Mhinxylle Hollite

• Assist with cardiac diagnostic procedures, including dobutamine stress echocardiography, trans-oesophageal echocardiography, and bubble studies.
• Attend Valve MDT meetings and coordinate planned care actions.
• Pre-assess and follow up patients undergoing TEER (Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair).
• Triage referrals for cardiac diagnostic test

• Pre-assess cardiology and cardiac surgery patients, and spearhead MDT to plan patients’ care from admission to discharge
• Run cardiac rehabilitation clinics, and liaise accordingly with GP and other AHPs for patients’ continuous care
• Provide nursing and patient education in the ward and ITU
• Triage cardiac surgery patients

• Conduct nurse-led clinic and coordinate MDT to identify and address patients' needs and concerns throughout rehabilitation process.
• Liaise with GP and other AHPs to optimise medication titration and address patient concerns, enhancing collaborative care approach.
• Monitor patients during their exercise sessions.
• Triage post cardiology intervention and cardiac surgery patients and enrol to cardiac rehabilitation if under catchment area. More so, refer to their local area for cardiac rehabilitation if outside catchment area.

• Managed caseload of patients with chest pain of at least 5 per day from initial referral to follow-up
• Worked autonomously and collaboratively in Nurse-led clinics
• Facilitated cardiac diagnostics required by patient and reviewed results, actioning whether further tests or interventions were needed.
• Escalate patient concerns during Multi-disciplinary meeting and actioning any planned course of action.
• Maintained clear, up-to-date, and accurate documentation in patients' care
• Liaising with GP and other AHPs for any noted patient concern.

• Planned and actioned educational learning pathways of nurses and health care assistants, over 4 teams, from onboarding as new starters, up to being highly qualified ICU nurse and ICU health care assistants.
• Promoted safe working environment by implementing regulatory standards, policies, and guidelines.
• Provided education through running courses, teaching as trainer for medical equipment, and working with nurses at bedside.

• Provided direct nursing care of critically-ill patients with cardiovascular, thoracic, and oncology problems.
• Managed complex cases through multi-disciplinary approach; ensuring holistic care for patients.
• Precepted new staff nurses and provided support.
• Ensured continuous learning and competency by finishing post-graduate course, and becoming certified Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) and Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) nurse.

1 year work gap which included review and preparation for exams needed to become Registered Nurse in UK such as IELTS, and Computer-based test for NMC registration.

Occasionally picked up locum shifts as Private Duty Nurse for elderly patients with complex needs.

• Provided direct nursing care for paediatric and adult patients with diverse diagnoses and needs in general ward.
• Managed critically ill paediatric and adult patients with Neurology, Trauma/Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Endocrine, Cardiac, and Medical-Surgical needs as bedside and charge nurse.