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Extensive clinical nursing experience across medium secure forensic and older adult care, with strong leadership, delegation, and team coordination skills. Adaptable, easy-going, and motivated by performance and success, able to make swift, safe, and professional decisions with patient safety and wellbeing at the forefront. Experienced in influencing and supporting teams, delivering training on clinical systems, and producing high-quality reports and audits. Builds effective multidisciplinary relationships, works well independently or as part of a team under pressure, and is committed to continuous learning and development—seeking a new challenge within Babcock Train-To-Fit.…Extensive clinical nursing experience across medium secure forensic and older adult care, with strong leadership, delegation, and team coordination skills. Adaptable, easy-going, and motivated by performance and success, able to make swift, safe, and professional decisions with patient safety and wellbeing at the forefront. Experienced in influencing and supporting teams, delivering training on clinical systems, and producing high-quality reports and audits. Builds effective multidisciplinary relationships, works well independently or as part of a team under pressure, and is committed to continuous learning and development—seeking a new challenge within Babcock Train-To-Fit.

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Extensive clinical nursing experience across medium secure forensic and older adult care, with strong leadership, delegation, and team coordination skills. Adaptable, easy-going, and motivated by performance and success, able to make swift, safe, and professional decisions with patient safety and wellbeing at the forefront. Experienced in influencing and supporting teams, delivering training on clinical systems, and producing high-quality reports and audits. Builds effective multidisciplinary relationships, works well independently or as part of a team under pressure, and is committed to continuous learning and development—seeking a new challenge within Babcock Train-To-Fit.…Extensive clinical nursing experience across medium secure forensic and older adult care, with strong leadership, delegation, and team coordination skills. Adaptable, easy-going, and motivated by performance and success, able to make swift, safe, and professional decisions with patient safety and wellbeing at the forefront. Experienced in influencing and supporting teams, delivering training on clinical systems, and producing high-quality reports and audits. Builds effective multidisciplinary relationships, works well independently or as part of a team under pressure, and is committed to continuous learning and development—seeking a new challenge within Babcock Train-To-Fit.

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Extensive clinical nursing experience across medium secure forensic and older adult care, with strong leadership, delegation, and team coordination skills. Adaptable, easy-going, and motivated by performance and success, able to make swift, safe, and professional decisions with patient safety and wellbeing at the forefront.

Experienced in influencing and supporting teams, delivering training on clinical systems, and producing high-quality reports and audits. Builds effective multidisciplinary relationships, works well independently or as part of a team under pressure, and is committed to continuous learning and development—seeking a new challenge within Babcock Train-To-Fit.

Skills

Leadership

Microsoft Office

Experience Level

Leadership

Expert

Microsoft Office

Expert

Work Experience

Dedicated Mental Health Nurse at HMP Edinburgh 2025

January 1, 2025 - Present

Manage a rigorous caseload of patients with severe and complex mental health needs in a high-security environment, delivering evidence-based nursing care. Chair the “Talk to Me” suicide prevention strategy, ensuring comprehensive risk assessment, crisis intervention, and adherence to institutional safety protocols. Lead weekly mental health clinics for patients in the seclusion unit, providing acute monitoring and therapeutic support. Contribute to multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings to review complex cases and synchronize care plans. Lead service innovation by spearheading a dementia pathway for the aging prisoner population in partnership with external medical specialists. Act as a key liaison between nursing staff and consultant psychiatrists by providing detailed clinical feedback and observational data to refine pharmacological and therapeutic plans.

Mental Health Nurse at Direct Health

January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2025

Experience working within a prison environment, including involvement in suicide prevention (“Talk to Me”) and completing mental health assessments and signposting individuals to available support. Worked across disciplines in team meetings and supported safe, risk-aware care pathways in line with institutional requirements.

Band 6 Deputy Charge Nurse (Older Adults Admissions Ward) at Midlothian Community Hospital

June 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022

Deputised and led the ward as required, chairing MDT meetings and organising family meetings. Undertook page holder duties hospital-wide and supported wards during emergency situations. Led a nursing team and coordinated safe patient care within an older adults admissions setting.

Mental Health Nurse (Rehabilitation Ward) at Cedar Ward, Rowanbank Clinic, Glasgow

December 1, 2020 - June 30, 2022

Worked in a 12-bed medium secure forensic rehabilitation ward. Facilitated MDT meetings and developed person-centred, non-judgemental care plans with patients. Coordinated shifts and led teams on the ward. Administered intramuscular and subcutaneous injections and completed routine medication rounds as per Kardex. Worked collaboratively with multiple disciplines, supported quality improvement strategies, and qualified as a nurse assessor to sign off senior students in their third year.

Mental Health Nurse / Dementia Care Nurse at Maple Villa, NHS Craigshill Care Centre

August 1, 2017 - December 31, 2020

Worked in a 24-bed ward for patients with late-stage dementia. Planned care for a case load of multiple patients, chairing MDT meetings and taking a leading role in managing the team. Built close therapeutic relationships with the care team and carers, completed medication rounds, and performed mental health assessments. Used verbal and non-verbal communication in a person-centred manner, and supported students as a student mentor.

Community Mental Health / Social Work Led Package Practitioner at Scottish Nursing Guild

January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2025

Worked in social work-led community packages across different locations, building therapeutic and professional relationships with staff and patients. Completed evidence-based mental health assessments in community-based settings and supported care planning and signposting to appropriate services.