Stacy O'Brien
Bristol
Summary
Dedicated healthcare professional with expertise in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Advanced Respiratory Management. Demonstrates proficiency in Advanced Paediatric Life Support and Breastfeeding Support, ensuring comprehensive patient care. Skilled in Tracheostomy care, Advanced Airway management, and Medication management, complemented by excellent communication and time management abilities. Committed to advancing healthcare practices and enhancing patient outcomes through continuous learning and application of advanced medical techniques.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work history
Band 7 Sister - PICU
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Bristol
09.2019 - Current
- Managing a team of around 25 nurses across all nursing bands
- Maintaining excellent and expert nursing care for children requiring all levels of Intensive Care
- Supporting the nursing and medical team on shift to ensure smooth running of the unit
- Managing bed flow
- Ensuring staff feel supported and empowered to care for their patients
- Ensuring staff wellbeing through appraisal, sickness management and support
- Leading on quality improvement projects and developing guidelines and competencies
- Supporting the hospital with staff support and timely management of critical care delivery
Paediatric ECMO Nurse Lead
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Bristol
07.2017 - Current
- Caring for children requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) on PICU
- Maintaining ECMO service - one of 12 centres in the UK providing this highly specialised care
- Managing a team of 25 ECMO nurse specialists
- Developing and delivering expert training and skill maintenance including day to day tasks and emergency management
- Supporting the clinical lead for ECMO in delivering ECMO education to the Multidisciplinary team
- Data collection and reporting to international and national databases
- Supporting families of children receiving ECMO support
- Developing and maintaining guidelines based on most up to date research and evidence
Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse - PICU
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Bristol
06.2015 - 09.2019
- Maintaining excellent standard of nursing care
- Supporting the management team with appraisal, sickness reporting, audit and leadership
- Providing care to the sickest patients with enhanced nursing skills
- Leading on bereavement care and support on PICU
- Supporting junior team members and empowering staff to participate in multidisciplinary care planning
Clincial Support Facilitator - PICU
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Bristol
01.2013 - 06.2015
- Supporting junior nursing staff in caring for children requiring all levels of Intensive Care
- Developing and delivering teaching package for junior nursing staff
- Assessing competence for all skills for junior nurses and students
- Supporting staff who are not meeting the standards of nursing care, developing bespoke teaching methods and communicating with the senior team and management to support staff
- Presenting work at conferences based on clinical experiences and best practice
- Excellent communication skills with all members of the multidisciplinary team, patients, families and carers
Band 5 staff nurse - PICU
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Bristol
09.2008 - 06.2015
- Provided basic nursing care to a high standard
- Taking and documenting patient observations and responding to changes in condition
- Delivering medications as prescribed including oral, intravenous as bolus and continuous infusions. this included complex medications such as inotropes, sedation, anti epilepsy medications, nebulisers and topical medications
- Caring for children on respiratory ventilation via face mask, endotracheal tube and Tracheostomy
- Providing advanced life support
- Participating in multidisciplinary team working to deliver family centred care
- Caring for children requiring all levels of Intensive Care with and without support
Education
Diploma of Higher Education - Children's Nursing
University of the West of England
Bristol 09/2005 - 08/2008
Bachelor of Science - Foundations of Healthcare - Paediatric Intensive Care
University of Birmingham
Birmingham /2013 -
Bachelor of Science - Facilitated Learning and Assessment in Practice (FLAP)
University of the West of England
Bristol /2014 -
Advanced Respiratory Management
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Bristol /2017 -
Master of Science - Enhancing practice in Palliative Care for children, young people and families
University of the West of England
Bristol /2024 -
Skills
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
- Advanced respiratory Management
- Advanced Paediatric Life Support
- Breastfeeding Support
- Tracheostomy care
- Advanced Airway management
- Medication management
- Excellent communication
- Excellent Time Management
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Band 7 Sister - PICU
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
09.2019 - Current
Paediatric ECMO Nurse Lead
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
07.2017 - Current
Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse - PICU
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
06.2015 - 09.2019
Clincial Support Facilitator - PICU
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
01.2013 - 06.2015
Band 5 staff nurse - PICU
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
09.2008 - 06.2015
Diploma of Higher Education - Children's Nursing
University of the West of England
09/2005 - 08/2008
Bachelor of Science - Foundations of Healthcare - Paediatric Intensive Care
University of Birmingham
/2013 -
Bachelor of Science - Facilitated Learning and Assessment in Practice (FLAP)
University of the West of England
/2014 -
Advanced Respiratory Management
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
/2017 -
Master of Science - Enhancing practice in Palliative Care for children, young people and families
University of the West of England
/2024 -
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