Dannielle Chambers
Castlebar
Summary
Registered Mental Health Nurse with a robust background in various roles within hospital settings. Skilled in building therapeutic relationships and maintaining safe environments. Excelled in multidisciplinary collaboration and individualized care planning, ensuring high-quality, person-centered care. Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication and active listening, enhancing service user outcomes and safety.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Mental Health/Psychiatric Nurse
Health Service Executive (HSE)
Castlebar
11.2023 - Current
- Working in accordance with the Mental Health Act (2001) and national and local policies.
- Build a therapeutic rapport with service users, and treat everyone with dignity and respect.
- Communicate and collaborate with the multidisciplinary team, service users, and family to ensure high-quality, person-centered care.
- Advocated for service users' needs with an interdisciplinary team and implemented the outlined treatment plans.
- Ensure information gathered in clinical practice is documented and clearly reported in a timely manner in service users' files.
- Observe the behavior of service users to assess their mental state, and identify potential risks or safety concerns.
- Carry out nursing interventions, e.g., medication administration and vital sign monitoring, according to local policy and procedures.
Pre- Registration Nurse
Health Service Executive (HSE)
Castlebar
09.2023 - 11.2023
Intern Mental Health/ Psychiatric Nurse
Health Service Executive (HSE)
Castlebar
01.2023 - 09.2023
Health Care Assistant
Nurse on Call
Castlebar
09.2021 - 01.2023
- Interacted positively with service users and family members while delivering compassionate care.
- Provided assistance to service users with activities of daily living, such as bathing and dressing.
- Transported specimens, laboratory items or pharmacy items, verifying proper documentation and delivery to authorized personnel.
- Kept medical supply room and patient rooms stocked with necessary supplies, equipment and instruments.
- Prepared beds and equipment for use by healthcare professionals and users.
Cleaning Assistant
Mayo University Hospital
Castlebar
08.2013 - 08.2021
- Ensured that all areas were clean and sanitized according to infection control guidelines.
- Followed safety processes for all manual and electric cleaning equipment.
- Handled, mixed and stored chemical cleaners in compliance with safety requirements and standard operating procedures.
- Checked safety equipment regularly to make sure it was functioning properly and reported any damaged items immediately to supervisor.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mental health/ Psychiatric Nursing
Atlantic Technological University (ATU)
Castlebar11-2023
Pre-Nursing Certificate -
Castlebar College Of Further Education
Castlebar05-2019
Healthcare Support with Care of the Older Person -
Castlebar College Of Further Education
Castlebar05-2018
Skills
- Culturally competent caregiving
- Maintaining a safe environment
- Building therapeutic relationships
- Mental state assessment
- Individualized care planning
- De-escalation techniques
- Discharge plan development
- Psychoeducation
- Medication management
- Verbal and written communication
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
- Active listening
Certification
- Manual and people handling 11/2024
- Nursing and midwifery quality care metrics 11/2024
- Your Safety, Health and Welfare in healthcare 11/24
- Safeguarding adults at risk of abuse 02/2024
- Basic life support 01/2024
- Therapeutic Management of Violence and Aggression (5 day course) 11/2023
- An introduction to children first 09/2023
- Safetalk in suicide alertness, 1 day course
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Registered Mental Health/Psychiatric Nurse
Health Service Executive (HSE)
11.2023 - Current
Pre- Registration Nurse
Health Service Executive (HSE)
09.2023 - 11.2023
Intern Mental Health/ Psychiatric Nurse
Health Service Executive (HSE)
01.2023 - 09.2023
Health Care Assistant
Nurse on Call
09.2021 - 01.2023
Cleaning Assistant
Mayo University Hospital
08.2013 - 08.2021
- Manual and people handling 11/2024
- Nursing and midwifery quality care metrics 11/2024
- Your Safety, Health and Welfare in healthcare 11/24
- Safeguarding adults at risk of abuse 02/2024
- Basic life support 01/2024
- Therapeutic Management of Violence and Aggression (5 day course) 11/2023
- An introduction to children first 09/2023
- Safetalk in suicide alertness, 1 day course
Bachelor of Science - Mental health/ Psychiatric Nursing
Atlantic Technological University (ATU)
Pre-Nursing Certificate -
Castlebar College Of Further Education
Healthcare Support with Care of the Older Person -
Castlebar College Of Further Education
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