team to address clinical and operational concern, coordinate services and support safe, high quality care delivery.
• Led and supported the development of all staff competence and service quality through education, reflective practice and embedding organisational standards into clinical practice.

• Provided clinical and operational leadership for a 38-bed paediatric ward including 4 sick neonatal beds and 2 intensive care beds, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high quality nursing care across a mixed medical and surgical paediatric patients.
• Maintained oversight of safe staffing and work load management, prioritising safety, acuity-based care and service efficiency.
• Planned, developed and implemented nursing care serviced programmes, and ward-based activities in line the organisational policies, evidence-based practice and professional nursing standards.
• Ensured consistent and effective use of nursing process from admission to discharge, including comprehensive assessment care planning, evaluation and discharge coordination.
• Worked collaboratively with multidisciplinary team to address clinical and operational concern, coordinate services and support safe, high quality care delivery.
• Led and supported the development of all staff competence and service quality through education, reflective practice and embedding organisational standards into clinical practice.

• Provided safe, effective, and family-centred nursing care to children within a mixed medical and surgical paediatric ward, managing a nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:8.
• Undertook comprehensive physical and psychosocial assessments, ongoing monitoring of patient conditions. Delivered personal and emotional care appropriate to the child's developmental needs.
• Performed independent nursing interventions such as health education to patients and families, environmental safety management, documentation and timely escalation and referral to members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Carried out dependent nursing intervention in lined with medical orders and clinical protocol including safe administration of medications, intravenous therapy, assistance with diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, implementation of prescribed treatments, nutritional support and activity planning.
• Worked collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to ensure patient safety, continuity of care and high standards of clinical practice.