Simranjit Kaur
Stourbridge,West Midlands
Summary
Compassionate Registered Nurse with over six years of experience in nursing home, including experience as a Clinical Lead Nurse. Skilled in delivering person-centred care to adults with a wide range of health and social care needs, assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating their care. Proven ability to provide leadership and supervision to nursing and care teams, ensuring high standards of clinical practice and regulatory compliance. Competent in doing staff supervisions, training and development, clinical audits, risk management, incident investigation, safeguarding oversight, medication management, CHC assessments, Mental capacity assessments and DOLS applications, CQC notifications and quality assurance.
A confident and approachable leader who is passionate about developing and mentoring staff, fostering positive team relationships, and creating a culture of accountability, compassion.
Overview
7
7
years of post-secondary education
11
11
years of professional experience
Work history
Clinical lead Nurse
Whitelodge Alvely Ltd
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
2024.03 - Current
- Lead and support the nursing and care team to deliver safe, high quality, person centred care.
- Supervise Registered Nurses, Senior carers and Care assistants during each shift.
- Ensure Compliance with CQC regulations, company policies and clinical governance standards.
- Conduct Clinical audits, medication audits and care plan audits and reviews.
- Manage Safeguarding concerns and ensure timely reporting.
- Support recruitment, induction and supervision .
- Provide mentorship to newly qualified nurses and overseas nurses.
- Act as Nurse in charge and deputise for senior management when required.
- Conduct CHC checklists and support the completion of Decision Support Tools, ensuring accurate assessments, comprehensive documentation, and effective liaison with MDT, residents and families.
- Undertake Mental Capacity Assessments, coordinate Best Interests decision making, and complete DOLS applications in line with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and current legislation.
- Conduct regular accident and incident audits to identify trends, investigate root causes, implement corrective actions, and support continuous quality improvement, ensuring compliance with CQC standards and organisational policies.
Registered nurse
NG Staffing Solutions
Wolverhampton, West Midlands
2023.04 - Current
- To show highest standard of resident care and participate in active bedside nursing care.
- Meeting the needs of the residents as specified in the care plans.
- Liaising effectively with other professionals and significant others involved in resident care ensuring an integral pattern of service delivery.
- To check and administer drugs, reporting any discrepancies to the Manager.
- Seeking assistance and guidance from senior staff when necessary.
- Prioritising busy workload.
- Monitoring resident vitals and necessary signs.
- Ensuring Safety of residents and staff.
Peripatetic Nurse
Barchester Healthcare
Birmingham, West Midlands
2020.01 - 2023.03
- Administering medication to the residents in line with stringent drug regulations.
- Generating detailed, comprehensive person centred care plans in collaboration with other team members to deliver high quality care.
- Monitoring and recording resident condition, carrying out and reporting regular observations.
- Assessing and evaluating patient needs and care planning on regular basis.
- Training and mentoring junior team members, strengthening high-functioning, efficient teamwork.
- Delivering life support with updated first aid and CPR training.
- Maintaining accurate, up-to-date resident records, maximising data accuracy.
- Establishing positive rapport with residents and their families through active listening and compassionate care.
- Facilitating efficient unit operations by maintaining stock control, promptly re-ordering monthly medication, low-stock medication and supplies.
- Quickly responding to emergencies, working calmly and professionally under pressure.
- Using outstanding planning and prioritisation abilities to safely care for 20 residents.
- Building caring, compassionate relationships with residents, providing emotional support and encouraging their independence.
- Working closely with fellow nurses, carers, care practitioners and GP 's for consistent communication and continued best care practices.
- Conducting weekly GP rounds.
Acting Deputy Manager
Barchester Healthcare
Birmingham, West Midlands
2022.09 - 2022.11
- Interviewed and trained driven, dedicated team members.
- Maintained excellent client relationships by dealing with queries and complaints calmly and professionally.
- Conducted regular audits, maintaining appropriate stock supplies to meet consumer demand.
- Developed strong teams by skilfully orienting and training loyal, hard-working employees.
- Addressed residents and their family issues with compassion and professionalism, ensuring swift, successful resolution.
- Coordinated all department functions.
- Managed staffing rota and did allocations.
- Conducted audits and risk assessments to achieve regulatory compliance.
- Conducted daily standup meeting with staff on duty to stay up to date.
- Did daily walk rounds in the home to ensure the safety of residents and employees.
- Raised concerns of safeguarding to safeguarding team when required.
- Did Root cause analysis to learn from mistakes and improve the quality of care.
Registered Nurse
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
Birmingham, West Midlands
2019.10 - 2019.12
- Monitor and record symptoms and changes in patients conditions and giving information to the physician and to my mentor.
- Monitor patients fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems such as fluid and electrolyte imbalances
- Caring for pre-operative and post operative patients under the observation of mentor.
- Performing ABG (Arterial, Blood Gas analysis).
- Monitored patient vitals and necessary signs.
- Performing bed side safety checks to ensure all the equipments are in working order.
Health Care Assistant
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
Birmingham, West Midlands
2015.05 - 2016.08
- Aided patients in everyday activities, such as washing and dressing, ensuring constant safety and effective care.
- Assisted in all aspects of personal care, retaining comfort and dignity.
- Empowered vulnerable individuals to retain maximum independence through targeted care.
- Demonstrated consistent respect and privacy for care users, maintaining dignity irrespective of circumstance.
- Vigilantly monitored changes in physical and mental health, reporting deterioration to senior carers for urgent attention.
- Checking vital signs and Charting daily observations, mobility activity and eating percentages to aid continued client assessment.
- Supported clinical staff to complete health assessments.
- Safely escorted patients during medical appointments.
- Assisting nurses with nursing procedures and worked closely with them to maintain high levels of communication.
- Completed care documentation and monitored patient progress to achieve up-to-date records.
- Sitting with patients when required to provide them psychological support.
- Thoroughly sanitised clinical and mobility equipment.
- Improved service users' daily lives through compassionate conversation, empathetic care and community socialisation.
- Helped service users improve their independence, building strength and confidence to enhance daily living.
- Maintained confidentiality and compliance standards for optimised patient care.
- Helped individuals with day-to-day activities while consistently encouraging independence and self-belief.
- Worked professionally with caregiving teams and hospital departments to maintain continuity of care.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge on latest care practices by attending regular meetings and training opportunities.
- Helping Kitchen staff to give out food to patients.
Education
Masters in Adult Nursing - Nursing
University of Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton 2016.10 - 2019.08
Masters in Adult Nursing - Nursing
Baba Farid University of Health and Science
India 2007.10 - 2011.08
Skills
- Medication storage and disposal
- Data confidentiality
- Caseload management
- Outstanding communication
- Infection Prevention and Control
- Patient-centred care
- Patient record management
- Health assessments
- Catheter and wound care
- Staff supervision
- Charting and reporting
- Nursing staff leadership
- Medication administration
- Vital signs
- Staff performance Appraisals
- Writing person centred care plans
- Fire Safety
- Safeguarding Adults
- PEG feeding
Timeline
Clinical lead Nurse
Whitelodge Alvely Ltd
2024.03 - Current
Registered nurse
NG Staffing Solutions
2023.04 - Current
Acting Deputy Manager
Barchester Healthcare
2022.09 - 2022.11
Peripatetic Nurse
Barchester Healthcare
2020.01 - 2023.03
Registered Nurse
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
2019.10 - 2019.12
Masters in Adult Nursing - Nursing
University of Wolverhampton
2016.10 - 2019.08
Health Care Assistant
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
2015.05 - 2016.08
Masters in Adult Nursing - Nursing
Baba Farid University of Health and Science
2007.10 - 2011.08