Mental Health Trained Nurse

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Serial No: 11501

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Skills keywords:  assessing

Short Bio:

An ambitious and dedicated Mental Health and Adult Trained Nurse with over 20 years’ experience in hospitals and care homes. Passionate about maintaining and continually improving standards of patient care. Possesses experience of setting up and managing a care home and effectively leading, developing and motivating staff.
Utilizes strong communication and interpersonal skills to establish excellent working relationships with clients, patients and colleagues at all levels.

Current location:  United Kingdom - View on map

Nationality: english

Preferred Sector of Employment:  Medical and Nursing

Spoken languages: english

Location I am interested in working: Anywhere

Career Summary

2009 – date SURREY AND BORDERS NHS, Foundation Trust, Surrey, UK

Community Psychiatric Nurse

• Effectively prioritizing workload and managing time to fulfil responsibility for a caseload of clients aged 65 and over, ensuring consistently high standards of patient care

• Diligently assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for clients in their own homes, including maintaining all required documentation with due regard for patient confidentiality

• Ensuring consistent compliance with all relevant policies, procedures and regulations, continually striving to enhance patient care and developing productive working relationships with colleagues / clients

• Working effectively as part of a team to achieve stipulated adjectives or using initiative to perform various tasks independently with minimal supervision

2008 – 2009 BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, Berkshire, UK

Community Psychiatric Nurse

2002 – 2008 SUTTON AND MERTON PRIMARY CARE TEAM, Sutton, UK

Community Staff Nurse

2002 – 2003 CARE UK AND MISSION CARE, London, UK

Staff Nurse

2001 OVERSEAS VOLUNTEER WORK

Assisting Stroke Patients

1998 – 2000 HOME FOR OLDER ADULTS, UK

Owner / Manager

1983 – 1988 FARNBOROUGH HOSPITAL Orpington, Kent, UK

Staff Nurse (Part-time while studying)

1982 – 1983 ST. GILES HOSPITAL, London, UK

Staff Nurse

Education & Qualifications 

Certificate: Diabetes

Warwick University, 2005

Conversion Course: Nursing

Surrey University, 2004

Instructor’s Course: Aerobics, 1999

Certificate: Counselling Skills, 1998

City & Guilds: Advanced Management in Care

Thomas Danby College. West Yorkshire, 1997

Diploma: Aromatherapy, 1997

Certificate: Body Massage, 1996

Certificate: Care Activity; City & Guilds Training Plan

Thomas Danby college, 1996

Assessor Certificate: Work based, for NVQ in Care

Thomas Danby College, 1995

Professional Registration

 State Registered Nurse

Joyce Green Hospital, Kent, 1982

 Registered Mental Health Nurse

Stone House Hospital, Kent, 1979

 State Enrolled Nurse for Learning Difficulties

Darenth Park Hospital, Kent, 1976

Further Skills

I.T. Proficiency: Rio, Microsoft Office, internet and email

Languages: Fluent English and French