Emily Dowling
Athlone
Summary
Dynamic Registered Adult Nurse with extensive experience at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, excelling in emergency triage and critical care. Proven ability to enhance patient outcomes through effective multidisciplinary collaboration and immediate life support. Skilled in patient assessment and workflow management, ensuring high standards of care in fast-paced environments.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Adult Nurse
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
10.2020 - 07.2026
- Worked within a busy Emergency Department providing safe, evidence-based nursing care to patients presenting with a wide range of medical, surgical and traumatic conditions.
- Assessed patients on presentation, identifying clinical urgency and prioritising care according to acuity.
- Recognised clinical deterioration and appropriately escalated patients requiring urgent medical intervention.
- Worked within the resuscitation area, caring for critically unwell and deteriorating patients.
- Engaged in emergency and resuscitation situations, collaborating effectively with the multidisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes.
- Undertook patient triage and prioritisation using the Manchester Triage System (MTS).
- Coordinated clinical areas within the Emergency Department to enhance patient care and team efficiency.
- Delegated and allocated staff according to patient acuity, workload and individual clinical competence.
- Streamlined patient flow amid changing departmental pressures in a busy emergency environment.
- Undertook ECGs and recognised abnormalities requiring escalation.
- Performed peripheral cannulation, venepuncture and blood sampling.
- Provided care to patients requiring critical care and high-acuity nursing interventions.
- Applied knowledge of tissue viability within clinical practice.
- Worked effectively with medical staff, advanced practitioners, nurses, healthcare support workers and the wider multidisciplinary team.
- Communicated effectively with patients and relatives during stressful and emergency situations.
- Maintained high standards of infection prevention and control and patient safety.
Band 4 Clinical Support Worker
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
Edinburgh, Scotland
02.2020 - 10.2020
- Monitored vital signs of patients, reporting any changes to healthcare team immediately.
- Assisted nursing staff with daily living activities and patient care tasks, enhancing patient comfort and well-being.
- Supported nurses and physicians during patient assessments, treatments, and exams, contributing to comprehensive patient care.
- Documented patient care accurately, ensuring compliance with healthcare standards and facilitating effective communication within the team.
- Participated in training sessions to improve clinical skills and knowledge base.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Adult Nursing
Edinburgh Napier University
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK10-2020
Skills
- patient assessment
- Triage assessment
- emergency triage
- critical care
- Critical care nursing
- resuscitation practice
- Patient care
- Emergency care
- patient flow management
- vital signs monitoring
- cannulation techniques
- Medication administration
- IV medication administration
- Phlebotomy techniques
- clinical documentation administration
- Wound management
- IV therapy management
- Catheter maintenance
- infection control
- Patient care
- workflow management
- Treatment Planning
- Clinical risk assessment
- Cardiac monitoring
- Policy and procedure compliance
- Advanced cardiac life support
- multidisciplinary communication
- team collaboration
- Family education
- Chronic illness management
- Patient safety awareness
- Team leadership
- Patient management
- Clinical documentation
- Neurological assessment
- Wound management
- IV therapy management
- IV therapy certification
Personal Information
Title: Registered Adult Nurse | Emergency Department | Band 6 Experience
QUALIFICATIONS & PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
- Manchester Triage System (MTS) Course
- Immediate Life Support (ILS)
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- ECG Training
- Peripheral Cannulation
- Venepuncture
- Blood sampling and transfusion
- Tissue Viability course
- Critical Care Training
- In dwelling Urinary catheter procedures both male and female
- Continious pofessional development
LEADERSHIP & COORDINATION
- Regularly coordinated clinical areas within the Emergency Department.
- Delegated and allocated staff according to patient acuity, workload and clinical competency.
- Prioritised competing clinical demands within a fast-paced emergency environment.
- Supported safe patient flow and effective use of departmental resources.
- Worked autonomously while recognising the need for appropriate escalation.
- Supported junior colleagues and acted as a student nurse mentor
Timeline
Registered Adult Nurse
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
10.2020 - 07.2026
Band 4 Clinical Support Worker
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
02.2020 - 10.2020
Bachelor of Science - Adult Nursing
Edinburgh Napier University