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Registration & Licences
NMC PIN 26A1234B — Nursing & Midwifery Council, Registered since 2020
BLS/ALS Certified — Resuscitation Council UK, 2025
Medicines Management — NHS Birmingham, 2023
Professional Summary
Dedicated Band 6 Registered Nurse with 4 years of acute medicine experience across NHS Birmingham Trust. Demonstrates consistent excellence in patient-centred care, multidisciplinary team collaboration, and evidence-based practice. Led a ward-level medication safety initiative that reduced medication errors by 30%. Committed to clinical development and mentorship of junior staff.
Experience
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
- Provide direct nursing care for up to 28 acutely unwell patients on a 32-bed acute medicine unit, managing deteriorating patients and activating rapid response pathways.
- Led a ward-level medication reconciliation protocol improvement; reduced medication administration errors by 30% over 12 months (audited against Datix incident reports).
- Act as shift leader for a team of 6–8 nurses and HCAs, allocating workload, conducting safety huddles, and escalating concerns to the medical team.
- Mentor two Band 5 staff nurses as part of the Trust preceptorship framework; both received 'progressing well' ratings at 6-month review.
- Completed 120-hour placement as link nurse for infection prevention and control; introduced an updated hand-hygiene audit tool adopted across three wards.
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Delivered holistic, patient-centred care for high-acuity medical admissions including COPD, heart failure, and sepsis presentations.
- Completed Trust-funded post-registration module in IV therapy and venepuncture; performed 200+ IV cannulations with 97% first-attempt success rate.
- Participated in service improvement project reducing patient call-bell response time from 8 minutes to 3.5 minutes on the ward.
- Maintained accurate, contemporaneous nursing records in Meditech EPR system, achieving 98% documentation compliance in quarterly audit.
Clinical Skills
- Acute patient assessment (NEWS2)
- IV cannulation & phlebotomy
- Medication administration & reconciliation
- Nasogastric tube insertion
- Urinary catheterisation
- ECG recording & interpretation
- Oxygen therapy management
- Wound care & pressure ulcer prevention
- Electronic patient records (Meditech, System One)
- BLS & ALS trained
Education & Training
BSc Nursing Science (Adult)
Sep 2016 – May 2020
University of Ghana, School of Nursing and Midwifery — Second Class Upper Honours
NMC Overseas Nurse Programme (CBT & OSCE)
Feb 2020 – Jul 2020
Birmingham City University — NMC Registration awarded July 2020
Post-Registration Module: Acute Care of the Deteriorating Patient
2023
University of Birmingham — 30 CPD credits