Namita Shanbag
Swansea,Swansea
Summary
I am currently working as a paediatric registrar in Singleton Hospital in the Neonatal intensive care unit since Oct 2022. I have a total of 7 years of experience in paediatrics, including general paediatrics, neonatal and paediatric intensive care medicine, haemato- oncology and gastro enterology.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
17
17
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Senior Clinical Fellow
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Swansea, City and County of Swansea
10.2022 - Current
- In the last 2 years I have worked in tier 2 role in a tertiary neonatal unit in Singleton Hospital, during which I have stabilised neonates of all gestation from 22 week onwards following NLS guidelines.
- I have had the opportunity to manage acute cases like HIE providing therapeutic cooling, managing ventilation needs of neonates with RDS, MAS, PPHN including HFOV and performing needle thoracocentesis and chest drain insertion for babies with tension pneumothorax. I am also proficient in cannulation and longline insertion, performing lumbar puncture in neonates of all gestation and weight.
- I have maintained strict compliance with health and safety regulations at the workplace. I have designed and led a Gloves off quality improvement project.
- I have also been a part of randomisation and data collection for 3 ongoing national research projects - SURFsup trial, Neogastric trial, FEED1 trial.
- I have participated and conducted teaching in various settings like journal club, MDT teaching and bedside teaching for medical students.
Senior Clinical Fellow
Dr. Ajayans private multi speciality hospital.
Mumbai , India
05.2021 - 08.2022
- I conducted duties of a general paediatrician at a tier 2 level including outpatient clinics, immunisation, inpatient duties like management of viral bronchiolitis, acute wheeze, infectious diseases prevalent in India like typhoid, dengue, malaria, community acquired pneumonias.
- I have also managed paediatric emergencies including Diabetic ketoacidosis, Status epilepticus, trauma and accident cases.
- Organised educational activities and events to drive learning objectives and promote engagement in community set ups.
Senior Clinical fellow
Sir Gangaram Hospital
New Delhi, India
10.2020 - 04.2021
- During this period I worked in a Paediatric intensive care unit for 6 months, managing children with need for intensive care including post-operative management of cardiac patients, I learnt, developed skills in paediatric intubation and ventilation, HFO ventilation, Central line insertion, peripheral arterial line insertion, intercostal drainage tube insertion, point of care echocardiography, cranial ultrasound, managing children on CRRT and haemodialysis, emergency room duties and sedation calls for paediatric procedures.
- I assisted flexible bronchoscopies, endoscopies and pericardial tapping.
- Quickly learned and applied new intensive care skills, improving efficiency and productivity.
Junior Resident
Mahatma Gandhi Mission Medical College & Hospital
Aurangabad, India
06.2017 - 08.2020
- I performed paediatric duties as a tier 1 and a tier 2 doctor, like daily paediatric and postnatal ward rounds, out-patient clinics, on call responsibilities for admission and management of paediatric patients from the PAU and A/E.
- I mastered procedural skills like peripheral cannulation in children of all age groups. I have also learnt and conducted different procedural skills like ascitic tap, pleural tap, lumbar puncture, liver biopsy, bone marrow aspiration and biopsy while rotation through various paediatric specialities.
- Worked under guidance of paediatric specialists in haemato-oncology, gastro-enterology, neurology and nephrology.
- Neonatology: 9 month posting in a 22 bedded tertiary NICU, managing neonatal emergencies, stabilisation of neonate at birth, ventilating sick preterm babies of 28 weeks gestation onwards. I learnt necessary skills of airway management including intubation, surfactant administration, umbilical and longline insertion.
- Covid duties: I was redeployed and worked in the Adult Covid wards for 3 months between May and July 2020 at Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Aurangabad, Maharashtra during the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Intern
Bhatia Hospital
Mumbai, India
02.2015 - 02.2016
- Rotating internship in medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology and paediatrics, with general and speciality consultant ward rounds, on call duties and learning clinical and generic procedural skills like Foley’s urinary catheter insertion, Ryle’s nasogastric tube insertion, peripheral cannulation and arterial blood gas analysis.
Education
MD - Paediatrics
MGM Hospital
India 05.2017 - 05.2020
MBBS - undefined
Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences
Karad, Maharashtra 01.2010 - 01.2016
Higher Secondary Certificate - undefined
Laxman Rao Apte Prashala
01.2008 - 01.2010
Secondary School Examination Certificate - undefined
St Mary’s High School
01.2002 - 01.2008
Skills
NLS certified 2022
EPALS certified 2024
GMC - 7991852 - Completed 2 successful appraisals last done Dec 2024
RCPCH member - 316818
MRCPCH - PART 1 completed, PART 2 - TBC 2025
Designed, led and presented a Qi project in 2024
Accomplishments
- I have co authored a publication in July 2022 - Topic - Childhood tuberculosis and Isoniazide preventive therapy among household contacts of sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients - A descriptive observational study.
- I have also completed a dissertation in Tuberculosis as a part of my research as a master's degree student in India (2017 - 2019).
- I won 2nd prize for a national presentation on Dravet Syndrome in 2018.
- I have also presented my research on Nutritional assessment tools in a DGH in rural India, in a national conference in India (2019).
- I have presented my QI project in a national QI skill conference in Cardiff in 2024.
Certification
- NLS certification
- EPALS certification
- Safeguarding Level 3
Languages
Hindi
Native
Marathi
Fluent
English
Fluent
CPD certifications
- Paediatric and neonatal mechanical ventilation workshop (2024)
- Paediatric ECG workshop (2024)
- Foundation and Fundamentals of improvement - Improvement Cymru (2024)
- QISTmas Conference (2024)
Junior Senior meeting
- I chaired and led the junior senior meeting in my current workplace.
MRCPCH
Cleared Part 1 of MRCPCH (Written exams)
FOP (2024) - 73%
TAS (2024) - 69.89%
AKP (2023) - 70.31%
Sitting MRCPCH Clinical exam in 2025.
Timeline
Senior Clinical Fellow
Swansea Bay University Health Board
10.2022 - Current
Senior Clinical Fellow
Dr. Ajayans private multi speciality hospital.
05.2021 - 08.2022
Senior Clinical fellow
Sir Gangaram Hospital
10.2020 - 04.2021
Junior Resident
Mahatma Gandhi Mission Medical College & Hospital
06.2017 - 08.2020
MD - Paediatrics
MGM Hospital
05.2017 - 05.2020
Intern
Bhatia Hospital
02.2015 - 02.2016
MBBS - undefined
Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences
01.2010 - 01.2016
Higher Secondary Certificate - undefined
Laxman Rao Apte Prashala
01.2008 - 01.2010
Secondary School Examination Certificate - undefined
St Mary’s High School
01.2002 - 01.2008
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