TRACY RAE
Brechin
Summary
Experienced mental health nurse prescriber, with over 20 years working as a band 7 clinical lead in substance misuse. Dedicated to delivering individualised, compassionate, gold standard care whilst managing a broad spectrum of mental health conditions and comorbidities.
Experience in identifying neurodivergent presentation and distinguishing from mental health conditions thus improving patient outcomes. Proficient at prescribing first line psychotropic and controlled medications. Skilled at establishing therapeutic relationships with patients and families and adept at providing high quality care both face to face and in the remote setting. Experience in leadership, active involvement in service development and redesign ensuring continued clinical governance.
I embrace new challenges and I am committed to advancing my expertise in mental health and neurodivergent care.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Community Mental Health Nurse
NHS Grampian
2001.07 - Current
- Lead clinical teams in the delivery of gold standard, mental health and substance misuse care and treatment.
- Direct patient care, applying nuanced assessment skills by drawing on extensive mental health and substance misuse experience.
- Apply knowledge of ADHD presentation and its overlap with mental health conditions.
- Develop and implement individualised treatment plans in collaboration with patients and families
- Titration, stabilisation and detox of Opiate replacement therapy medications
- Provide tier 2 psychological therapies for patients.
- Provide a safe, therapeutic, trauma informed environment for patients
- Provide written and verbal diagnostic reports, patient health updates, child protection and court reports.
- Work within primary and secondary care and shared care
- Collaborative working with multidisciplinary team and other relevant agencies to ensure wraparound care is provided.
- Collaborative working with agencies with regards safeguarding, child protection and adult support and protection
- Operate with a high level of autonomous working, making fast, safe, patient centred decisions.
Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Evolve Primary Care Consultants
2023.01 - 2024.04
- Undertake remote assessments for patients accessing primary care with regards mental health concerns.
- Provide short term, goal focused support and brief interventions for a range of mental health conditions.
- Recognition of, assessment and initial screening for ADHD.
- Support mental and physical health promotion.
- Assessment and provision of fit notes/MED3 when appropriate.
- Prescribe 1st line psychotropic medications.
- Referral on to appropriate support services and secondary care.
Band 5 Staff Nurse
Royal Cornhill Hospital
Aberdeen
2000.09 - 2001.07
- Provide patients with acquired brain injuries and challenging behaviours with 24 hour nursing care.
- Work as part of a multidisciplinary team, carrying out delegated tasks.
- Delegate tasks to junior staff with patient care and safety as integral in all decision making.
- Administration of psychotropic and physical health medications daily. Continual monitoring and review of medications.
- Continual assessment of patients physical and mental health needs.
- Work as nurse in charge of the ward on night duty.
- Continual risk assessment, holistic assessment, care planning and evaluation of patient care.
Education
Non medical prescribing -
Robert Gordon University
Aberdeen, Aberdeen City 2019.05 - 2019.12
Postgraduate Certificate - Child Protection
University of The West of Scotland
Paisley, Renfrewshire 2007.02 - 2008.01
Diploma of higher education - Mental Health Nursing
Robert Gordon University
Aberdeen, Aberdeen City 1997.09 - 2000.09
Diploma of higher Education - Primary Teaching
Northern College of Education
Aberdeen 1994.01 - 1996.01
Skills
Non medical prescriber
Extensive knowledge of mental health conditions and comorbidities
Proficient at carrying out comprehensive patient assessments and formulating effective, individualised care plans
Demonstrated ability to distinguish between mental health conditions and ADHD presentation
High level of communication skills evidenced by collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and clear and concise verbal and written reports
Provision of tier 2 psychological therapies
Service development
Autonomous working
Timeline
Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Evolve Primary Care Consultants
2023.01 - 2024.04
Non medical prescribing -
Robert Gordon University
2019.05 - 2019.12
Postgraduate Certificate - Child Protection
University of The West of Scotland
2007.02 - 2008.01
Community Mental Health Nurse
NHS Grampian
2001.07 - Current
Band 5 Staff Nurse
Royal Cornhill Hospital
2000.09 - 2001.07
Diploma of higher education - Mental Health Nursing
Robert Gordon University
1997.09 - 2000.09
Diploma of higher Education - Primary Teaching
Northern College of Education
1994.01 - 1996.01