Amy Whitfield

Acute post-anaesthetic care of adult and paediatric patients immediately following surgical procedures, including:

- Airway management of semi- and unconscious patients

- Vigilant and frequent vitals monitoring

- Pain assessment and management with various pharmacological and therapeutic interventions

- 1:1 nurse-patient ratio to ensure for undivided attention and care

- Early identification and escalation of post-operative complications

- Collaboration with the perioperative multidisciplinary team to achieve holistic assessment and treatment, and enhance patients' recovery outcomes

- Providing comfort and safety prior to transferring patients to the following stages of their surgical recovery

- Infection Prevention and Control Liaison Nurse from January 2023-present and Aseptic Non-Touch Technique assessor within the PACU department

- Controlled Drug Register auditor 2023-present

- Assisting with the rehabilitation of stroke, orthopaedic and surgical patients, along with overseeing the care of patients outlaid from other wards

- Coordinating shifts – allocating patient loads to colleagues, updating necessary online paperwork relating to the ward status, organising meal break cover and/or staff shortages, leading the team in unexpected situations

- Clinical documentation

- Providing health education to patients and family

- Communicating with multidisciplinary team members to enhance patients' outcomes

- Dispensing and administration of medications

- Assisting with patient hygiene and ADLs

- Working in partnership with physiotherapists to enhance patient mobility

- Rotating through various wards of the hospital to assist with staff shortages/high acuity

- Taking responsibility for the appropriate patient loads and performing the necessary nursing tasks in accordance with the individual ward/shift

- Clinical documentation

- Providing health education to patients and family

- Communicating with multidisciplinary team members to enhance patients' outcomes

- Dispensing and administration of medications

- Perioperative nursing cares (preparing patients for surgery and recovering them postoperatively)

- Clinical documentation

- Providing health education to patients and family

- Communicating with multidisciplinary team members to enhance patients' outcomes

- Dispensing and administration of medications

- Patient hygiene cares, e.g. showering, bed washes

- Patient feeding cares

- Mobilisation and manual handling assistance

- General ward maintenance, e.g. cleaning, making beds, preparing rooms for admissions, stocking equipment