Roxanne Gilroy

Managed community CAMHS Eating Disorder Team;

• Fostered a positive work environment and culture through effective communication and conflict resolution.
• People management - supervision, appraisals, sickness management, talent management.
• Ensured adherence to trust and national policies.
• Performance management - in line with national access and waiting times standards, NHS plans and local governance structures.
• Managed employee grievances to maintain positive culture within the workforce.
• Delegated responsibilities efficiently amongst team members.
• Working collaboratively with stakeholders and partner agencies.
• Lead on local quality improvement (QI) projects within the team and contributed to trust QI events.
• Day to day operational tasks.
• Overseeing health and safety within the team and ensuring risk assessments are relevant and up to date.
• Coordinated hiring, recruitment and training strategies.
• Oversee the whole team caseload and ensure high
• Ensuring high quality, safe and effective care is delivered by my team.
• Implementing local standard operational procedures within the team.
• Supported with clinical situations and urgent matters.
• Overseeing and contributing to the referral/access process and reviewing Eating Disorder referrals and contributing to the diagnostic process within the MDT.

Managed Community CAMHS Team in Redcar;

• Fostered a positive work environment and culture through effective communication and conflict resolution.
• People management - supervision, appraisals, sickness management, talent management.
• Ensured adherence to trust and national policies.
• Performance management - in line with national access and waiting times standards, NHS plans and local governance structures.
• Managed employee grievances to maintain positive culture within the workforce.
• Delegated responsibilities efficiently amongst team members.
• Working collaboratively with stakeholders and partner agencies such a local authorities, social care and neighbour CAMHS teams.
• Lead on local quality improvement (QI) projects within the team and contributed to trust QI events.
• Day to day operational tasks.
• Overseeing health and safety within the team and ensuring risk assessments are relevant and up to date.
• Coordinated hiring, recruitment and training strategies.
• Oversee the whole team caseload and ensure high
• Ensuring high quality, safe and effective care is delivered by my team.
• Implementing local standard operational procedures within the team.

• Manage own caseload of children and young people who present with complex mental health difficulties.
• Advocated for patients' rights and needs, enhancing their overall experience of care.
• Collaborated effectively with multidisciplinary teams for seamless patient care coordination.
• Provided comprehensive assessments and therapeutic interventions with young people and their families.
• Managed risk and ensured patients risk assessments and care documents were up to date and relevant to mitigate risks.
• Worked collaboratively with partner agencies such as local authorities, schools, acute trusts to ensure high quality multi-agency care was delivered.
• Developed individualised care plans to enhance patient recovery.
• Promoted a positive healthcare culture within the team through empathetic, compassionate leadership and communication.
• Contributed to Autism and ADHD assessments along with the diagnostic process.
• Provided supervision and mentoring to the team. Supporting the team manager to ensure the team deliver safe care and adhere to service procedures and policies.
• Demonstrated excellent problem-solving skills in managing challenging healthcare and urgent clinical matters effectively.
• Monitored medication side effects and supported patients during initiation/titration phases.
• Improved treatment outcomes by delivering clear, effective patient and family psychoeducation.
• Triaged referrals into the team and managed the front duty desk within the team.
• Contributed to QI project across CAMHS.
• Provided clinical leadership to maintain high standard of care throughout the team.
• Demonstrated leadership skills for increased team efficiency.
• Demonstrated leadership skills during challenging circumstances, ensuring team morale remained high.
• Demonstrated strong leadership skills whilst managing a diverse team alongside the manager and leadership team.
• Ensured adherence to nursing standards by maintaining up-to-date knowledge of nursing practices and ethics.
• Managed safeguarding within the team by setting up governance structures and provided safeguarding supervision.
• Supported the induction process and new starters.
• Managed students - allocation and being a mentor.

• Managed own caseload.
• Managed complex cases effectively, ensuring safe and effective multi-agency care.
• Provided comprehensive assessments and therapeutic interventions to children and young people presenting with mental health difficulties.
• Completed Autism/ADHD assessments within the internal Neurodevelopmental pathway and contributed to the diagnostic process.
• Worked within a multidisciplinary team and sought advice/consultation from Psychiatrists, Psychologists where required.
• Produced individualised care plan collaboratively with patients and their families.
• Provided support and psychoeducation to families as well as signposting to partner agencies.
• Was part of the duty system on a rota basis so contributed to screening/triaging referrals into the service.
• Liaised regularly with partner agencies such as social care and schools.
• Supported student nurses.
• Followed policies with protocols within the service to provide safe and effective care.
• Ensuring I upheld to the nursing standards within NMC and code of conduct.
• Reported any concerns or safety concerns to my supervisor.
• Ensured all documentation was up to date and relevant in line with record keeping procedures.
• Completed all relevant training relevant to my role and further training to expand on my professional development.

Staff nurse on a 15 bedded adolescent Eating Disorder ward;

• Collaborated with multidisciplinary team to contribute to patient care.
• Shift coordinator - managing the ward. Delegating tasks and responsibilities to the ward staff.
• Ensuring therapeutic environment on the ward.
• Administering medication and monitoring for side effects/effects.
• Attending ward rounds and reporting to consultant psychiatrist.
• Key nurse to some patients and collaboratively producing care plans that ae individualised to patient needs.
• Trained in venepuncture so regularly took bloods.
• Regularly monitored physical observations of the patients and responded to any concerns - escalated where required to doctor and acute trusts.
• Led on ward activities for patients following meal times.
• Provided meal support during meal times.
• Provided individual therapeutic sessions to patients.
• Supported parents and provided psychoeducation.
• Ensured health and safety protocols were followed within the ward.
• Ensured all documentation was up to date in accordance to trust record keeping policies.
• Clerked in new admissions.
• Managed patients under sections of the Mental Heal Act (MHA) and ensured legal documents were up to date.
• Supported with escorting Section 17 leave with patients.
• Trained in Nasogastric (NG) feeding - fitted NG tubes and administered feeds as per the patients diet plans.

Staff Nurse to a 15 bedded adult mental health male acute ward and a 15 bedded female adult mental health acute ward;

• Collaborated with multidisciplinary team to contribute to patient care.
• Shift coordinator - managing the ward. Delegating tasks and responsibilities to the ward staff.
• Ensuring therapeutic environment on the ward.
• Administering medication and monitoring for side effects/effects.
• Attending ward rounds and reporting to consultant psychiatrist.
• Key nurse to some patients and collaboratively producing care plans that are individualised to patient needs.
• Led on ward activities for patients and supported the ward occupational therapist to facilitate their activities.
• Ensured health and safety protocols were followed within the ward.
• Ensured all documentation was up to date in accordance to trust record keeping policies.
• Clerked in new admissions and facilitated smooth discharges.
• Managed patients under sections of the Mental Heal Act (MHA) and ensured legal documents were up to date.
• Supported with escorting Section 17 leave with patients.
• Liaised effectively with relatives, keeping them informed about patient progress.
• Coordinated with pharmacy staff ensuring timely delivery of medicines and medication stock checks.
• Identified early warning signs of deteriorating of patients' mental health through observation and monitoring. Responded/escalated accordingly if there were changes to circumstances.
• Quickly responded to medical emergencies, working calmly and professionally under pressure.