- I enjoy reading, music, socialising with friends
- dog training, obedience, agility and scent training with my two dogs
Sarah Field
Canterbury,Kent
Summary
Rapid Response Nurse delivering complex home care for clients with diverse needs. Administers PEG feeding and medication schedules, ensuring optimal nutritional support and compliance. Facilitates communication with clients using various aids, enhancing understanding and fostering independence.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Rapid response nurse
Superior healthcare
Canterbury, Kent
04.2025 - Current
- Provided complex care for clients in their homes, including those with spinal injuries, acquired brain injuries, degenerative or congenital conditions, ensuring personalised support.
- Delivered comprehensive personal care, including bowel care and pressure area care, while empowering clients to maximise their independence and engage in rehabilitation activities.
- Administered PEG feeding and managed medication schedules for clients, ensuring proper nutrition and adherence to treatment plans.
- Assisted clients in using BiPAP machines and managing tracheostomies, ensuring effective respiratory support and comfort.
- Facilitated effective communication with verbal and non-verbal clients using various communication aids to enhance understanding and connection.
- Maintained clean, safe working environments to eliminate accident risks.
Nurse band 6 critical care
East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust
Canterbury, Kent
10.2015 - 03.2025
- As per band 5 duties
- managing the intensive care unit on both day and night shifts, therefore prioritising patient care and escalating to doctors when needed. Supporting junior staff members, and trouble shooting on the unit.
- carrying out appraisals for band 5 nurses.
- completing the monthly work duty roster, ensuring adequate cover and skill mix is achieved
- Having difficult conversations, either with other staff members or patients/ family members.
Nurse Band 5, Critical Care
East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust
Canterbury, Kent
10.2007 - 10.2015
- Carry out all aspects of personal care, including mouth, eye, catheter and pressure area care.
- Administer all forms of medication, complex intravenous drugs, S/C and IM injections, oral medication, PR medications and Nasogastric and PEG medications.
- complete hospital care plans and daily risk assessments
- carry out top to toe patient assessments, using ABCDE approach
- completing pt observations including, Bp, pulse, pulse oximetery , temperature, blood sugars
- look after patient on mechanical ventilation either via endotracheal tube or tracheostomy tube, carrying out suctioning and have also used cough assist on patients
- using Bipap and Cpap machines.
- Looking after patients on heamofiltration
- complex wound care including VAC therapy.
- stoma link nurse, experience in colostomies and urostomies.
Nurse Band 5
East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust
Ashford, Kent
09.2002 - 10.2007
- Prepared patients for surgery
- medication rounds
- personal care
- Monitored patients pre and post op , completed observations, Bp, pulse, respiratory, temp pulse oximetery
- created individualised hospital based care plans
- stoma link nurse
- wound care including complex wounds such as VAC therapy and larvae therapy.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing (acute care)
Canterbury Christchurch University
Canterbury2006
Diploma of Higher Education - Nursing Studies
Canterbury Christchurch University
Canterbury2002
Skills
- Bedside care
- Clinical leadership
- Adult nursing
- Wound care
- Medical equipment operation
- Infection control procedures
- Tracheotomy care
- IV therapy management
- PEG management
- End-of-life care
- Vital signs
- Pre/post-operative care
- Verbal communication
- Medication administration
- Critical care
- Staff performance evaluations
- Decisive under pressure
- Patient care
- Nurse leadership
- Patient-centred approach
- Clinical care
- Discretion and confidentiality
- Routine investigations
- Patient comfort
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
- Accurate record-keeping
- Nursing practice
- Empathetic listening
- Initiative in emergencies
- Intravenous therapy
- Effective communication
- Emotional resilience
- Patient advocacy
- Patient-centred approach
- Acute and critical care
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Wound dressing
- Data confidentiality
- Medication disposal
- Computerised charting
- Patient assessment
- Critical care
- Calm under pressure
Interests
Timeline
Rapid response nurse
Superior healthcare
04.2025 - Current
Nurse band 6 critical care
East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust
10.2015 - 03.2025
Nurse Band 5, Critical Care
East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust
10.2007 - 10.2015
Nurse Band 5
East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust
09.2002 - 10.2007
Bachelor of Science - Nursing (acute care)
Canterbury Christchurch University
Diploma of Higher Education - Nursing Studies
Canterbury Christchurch University