Prisca Sagonda
Hereford,Herefordshire
Summary
I am a highly motivated and compassionate Registered Nurse with over 20 years of experience, 15 of which have been at senior Band 6 and 7 levels, and I am currently working as a Band 7 Nurse Specialist in Respiratory Medicine. I hold a BSc (Hons) Nursing degree (Upper Second Class, 2004) and am an Independent Nurse Prescriber. I am currently completing the Mary Seacole Leadership Programme, due to finish in November 2025, which is further strengthening my leadership, service development, and change management skills.
Throughout my career, I have gained extensive experience across acute and community settings, including acute medical admission units, elderly care, high dependency, accident and emergency, and respiratory wards. I have developed advanced skills in the management of long-term conditions, such as COPD, asthma, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, and bronchiectasis. My current role includes running independent nurse-led outpatient clinics, supporting patients through acute flare-ups, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver patient-centred care. I also have significant experience in OPAT and virtual ward models of care, enabling safe management of patients at home.
My career vision has always been rooted in community care, particularly working with older adults living with long-term conditions. I have a strong appreciation for the value of intermediate care, continuity, and reviewing patients in their own homes, where treatment plans can be implemented with dignity and comfort. My experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading teams and caring for acutely unwell patients on NIV and HFNO, further deepened my resilience, compassion, and teamwork under pressure.
I am a hardworking, reliable, and adaptable nurse with an excellent attendance record. I pride myself on my strong communication skills, collaborative working, and commitment to lifelong learning. I have completed postgraduate modules in Asthma and COPD and remain dedicated to evidence-based practice. I also enjoy mentoring colleagues and supporting service improvement.
Having visited Australia recently, I was inspired by the lifestyle, culture, and opportunities, particularly in Melbourne, Geelong, Sydney, and across the Victorian countryside. I am relocating with my 10-year-old daughter and am eager to embrace a new life while continuing to grow professionally as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner. I am confident that my clinical expertise, leadership skills, and passion for patient-centred respiratory and community care will enable me to make a meaningful contribution to healthcare in Australia.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
2021
2021
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Clinical Nurse Specialist- Respiratory Medicine
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Hereford, Herefordshire
04.2025 - Current
- Lead Band 7.
- Led development and implementation of evidence-based respiratory care protocols to enhance patient outcomes.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to design and execute comprehensive care plans for patients with respiratory conditions.
- Educated patients and families on respiratory disease management and treatment options to promote self-management.
- Conducted clinical assessments and evaluations to identify patient needs and tailor interventions accordingly.
Nurse specialist-Respiratory care
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Sandwell General Hospital
West Bromwich
10.2015 - Current
- Identifying patients in AMUs and ED departments in both hospitals who are admitted with an acute exacerbation of their chronic airways disease or interstitial lung disease on a daily basis.
- Involved in management of their acute episodes during their in patient stay, ensuring patients are on optimum treatments. Identifying any issues with on-going management of their chronic disease.
- Ensuring their are getting the benefit of their medicines, making sure they have optimum technique to use their inhaled devices.
- Teaching or correcting inhaler technique if needed. Ensuring patients are prescribed inhaler device they can use.
- Commencing patients on appropriate therapies using the guidelines such as the BTS/SIGN guideline, NICE COPD guideline, GOLD guideline.
- Escalating appropriately if needed, working closely with our senior respiratory consultants.
- providing in-depth education to patients on their respiratory conditions, using available recourses such as the leaflets from BLF.
- Discussing smoking cessation ensuring patient are receiving the help to stop stopping, such as nicotine patch, referrals to smoking cessation support.
- Education on the benefits of stopping to smoke. Continued support of our patients through their journey in hospital adding on to a positive experience during their hospital stay.
- Involved in the diagnosis of chronic airways disease.
- Working closely with a wider MDT, ward staff nurses, sisters, charge nurses, health care assistant, junior DRs, Acute medicine consultants, respiratory consultants and registrars, etc.
- Liaising with respiratory community teams regarding our patients.
- Referring our patients to the community teams. Identifying patients who will benefit from services such as pulmonary rehabilitation, fatigue anxiety and breathlessness service run in the community and referring.
- Participating in multi disciplinary team meetings like the recurrent attender MDT. Supporting in running nurse led clinics on both sites, Ensuring patient who fit the criteria or guideline for follow ups in outpatients are followed up in a timely manner.
- Take phone calls from patients on the telephone and assist with care queries.
- Communicate with GP via OP letters re: patients care and progress as well Attend respiratory team meetings and teaching Effective handover of patients.
- Involved with making sure On-going respiratory national audits are completed in a timely manner. General administration in the team
Ward sister
Imperial College Health Care NHS Trust, Hammersmith Hospital
London
01.2012 - 08.2015
- Reporting to Ward Manager
- I joined a pool of band 6 nurses who would be allocated to failing or struggling areas.
- Managed team nurses and healthcare assistants for 4 years.
