Precious Bango
Cranbrook,BC
Summary
I am a trained Mental Health Nurse from the United Kingdom, registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council UK. I began my training as a nurse in 2017 and on my last year of training, received an opportunity to work as a Trainee Band 4 nurse to support during the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. After completing my training and receiving my practicing pin from the NMC, I worked as a band 5 nurse, in an Adult Acute Mental Health Hospital for nearly 3 years. I further got a six-month secondment promotion opportunity for a Deputy Ward Manager (Band 6). This role was based in Forensic Specialist Services, responsible for treating and rehabilitating adult patients with a forensic history.
I strongly believe that mental health is equally an integral part of human existence as physical health. My passion for mental health nursing was particularly driven by a desire to understand, challenge stigmas, and make a positive impact in people's lives, regardless of their mental health status.
I would describe my personal values as compassionate, empathetic, collaborative, accountable and reliable.
I am very interested in living and working in Canada.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Deputy Manager- Mental Health (Band 6)
Essex Partnership University Trust (EPUT)
05.2023 - 11.2023
- Supervised, motivated and completed appraisals for employees.
- Liaised with team members, stakeholders and vendors to coordinate activities, provisioning, environment setup, risk mitigation and follow-up.
- Conferred with customers each day to maintain current understanding of needs and preferences, resolve issues, and promote brand loyalty.
- Maintained, documented and presented progress reports to leaders.
- Introduced new methods, practices, and systems to reduce turnaround time.
- Created reports and analyzed and interpreted data from routine audits.
- Assumed senior management workloads in absence of general manager to maintain operations continuity.
- Eliminated functional bottlenecks by streamlining communication channels between management and employees.
- Assisted senior manager with payroll, scheduling and cash deposits and receipts.
- Supervised day-to-day operations to meet performance, quality and service expectations.
- Monitored cash intake and deposit records, increasing accuracy, and reducing discrepancies.
- Completed regular inventory counts to verify stock levels, address discrepancies, and forecast future needs.
- Helped with planning schedules and delegating assignments to meet coverage and service demands.
- Mentored team members to enhance professional development and accountability in workplace.
Mental Health Registered Nurse (Band 5)
Essex Partnership University Trust (EPUT)
09.2020 - 05.2023
- Educated patients and family members about medical conditions and mental health, medications, treatments and preventive measures.
- Assessed patients' physical and mental status by analyzing complaints and symptoms.
- Conducted ongoing monitoring and evaluations of behaviors and conditions, and updated clinical supervisors with current information.
- Determined patient risk by utilizing subjective and objective data obtained through patient interaction.
- Performed frequent ongoing assessments of patients' status to address changes.
- Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
- Observed and documented patient factors such as diets, physical activity levels and behaviors to understand conditions and effectively modify treatment plans.
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
- Implemented care plans for patient treatment after assessing physician medical regimens.
Trainee (band 4) Mental Health Nurse
Essex Partnership University Trust (EPUT)
04.2020 - 09.2020
- Educated patients and family members about medical conditions and mental health, medications, treatments and preventive measures.
- Assessed patients' physical and mental status by analyzing complaints and symptoms.
- Performed frequent ongoing assessments of patients' status to address changes.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions
- Collaboratively worked with patients and other multi-disciplines to devise holistic person-centered and individualized care plans.
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
- Determined patient risk by utilizing subjective and objective data obtained through patient interaction.
Part-time Support Worker (Learning Disabilities)
Castlerock Recruitment Group
10.2016 - 09.2020
- Provided emotional support to affected residents and victims and assisted in developing long-term recovery plans and goals.
- Administered patient their prescribed medication and assisted them with booking and attending their hospital appointments.
- Support service users (patients) with attending to their everyday activities of daily living.
- Tracked service activities and outcomes against outlined plans and goals.
- Intervened in crisis situations to obtain support for clients and reduce escalation or recurrence risks.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mental Health Nursing
Anglia Ruskin University
United Kingdom08.2020
Skills
- Clinical Documentation
- Patient Health Education
- Clinical Quality Improvement
- Therapeutic Relationship
- Self-Care Promotion
- Case Management
- Behavior Management
- Referral Coordination
- Effective Communication
- Suicide Prevention
- Patient Assessment
- Psychiatric Medication
- De-escalation Techniques
- Conflict Resolution
- Mental Health Law (Mental Health Act UK)
- Time Management
- Crisis Intervention
- Clinical Supervision
- Multidisciplinary Collaboration
- Substance Abuse Treatment
- Vitals Monitoring
- Student Precepting
- Team Leadership
- Schedule Preparation
- Complex Problem-Solving
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Deputy Manager- Mental Health (Band 6)
Essex Partnership University Trust (EPUT)
05.2023 - 11.2023
Mental Health Registered Nurse (Band 5)
Essex Partnership University Trust (EPUT)
09.2020 - 05.2023
Trainee (band 4) Mental Health Nurse
Essex Partnership University Trust (EPUT)
04.2020 - 09.2020
Part-time Support Worker (Learning Disabilities)
Castlerock Recruitment Group
10.2016 - 09.2020
Bachelor of Science - Mental Health Nursing
Anglia Ruskin University
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