Carl Noin Figueroa
Clinical Facilitator - Intensive Care
217 Block F New Seskin Court Arena, Tallaght
Summary
Currently working as a Clinical Facilitator in the Intensive Care for almost a year under a specified purpose contract. Have proven devotion to teaching and helps build up staff nurses, students, adaptees and new nurses. Driven in supporting staff members in achieving their professional and personal goals while strengthening patient care practices. Proficient in supporting staff members with performance issues. Have brought innovations to practice to support staffs and colleagues, aiming to improve patient care. Participates in quality improvement projects and nursing audits to enhance patient care.
A background of dedicated ICU nursing experience of 10 years rendering direct patient care. A patient advocate. Adept in recognizing patient's needs and ensures patient safety and quality care is prioritized. Acknowledges that patient families need support and are important part of the care. Have worked in major teaching hospitals throughout the nursing career. A Master of Arts degree holder in Nursing Education Management awarded in the Philippines, which helped in educating and supporting both colleagues and affiliated students in the workplace. Completed Trinity College Dublin's post graduate Diploma in Specialist Nursing in Intensive Care in Ireland in 2023.
Hardworking and passionate. Have good and healthy working relationships with staff, colleagues, and the multidisciplinary team. Have good problem solving, leadership and management skills, and able to display professionalism and diplomacy. Proficient in supporting staffs with performance issues. Good and effective communication and active listening skills. Formulate plans and strategies with accordance to the recent evidence based practice and the hospital's mission, vision, values.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Clinical Facilitator
Tallaght University Hospital
2023.08 - Current
- Promote recognition of patients as individuals, ensuring that their safety, needs, and comfort are prioritized.
- Work within Scope of Practice and comply with hospital's existing policies.
- Ascertain that the delivery of excellent care to patients and their families aligns with the hospital's purpose, vision, values, and strategic plan.
- To work closely with CNM III, CNM II's and Clinical Facilitators in the Critical Care to identify clinical learning needs of all staff in the area.
- Ensure that the care delivered to patients and their families are evidenced based quality nursing care.
- Support nursing staff in the development of care plans to their patient, and in critically evaluating them.
- To support all nurses including students, adaptees, registered nurses, and in some cases multidisciplinary colleagues, in implementation of hospital policies.
- To promote environment where staff nurses can utilize their full potential and be able to rationalize their care to colleagues, multidisciplinary team, patients and families.
- To audit and evaluate all initiatives undertaken.
- Audit standards of care using national Quality Care Metrics Audit Tool (QCM).
- Participate to development and monitoring of policies, procedures, guidelines and standards are required.
- Act as expert resource person for critical care nursing and assist in any education study days and workshops as relevant to practice.
- Support staff nurses undergoing clinical Adaptation and Assessment process.
- Support CNMs and staff nurse preceptors in their teaching and assessing roles with accordance to agreed standards of the NMBI.
- Support Nursing Management with performance management issues as required.
PACCU/ICU Staff Nurse
Tallaght University Hospital
2019.05 - 2023.07
- Delivered age-appropriate medical and surgical care for adult and geriatric ICU patients.
- Consulting and coordinating with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient’s status.
- Developed and implemented patient care plans based on physicians' instructions and evidenced based nursing practices.
- Monitored patients' respiratory status and ventilator operation and made adjustments to promote stabilization.
- Proficient in using ICU specific equipments and therapies, such as mechanical ventilator, dialysis CVV, etc., and in assisting doctors in carrying out procedures including intubation, central line insertions, etc.
- Adept in preparing and administering ICU specific medications with accordance to hospital protocols.
- Ensured that patient's families are supported, informed and kept updated throughout.
- Participated in departmental quality improvement initiatives to achieve higher standard of patient care.
- Supervised new employees and student nurses to promote adherence to established patient care standards and practices.
- Have been appointed as preceptor for new staffs and affiliated students, and able to render help and support throughout their placement.
- Optimized resource allocation across multiple tasks by effectively prioritizing workload based on deadlines or urgency levels
ICU Staff Nurse
Adventist Medical Center - Iligan
2013.06 - 2019.02
- Delivered age-appropriate medical care for paediatric and adult medical and surgical ICU patients.
- Consulting and coordinating with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient’s status.
- Continuously monitor patient’s cardiac and respiratory status and initiate necessary interventions during emergencies
- Assisting in insertion or discontinuation of CV catheters, arterial lines, and endotracheal tubes and managing potential complications thereafter.
- Providing education, information and emotional support to patient’s family and caregivers;
- Participated in departmental quality improvement initiatives to achieve higher standard of patient care.
- Able to train and help affiliated students and new staffs in ICU.
Education
P.Grad. Dip. In Specialist Nursing - Intensive Care
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland 2022.09 - Current
National Foundation Education Module - Critical Care Nursing
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland 2020.10 - 2021.07
Master of Arts - Major in Nursing Education And Administration
Misamis University
Misamis City, Philippines 2014.06 - 2016.04
Bachelor of Arts - Nursing
Mindanao State University - IIT
Iligan City, Philippines 2008.06 - 2012.04
Skills
Introduced initiative in the ICU: "Refresher of the Week" aiming to support staff and improve practice
Certification
Human Resources Masterclass 1 & 2
Additional Information
Name: Lisa Dunne
Position: CNM III - Intensive Care Unit
Name of Hospital: Tallaght University Hospital
Telephone number: 01-4144529
Email address: lisa.dunne@tuh.ie
Name: Jonas Monsees
Position: CNM II - Post Anaesthetic Critical Care Unit
Name of Hospital: Tallaght University Hospital
Telephone number: 01-4144025
Email address: jonas.monsees@tuh.ie
Name: Maria Messitt
Title: Clinical Audit Coordinator
Name of Hospital: Tallaght University Hospital
Telephone number: 01-4144537
Email address: maria.messitt@tuh.ie
Timeline
Open Disclosure Workshop
2024-04
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
2024-04
Hi Impact Critical Care: Renal and Metabolic Critical Care
2023-11
Human Resources Masterclass 1 & 2
2023-10
Clinical Facilitator
Tallaght University Hospital
2023.08 - Current
P.Grad. Dip. In Specialist Nursing - Intensive Care
Trinity College Dublin
2022.09 - Current
National Foundation Education Module - Critical Care Nursing
University College Dublin
2020.10 - 2021.07
PACCU/ICU Staff Nurse
Tallaght University Hospital
2019.05 - 2023.07
Master of Arts - Major in Nursing Education And Administration
Misamis University
2014.06 - 2016.04
ICU Staff Nurse
Adventist Medical Center - Iligan
2013.06 - 2019.02
Bachelor of Arts - Nursing
Mindanao State University - IIT
2008.06 - 2012.04
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