- Supported wards to achieve clinical objectives and participated in activities to promote high quality care and enhance patient experience.
- Advised senior management on methods to apply best practice within clinical leadership.
- Supported deputizing in absence of Ward Manager by attending daily board round meetings and facilitating cascade training.
- Acted as visible and reliable point of contact on the ward to discuss formal and informal issues, queries and concerns with colleagues, patients and family members.
- Oversaw smooth running of ward for 4 years.
- Worked across different settings during the 4 years to reconfiguration of services and to expand my career knowledge and interests.
- Monitored ward staff performance and conducted detailed annual appraisals to identify skills and knowledge gaps and arrange appropriate training.
- Built and maintained excellent rapport with patients and loved ones.
- Documented and evaluated effectiveness of care plans and interventions.
- Handled annual appraisals for employees and facilitated personal development plans in compliance with mandatory training.
- Provided excellent care with focus on patient safety, comfort and dignity.
- Led staff to improve patient care through valuable coaching, teaching and mentoring.
- Supported physicians and consultants with tests and procedures.
- Performed patient evaluations and developed care plans in alignment with needs.
- Determined and implemented nursing standards and structures for better patient care practices.
- Encouraged learning appropriate learning opportunities for staff members, promoting best practices for high-quality patient care.
- Identified areas in need of clinical improvement and implemented process changes to accommodate.
- Recognized and managed workplace risks, immediately determining best methods for resolution.
- Maintained comprehensive patient care plans and monitored implementation of physicians' orders.
- Monitored delivery of patient care for entire unit, including implementation of care plans.
- Communicated with external departments to facilitate critical patient admissions.
- Coordinated and performed patient admissions, transfers and discharges.
- Worked closely with fellow nursing professionals to identify strategies for practice development and improvement.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary healthcare specialists to devise, implement and modify plans of care defining patient outcome goals.
- Educated patients, caregivers and families on diagnoses, treatment and disease prevention.
- Recruited and hired individuals to add depth, expertise and talent to healthcare team.
Ward manager
Imperial College Health Care NHS Trust
Charring Cross Hospital, Respiratory Unit
11.2013 - 04.2014
- Secondment post
- Ensured continuity of care, contributing to clinical and nursing reviews to ensure accurate feedback on patient care.
- Facilitated efficient ward operations by maintaining stock control, promptly re-ordering low-stock medication and supplies.
- Collaborated with external providers to meet patient care continuity needs.
- Evaluated resource and service use to maximise department productivity.
- Recruited committed, hardworking clinical teams for reliable care services.
- Collaborated with local authorities in safeguarding vulnerable patients.
- Coordinated staff rotas to meet service requirements whilst remaining under budget.
- Managed daily service operations through strategic care planning.
- Delegated clinical nursing tasks to meet patients' care requirements.
- Administered staff scheduling, planning rotas to reflect skill mix against patient acuity and workload demand.
- Drove patient care quality improvement by ensuring timely completion of clinical documentation.
- Managed complaints, ensuring ward team proactively engaged with patients and families to achieve best outcome.
- Introduced Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to ensure staff wellbeing, reducing absenteeism.
Junior sister
South London Health care NHS Trust
Princess Royal Hospital, Farnborough
04.2011 - 12.2011
- Deputised the ward manager in her absence
- Rostering
- Ward clinical audits, action planning
- Sickness management
- Conflict resolution
- Performance management
- Staff professional development management
- Staff appraisals
- Recruiting, attended interviews.co-ordinating day to day running of the ward
- Incident investigation
- Effective handing over, bed side handover
- Effective documentation
- Recording patients vital signs as per care plans and escalating to seniors and medical teams asper care plans
- Administration of oral and iv drugs
- Effective communication with the MDT team
- To ensure patient safety at all times
- Implementing infection control policies of the trust and keeping up to date with evidence based practice such as aseptic none touch techniques
- Performing clinical audits.Assisting junior staff and students
- Mentoring a student
- Personal hygiene/ comfort rounds
- Assisting patients with with their nutrition during meals
- Participating in
- Consultant ward rounds
- Admitting patients from A&E, and admitting patients from other wards/hospitals
- Assessing new patients and implementing care plans on issues on falls, pressure ulcers, care of catheters etc
- Safe discharging of patients home, including liaising with communities professionals to ensure safe discharge
- Safe transfer of patients to other wards
- Performing last offices
- Updating statutory and mandatory training
- Effective team member during a cardiac or respiratory arrest
- Recording patients vital signs as per care plans and escalating to seniors and medical teams asper care plans
- Administration of oral and iv drugs
- Effective communication with the MDT team
- To ensure patient safety at all times
- Implementing infection control policies of the trust and keeping up to date with evidence based practice such as aseptic none touch techniques
- Performing clinical audits
- Assisting junior staff and students
- Mentoring a student
- Personal hygiene/ comfort rounds
- Assisting patients with with their nutrition during meals
- Participating in
- Consultant ward rounds
- Admitting patients from A&E, and admitting patients from other wards/hospitals
- Assessing new patients and implementing care plans on issues on falls, pressure ulcers, care of catheters etc
- Safe discharging of patients home, including liaising with communities professionals to ensure safe discharge
- Safe transfer of patients to other wards
- Performing last offices
- Looking after acutely unwell level 2 patients, on cardiac monitors and patients receiving none invasive ventilation
- Updating statutory and mandatory training
- Effective team member during a cardiac or respiratory arrest
Staff nurse band 5
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham
12.2004 - 03.2011
- Monitored patient wellbeing, accurately recognising deterioration and initiating immediate emergency care.
