Vicky Sykes
Keighley,United Kingdom
Summary
Dedicated and highly experienced Nurse Manager with over 17 years of clinical and leadership experience in primary care. Proven expertise in chronic disease management, diabetes care, cardiovascular disease prevention, and team leadership. Committed to delivering high-quality patient care, supporting self-management, and leading multidisciplinary teams to achieve excellent clinical outcomes
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1995
1995
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Nurse Manager
Dr Bhatti and Partners
Ovenden, United Kingdom
07.2007 - 05.2025
- Company Overview: Beechwood Medical Centre
- I am the Lead Practice Nurse for a team of 2 nurse and 1 healthcare assistant.
- I am involved in the provision of nursing services to patients, which includes chronic disease management, NHS health screening, travel vaccinations, CVD risk assessments, and cervical cytology.
- I receive all the blood results for the diabetes, CDM reviews and CVD risk assessment and the ACR results.
- I assist the G.P. team with minor surgery and insertion/removal of IUCDs and contraceptive implants.
- Maintain and order vaccines and pharmacy stock.
- Health Promotion and screening, childhood immunisations, travel advice and vaccinations.
- I have helped with recruitment, interviewing and training of this team and complete their annual appraisals with minimal input from the practice manager at Beechwood Medical Centre.
- I have also conducted nurse interviews on behalf of the PCN.
- As part of the diabetes nurse role, I perform 6 monthly and annual diabetes reviews including reviewing the patients cardiovascular risk factors.
- Providing support throughout the year for patients with Type1 and Type 2 diabetes.
- I support patients in initiating insulin and GLP-1 - titrating oral medications and educating patients to enable self-management, hypo prevention, treatment and avoidance, driving rules, sick day rules, Pre-contraception advice for diabetes patients, and to educate patients on the important of attending retinopathy and neuropathy screening.
Community Nurse
Calderdale PCT
Halifax
09.2004 - 07.2007
- Company Overview: Community Nursing team
- Supporting Patients with their health needs in their own homes.
- Assessing and implementing wound care.
- Caring and supporting patients and their families in palliative care.
- Liaising with other members of multi-disciplinary team on all aspects of the patients care.
- Give advice and support to patients and their careers regarding their disease and treatments.
- Community Nursing team
Band 5 Nurse
Bradford Royal Hospital
Bradford
09.2003 - 09.2004
- Company Overview: Medical Admission Unit
- Provision of nursing services to acutely ill patients including assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care.
- Liaising with other members of multi-disciplinary team on all aspects of the patients care.
- Give advice and support to patients regarding their disease and treatments.
- Medical Admission Unit
Education
GCSE - English literature, English Language, Maths, Humanities, Double Science, Technology
Oakbank School
Adv diploma of adult nursing - undefined
Bradford university
Degree in adult nursing - undefined
Bradford University
Diploma in Primary care diabetes management - undefined
PCTC
Independent and Supplementary Prescribing - undefined
Huddersfield University
Cardiovascular disease management in primary care - undefined
PCTC
Insulin conversion in people with type 2 diabetes in primary care - undefined
Teesside university
Advanced practice in Diabetes care - undefined
Huddersfield university
Supporting diabetes self-care - undefined
Huddersfield university
Management and leadership course - undefined
Babinton
Skills
- Immunisation administration
- Safeguarding procedures knowledge
- Nursing leadership
- Advanced clinical expertise
- Resilience and stress management
- Performance appraisal conducting
- Infection control procedures
- Staff mentoring
- Patient education
- Venepuncture
- Empathetic communication
- Health and Safety Compliance
Timeline
Nurse Manager
Dr Bhatti and Partners
07.2007 - 05.2025
Community Nurse
Calderdale PCT
09.2004 - 07.2007
Band 5 Nurse
Bradford Royal Hospital
09.2003 - 09.2004
Adv diploma of adult nursing - undefined
Bradford university
Degree in adult nursing - undefined
Bradford University
Diploma in Primary care diabetes management - undefined
PCTC
Independent and Supplementary Prescribing - undefined
Huddersfield University
Cardiovascular disease management in primary care - undefined
PCTC
Insulin conversion in people with type 2 diabetes in primary care - undefined
Teesside university
Advanced practice in Diabetes care - undefined
Huddersfield university
Supporting diabetes self-care - undefined
Huddersfield university
Management and leadership course - undefined
Babinton
GCSE - English literature, English Language, Maths, Humanities, Double Science, Technology
Oakbank School
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