Sonam Swastika Devi

• To work within multi-disciplinary team
• Provide a comprehensive range of specialist mental health nursing services including triage, assessment and treatment.
• monitor, promulgate, evaluate and promote best practice in the delivery of health services within the Intervention & Support Unit and across the wider prison environment
• provide mental health services which are integrated with primary health providers and tertiary mental health providers
• direct, monitor and evaluate care that is provided by others
• contribute to initiatives to enhance the mental health care provision for people in prison; and
• lead colleagues and foster team work to optimise care
• Assessed patients' physical and mental status by analyzing complaints and symptoms.
• Educated patients and family members about medical conditions and mental health, medications, treatments and preventive measures.
• Performed frequent ongoing assessments of patients' status to address changes.
• Determined patient risk by utilizing subjective and objective data obtained through patient interaction.
• Created and implemented group therapies and programs to help patients improve or regain coping abilities.
• Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
• Administered different therapies and medications in line with physician orders and treatment plan.

• Develop programs to control all actual and potential health risks to employees and provide the worker with education of potential health and medical risks with strategies to prevent illness and injury.
• As part of health surveillance, conduct activities which determine whether individual or group of employees suffering from occupational illness as a result of exposure to a particular hazard or group of hazards.
• maintain statistical data to identify significant trends in occupational illness or injuries.
• Responsible for employee health promotion which includes focusing on prevention of CDs and NCDs.
• including but not limited to NCD screening, Basic Health Check ups and making referrals, conducting health seminars, performing Covid 19 rapid testing, performing DAMP testing.
• provide appropriate treatment, referral and follow up so that an early return to work process can be initiated.
• Assist HR in the counselling process.
• liasing with internal and external stakeholders on health and well being related matters.

• Rotation, all wards including medical, surgical, maternity, pediatrics, accident and emergency, intensive care unit, burns unit in 2012
• Mental Health Nursing at Stress Management Ward (Psychiatric Unit) from 2013 - April 2022 which includes:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

CLINICAL CARE

· Systematically assesses the physical and mental state of the patient, analyses information and identifies the patient’s nursing needs.

· Undertakes a thorough risk assessment of the patient within the acute mental health setting to identify the patient risks.

· Applying knowledge and skills, develops and documents a comprehensive plan of care that reflects the identified needs of the patient and reduces risks associated with risk assessment within the least restrictive environment.

· Recognizes changes in the patient’s risk and mental status, takes necessary action and documents variation in the plan of care.

· Involves the patient, family, and other service elements in the development and implementation of the plan of care.

· Ensures that patient safety and dignity is reflected through plan of care including the management of gender safety.

· Implements the plan of care by providing direct high quality nursing care to patients which meets the individual needs of patients in a manner consistent with the philosophy, policies and objectives of the St. Giles Hospital.

· Evaluates and validates the effectiveness of nursing strategies towards meeting expected patient outcomes

· Accepts accountability for own actions and seeks guidance when a situation exceeds experience and/or knowledge.

· Ensures documentation is accurate, clear, succinct and reflective of current mental, physical and risk state, care planning and actions for both patient and family, risk management/reduction, use of and effect of medication and discharge planning.

· Develops and implements teaching plans for patients and family that meet their learning needs and facilitates informed decision making about the mental health and treatment.

· Co-ordinates an effective discharge from hospital that reflects the needs of the patient and carers ensuring adequate transfer of information with other service elements as required.

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.