Sarah Choules

• Supporting the Sister/Charge Nurse in the delivery of care to our volunteer blood donors, by providing direct supervision to all Donor Carer staff.
• Working with the Sister/Charge Nurse for the supervision of all on-session activity.
• Assisting with the supervision of the vehicle load and unload, the session set up and session related paperwork
• Reporting to the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse, providing off-session support through a range of administrative and other back-office activities required to support the team
• Supporting the Sister/Charge Nurse in organising session activities and deploying team members to maintain a customer focussed experience for the donor, ensuring that: Every donor receives a warm welcome, individual donors needs and expectations are identified, respected, and valued, every donor feels appreciated, thanked, and encouraged to return.
• Handling blood bags, needles and a range of equipment (objects up to 13 kg's) on a regular basis

- Helping to care for mothers and babies
- Carrying out routine observations (temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiration rate, etc)
- Updating records and other admin tasks
- Educating parents one-to-one or in group
- Obtaining blood samples for testing
- Ordering stationery and equipment
- Preparing equipment
- Promoting breastfeeding and healthy lifestyles
- Reporting any concerns to a registered midwife, nurse or doctor
- Admitting patients to the relevant IT systems and documenting in patient notes

-Supported women through pain management techniques such as massage and breathing exercises during labour