Shelley Kane

• Clinical Assessment & Care: Evaluate and manage low- to high-risk maternal and neonatal patients independently within a multidisciplinary team across Labour & Delivery, Theatre, Recovery, the Birth Centre, Maternity, and Antenatal Care settings.
• Clinical & Technical Skills: Proficient in IV cannulation, venepuncture, catheterisation, and operating specialised equipment, including cardiotocography (CTG) monitors, blood track, IV pumps, and BM machines.
• Drug Administration: Safely calculate, prepare, and administer complex pharmacological treatments and controlled drugs under strict safety checks and trust policies.
• Protocol & Risk Management: Execute time-critical clinical pathways and emergency protocols (e.g., haemorrhage or pre-eclampsia management), responding rapidly to changes in patient status.
• Documentation & Compliance: Maintain precise, real-time electronic and paper health records, ensuring absolute accuracy of physiological data and clinical timelines.
• Communication & Advocacy: Collaborate closely with obstetricians, anaesthetists, and paediatricians while providing clear education to patients to facilitate informed consent.

Reason for applying:

I really enjoy my current job and am working on my master's degree final project. I felt excited to apply for your job posting because it fits perfectly with my career goals and offers great growth opportunities.

• Regulatory revalidation: Completed intensive clinical and academic curriculum, ensuring successful revalidation of professional registration with NMC.
• Protocol & guideline up-skilling: Mastered and applied updated NHS statutory frameworks, clinical governance policies, and acute care protocols during supervised clinical placements to enhance patient care.
• Quality assurance: Maintained high standards of patient documentation and data entry across electronic health records (EHR) during clinical rotations to support accurate patient information management.

Reason for leaving:

Graduated from the course with a summative descriptor award, 'Outstanding'.

• Operational & Logistical Support: Provided foundational clinical and administrative support across busy maternity units, ensuring efficient ward workflow and patient flow management.
• Inventory & Stock Verification: Managed clinical supply chains, handled medical equipment quality checks, and verified stock levels for essential clinical inventory.
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Maintained clear lines of communication between patients, midwives, and obstetric medical staff, escalating clinical variations appropriately.

Reason for leaving:

I began the Return to Practice for Midwives course.

• Safeguarding & Health Protocols: Followed local safeguarding and health and safety protocols to strictly mitigate risks for vulnerable children.
• Risk Management & Safety Audits: Conducted continuous environmental audits and standard daily safety checks to proactively identify hazards, prevent incidents, and record findings.
• Curriculum Development: Designed and executed creative, engaging lesson plans tailored to early childhood education frameworks.
• Communication: Facilitated parent-teacher meetings to clearly discuss children's progress, developmental milestones, and tailored support strategies.

Reason for leaving:

While continuing my master's in clinical trials, I moved my family from Spain to the UK.

• Public Speaking Instruction: Delivered structured lesson plans to develop public speaking and presentation skills across diverse age groups.
• Cross-Cultural Communication: Practised clear, effective cross-cultural communication during structured, daily educational sessions with international learners.
• Differentiated Learning Delivery: Adapted complex language concepts and communication techniques to match the learning needs of non-native English speakers.

Reason for leaving:

Pandemic: school shut down.

• Emergency Pathway Adherence: Delivered time-critical assessment and emergency interventions daily, maintaining strict compliance with established clinical pathways.
• Rapid Triage & Risk Assessment: Conducted swift clinical triage and patient assessments to immediately identify and escalate changes in clinical status.
• Source Documentation: Accurately recorded medications, clinical timelines, and patient metrics across parallel electronic and paper systems.

Reason for leaving:

Moved with my family to Spain.

• Multidisciplinary Care Planning: Developed and executed complex care plans for high-risk obstetric cases in close collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.
• Maternal-Fetal Monitoring: Monitored real-time maternal and fetal status using specialised equipment, including fetal monitors, bilirubin metres, and blood glucose systems.
• Quality Control & Calibration: Performed daily calibrations and quality checks on clinical assessment tools to guarantee precise diagnostic measurements.
• Emergency Response: Responded swiftly and decisively to acute clinical emergencies, providing calm leadership and immediate interventions.
• Procedure & Equipment Management: Prepared and managed bedside clinical environments, ensuring all required equipment was fully available and functional for complex procedures.
• Neonatal Safety & Therapeutics: Safely administered advanced therapies—including medications, phototherapy, and thermal treatments—while strictly maintaining neonatal safety protocols.
• Patient Education & Advocacy: Provided clear antenatal and postpartum education, clarifying care pathways to empower patients and facilitate informed consent.

Reason for leaving:

Moved with my family to Florida

• Rigorous Dual-Role Practice: Simultaneously completed intensive, on-site clinical midwifery training while maintaining active practice as a registered nurse across multiple acute wards and specialities, including orthopaedics, urology, and medical wards.
• Rapid Therapeutic Adaptation: Developed exceptionally broad clinical acumen by fluidly moving between diverse medical-surgical workflows and specialised obstetric care pathways, adapting instantly to varying localised protocols.
• Accelerated Protocol Assimilation: Proven ability to rapidly digest, master, and execute distinct Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and clinical trial-equivalent pathways across multiple hospital departments with zero downtime.
• Comprehensive Data & Chart Fluency: Managed and cross-referenced a wide range of complex source documentation, including maternal-fetal tracking charts, system-wide laboratory data, and specialised medication grids specific to each therapeutic area.
• High-Level Multidisciplinary Liaison: Acted as a highly versatile communication link, collaborating simultaneously with obstetricians, specialised medical consultants, ward sisters, and pharmacists across the trust.

Reason for leaving:

- Moved with my family to Delaware, USA.
- Extended maternity leave.

• Pre- & Post-Operative Safety Monitoring: Managed comprehensive pre-operative screening protocols and intensive post-operative recovery monitoring, tracking vital metrics to identify and mitigate clinical variations.
• Longitudinal Care Planning: Formulated and coordinated long-term, multi-disciplinary care pathways for geriatric cohorts, demonstrating strong capabilities in longitudinal data tracking and complex site logistics.
• Ethical Advocacy & Patient Rights: Delivered compassionate, high-standard end-of-life care, strictly adhering to legal, ethical, and clinical governance frameworks to uphold human subject protection and patient autonomy.

Reason for leaving:

To begin Midwifery course and work as an RN (Bank staff) as the Royal Surrey.