Susanna Sweatman
Hoveton,Norfolk
Summary
I am a dedicated and compassionate healthcare professional with expertise in paediatric nursing and providing exceptional care to children and young people in the community. I have been a looked after child health visitor for 5 years, advocating for children in care, working alongside their foster carers and families. I am skilled in communicating with children and providing family support, with a deep understanding of child behaviour and family dynamics. I am proficient in sensitive listening, patient advocacy, and compassionate communication, ensuring person-centred care plans are effectively implemented. I am committed to safeguarding knowledge and adaptable to changing situations, aiming to enhance patient care through continuous learning and development.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Bank paediatric nurse
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Norwich, Norfolk
2020.01 - Current
- Enhanced patient wellbeing with developmentally appropriate play activities.
- Assessed patient conditions, informed doctors of changes in health status.
- Provided emotional support for paediatric patients by creating a comforting environment.
- Monitored vital signs regularly, detected early warning signs of deterioration.
- Educated families on home care procedures, ensuring continuity of treatment at home.
- Administered medicines to achieve accurate dosing and maintain child health.
- Performed routine checks and observations for continuous monitoring of patient's condition.
- Prepared children for surgery to ease anxiety and fear.
- Advocated for child's best interests with healthcare professionals.
- Safeguarded children from harm whilst in hospital care.
- Respected cultural diversity within patient groups, provided culturally sensitive nursing care.
- Managed emergency situations calmly, provided immediate necessary treatments.
- Maintained detailed records, ensured efficient communication between medical teams.
- Communicated effectively with parents about their child's condition, enhanced family understanding of treatment plans.
- Promoted healthy lifestyle choices to prevent onset of illness amongst paediatric patients.
Looked after child health visitor
Cambridge Community Services
Norwich, Norfolk
2013.08 - Current
- Contributed to safeguarding strategies, ensuring the welfare of children at risk.
- Collaborated with school nurses and looked after child health nurses for seamless transition of care between settings.
- Encouraged healthy lifestyle choices amongst patients, leading to improved overall health status.
- Managed high-risk cases, ensuring child safety was prioritised. These included child protection conferences, child in need meetings and child in care reviews.
- Supported families facing challenging circumstances, contributing to stronger community bonds.
- Coordinated with social services to ensure holistic care provision.
- Supported parents during their transition into parenthood, strengthening familial relationships and reducing stress levels.
- Lead multidisciplinary meetings to discuss plans to improve patient outcomes.
- Maintained accurate records of patient interactions and interventions in line with legal requirements.
- Implemented preventative measures against domestic violence within households visited.
- Worked closely with GPs and midwives to facilitate timely referrals when necessary.
- Promoted breastfeeding practices to enhance infant nutrition and bonding experience with mother.
- Conducted home visits for comprehensive patient assessment and intervention.
- Assessed child development stages, identifying potential concerns early on.
- Facilitated a smooth child protection process by developing and submitting thorough child protection assessments.
- Optimised quality of service, liaising with midwives, community nurses and paediatricians to achieve best client outcomes.
- Ensured continuity of service by maintaining accurate, legible and contemporaneous client records on System One.
- Managed personal caseload of 23 children in care, building a rapport with the children and their foster carers.
- Mentored placement students and staff to encourage workplace learning and development.
- Assessed patients' ongoing wellbeing, recording details using social-emotional assessment tools.
- Performed health assessments and contributed to ongoing health care of community.
- Developed trusted rapport with patients and family members through open communication.
Education
Specialist Community Public Health Nursing - Nursing
University of Suffolk
Ipswich 2012.06 - 2013.07
BSc (Hons) Registered Childrens Nurse - Nursing
Canterbury Christ Church University
Canterbury 2004.09 - 2007.08
Skills
- Paediatric life support
- Caring for looked after children
- Proactive health promotion
- Communicating with children
- Family support
- Child behaviour understanding
- Sensitive listening
- Patient advocacy
- Compassionate communication
- Person-centred care plans
- Adaptability to changing situations
- Family dynamics understanding
- Safeguarding knowledge
Affiliations
- I have been dancing since the age of 2 and continue to perform on stage with my dance school.
Languages
Hungarian
Fluent
Certification
Paediatric Resuscitation Level 2
Child and Adult safeguarding Level 2
Data Protection Training
Information Governance Training
Infection Control Training
Timeline
Bank paediatric nurse
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
2020.01 - Current
Looked after child health visitor
Cambridge Community Services
2013.08 - Current
Specialist Community Public Health Nursing - Nursing
University of Suffolk
2012.06 - 2013.07
BSc (Hons) Registered Childrens Nurse - Nursing
Canterbury Christ Church University
2004.09 - 2007.08