- Implemented and evaluated care plan efficiencies, identifying and addressing concerns to improve treatment outcomes.
- Documented incidents on patient management systems in real time to maximise efficiencies.
- Worked closely with fellow nurses, doctors and clinicians for consistent communication and continued best care practices.
- Delivered life support with updated first aid and CPR training.
- Administered oxygen and medication to achieve optimum health outcomes.
- Maintained the privacy, dignity and safety of all patients, consistently adhering to health and safety policies.
- Administered medication in line with stringent drug regulations.
- Liaised with senior physicians to plan timely, successful patient discharges.
- Established positive rapport with patients and families through active listening and compassionate care.
- Built caring, compassionate relationships with patients, providing emotional support and encouragement during complex surgeries.
- Maximised junior staff productivity, effectively completing preparatory work for relevant procedures.
- Quickly responded to medical emergencies, working calmly and professionally under pressure.
- Monitored and recorded patient condition, carrying out and reporting regular observations.
- Assisted with routine medical tests and evaluations, documenting findings to aid care planning.
- Assessed and evaluated patient needs, supporting accurate diagnosis and care planning.
- Maintained accurate records of care to facilitate smooth and effective ward operations.
- Supported patients with critical conditions, planning and implementing targeted strategies for optimal recovery outcomes.
- Upheld patient trust and confidentiality by managing information with discretion, in accordance with data protection laws.
Education
Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Leadership - Leadership in Healthcare
NHS Leadership Academy
Hereford, Herefordshire 04.2025 -
Interstitial Lung Disease Group (UPIG)Inaugural Meeting - Palliative Care
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trus
Birmingham2022
Introduction to Good Clinical Practice - Clinical Research
National Institute of Health And Care Research
E Learning2022
Independent/Supplementary prescribing V300 - Healthcare
Birmingham City University
Birmingham 01.2019 - 06.2019
COPD module level 6 - Respiratory
Education For Health
Warwick, Warwickshire2017
Asthma module level 6 - Respiratory
Education for Health
Warwick, Warwickshire2016
Mentorship in Professional Practice - Mentorship in Professional Practice
Buckinghamshire New University
High Wycombe2015
Towards Becoming an effective Ward manager - Leadership skills
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
London2015
Imperial Appraisals skills for managers - Leadership
Imperial College College Healthcare NHS Trust
London2013
Recognizing acutely ill patients - Dimensions of Health
Birmingham City University
Birmingham 01.2010 - 06.2010
Advanced Communication Skills Training - Advanced communication skills
St Michaels Hospice
Hereford, Herefordshire 03.2025 - 03.2025
Bachelor of Science - Nursing (Hons)
Ulster University
Coleraine, Northern Ireland2004
Skills
Independent non-medical prescriber
Setting up nurse led services
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Clinical Nurse Specialist- Respiratory Medicine
Wye Valley NHS Trust
04.2025 - Current
Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Leadership - Leadership in Healthcare
NHS Leadership Academy
04.2025 -
Advanced Communication Skills Training - Advanced communication skills
St Michaels Hospice
03.2025 - 03.2025
Independent/Supplementary prescribing V300 - Healthcare
Birmingham City University
01.2019 - 06.2019
Nurse specialist-Respiratory care
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Sandwell General Hospital
10.2015 - Current
Ward manager
Imperial College Health Care NHS Trust
11.2013 - 04.2014
Ward sister
Imperial College Health Care NHS Trust, Hammersmith Hospital
01.2012 - 08.2015
Junior sister
South London Health care NHS Trust
04.2011 - 12.2011
Recognizing acutely ill patients - Dimensions of Health
Birmingham City University
01.2010 - 06.2010
Staff nurse band 5
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
12.2004 - 03.2011
Interstitial Lung Disease Group (UPIG)Inaugural Meeting - Palliative Care
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trus
Introduction to Good Clinical Practice - Clinical Research
National Institute of Health And Care Research
COPD module level 6 - Respiratory
Education For Health
Asthma module level 6 - Respiratory
Education for Health
Mentorship in Professional Practice - Mentorship in Professional Practice
Buckinghamshire New University
Towards Becoming an effective Ward manager - Leadership skills
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Imperial Appraisals skills for managers - Leadership
Imperial College College Healthcare NHS Trust
Bachelor of Science - Nursing (Hons)
Ulster University
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