Dynamic Registered Nurse and Clinical Research Coordinator with extensive experience at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. Expert in clinical trial coordination and patient safety monitoring, delivering exceptional care and education. Proven ability to enhance patient outcomes through effective communication and meticulous chemotherapy administration. Committed to advancing oncology management and fostering collaborative healthcare environments.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse/Clinical Research Coordinator III
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Toronto, Canada
01.2022 - Current
Based in the Department of Medical Oncology and Haematology within the Multiple Myeloma disease site; collaborating with Primary Investigators, physicians, and the broader health care team to assume responsibility for the overall patient management and coordination of various clinical trials. Studies include pharma-sponsored, cooperative group sponsored (such as National Cancer Institute of Canada - NCIC) as well as Investigator initiated trials.
Responsibilities: recruitment of study participants including identifying and screening potential subjects, and obtaining informed consent; coordination of patient visits schedules as per study protocol – Treatments include, but not limited to, CAR-T, ASCT, and BiTE therapies; execution of all aspects of study visit including assessment of adverse events, monitoring safety, medication, questionnaires, sample collection, reporting of serious adverse events in accordance with standards; provide clinical care and education for patients and their families participating in clinical trials; implementation and coordination of all aspects of data collection and source documentation, as per institutional policy and ICH/GCP guidelines; setting up for, and assisting physicians with, bone marrow aspirations and biopsies.
Registered Nurse
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Toronto, Canada
01.2016 - 01.2022
Oncology outpatient setting primarily servicing individuals with malignant haematological cancers.
Duties: Patient assessments; monitoring and responding to drug and blood reactions; administering oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intravenous medications including chemotherapies, biotherapies, bisphosphonates, and blood products; initiating peripheral IV lines, performing phlebotomy, accessing and de-accessing central lines including PICC lines, Hickman lines, and port-a-caths, removing PICC lines, dressing changes for central lines, removing Hickman line sutures, performing therapeutic venesection/phlebotomy; responding to, and caring for unwell and/or otherwise unstable patients; health teaching, patient and family/caregiver education; drug calculations; blood glucose monitoring; providing palliative care; written and electronic documentation including the use of EPIC software; working closely within an interdisciplinary team including nurse practitioners, doctors, social workers, and pharmacists; orientating new staff members and mentoring students; worked as a member of practice council and 'overhaul' committee where changes were implemented to improve work flow and patient wait times; resource nurse and charge nurse responsibilities; training staff for charge and resource nurse duties.
Registered Nurse
Guys Hospital
London, England
01.2015 - 01.2016
Company Overview: St. John’s Institute of Dermatology, outpatient setting servicing individuals with various dermatological diseases.
Outpatient setting servicing individuals with various dermatological diseases. Services include an inpatient-like setting without necessitating hospital admission and an outpatient treatment setting; clinic for review by physician.
Duties: Performing physical assessments including skin severity scoring (PASI/EASI); phlebotomy, initiating peripheral IV lines; administering oral and intravenous medications and intramuscular and subcutaneous injections; blood glucose monitoring; topical treatments (ie: tar, dithranol, steroid ointments); dressings, wound care, and suture removal; patient review, patient and family/caregiver education; admitting and discharging patients, making appropriate follow up referrals (ie: psychologist, community nursing); assisting with skin biopsies; participating in ward rounds with physicians and liaising with pharmacists; working closely within a multidisciplinary team of doctors, clinical nurse practitioners, advanced nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, research/clinical trials nurses, psychologists, and pharmacists; using both written and electronic documentation; providing holistic patient care; mentoring students during placement; charge nurse responsibilities.
St. John’s Institute of Dermatology, outpatient setting servicing individuals with various dermatological diseases.
Registered Nurse
Guys Hospital
London, England
01.2014 - 01.2015
Company Overview: Infusion Unit, outpatient clinic servicing various autoimmune disorders, primarily dermatological, rheumatological, immunological rooted conditions.
Duties: Assessing patients, monitoring and responding to drug reactions; administering oral medications and intravenous infusions, biologic and bisphosphonate infusions and injections, immunoglobulins, steroid infusions, antimetabolites, monoclonal antibodies; patient and family/caregiver health teaching; initiating IV lines; subcutaneous and intramuscular injections; phlebotomy; blood glucose monitoring; written and electronic documentation; working closely with doctors, clinical nurse practitioners, advanced nurse practitioners, and pharmacists.
Infusion Unit, outpatient clinic servicing various autoimmune disorders, primarily dermatological, rheumatological, immunological rooted conditions.
Education
Master of Public Health -
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom
01.2023
Health Canada Division 5 Training -
CCTG/Health Canada
Toronto, Ontario
01.2022
Good Clinical Practices -
CCTG/Health Canada
Toronto, Ontario
01.2022
Introductory Tutorial for the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS) 2 -
Health Canada
Toronto, Ontario
01.2022
Oncology Nursing 2: Clinical Management of Major Cancer Diseases -
Conestoga College
Kitchener, Ontario
01.2017
Overseas Nursing Programme -
Bournemouth University
London, England
01.2013
Bachelor of Science in Nursing with Honours -
York University
Toronto, Ontario
01.2011
International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) -
CCTG/Health Canada
Toronto, Ontario
01.2002
Skills
Clinical trial coordination
Informed consent processes
Patient safety monitoring
Chemotherapy administration
EPIC charting
Oncology management
Timeline
Registered Nurse/Clinical Research Coordinator III
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
01.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
01.2016 - 01.2022
Registered Nurse
Guys Hospital
01.2015 - 01.2016
Registered Nurse
Guys Hospital
01.2014 - 01.2015
Master of Public Health -
University of Glasgow
Health Canada Division 5 Training -
CCTG/Health Canada
Good Clinical Practices -
CCTG/Health Canada
Introductory Tutorial for the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS) 2 -
Health Canada
Oncology Nursing 2: Clinical Management of Major Cancer Diseases -
Conestoga College
Overseas Nursing Programme -
Bournemouth University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing with Honours -
York University
International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) -
Administrative Assistant II – Referral Coordinator, Department of Radiation Oncology at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre – UHNAdministrative Assistant II – Referral Coordinator, Department of Radiation Oncology at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre – UHN
Oncology Clinical Research Assistant/ Coordinator at Princess Margaret Cancer CentreOncology Clinical Research Assistant/ Coordinator at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre