Katie Hand

• Enhanced patient recovery with personalised care plans.
• Managed minor illnesses, delivering swift resolution.
• Administered vaccinations according to national guidelines, upholding public health standards.
• Contributed to public health initiatives through active participation and co ordinating chronic disease management programs
• Coordinated with GPs for implementation of individualized treatment plans and providing routine check-ups, ensuring ongoing patient health monitoring.
• Offered advice on lifestyle changes for improved patient well-being.
• Counselled patients on chronic disease management, promoting better self-care.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary team members for comprehensive patient care planning.
• Organised patient records, enhancing efficiency in information retrieval during consultations.
• Facilitated smooth clinic operations by maintaining adequate medical supplies.
• Working as part a small multidisciplinary team
• Liasing with other multi disciplinary teams such as community nurses and PHNs

General Intensive Care Unit and Interventional Radiology

• Working in a fast paced and dynamic unit, in the Neuro Centre of excellence.
• Working as part of a critical care team to ensure holistic efficient and continuous patient care and computerised charting and documentation.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary team to enhance patient care
• Provided compassionate emotional support to patients, and families experiencing difficult situations and decisions
• Working as scrub and circulatory nurse during vascular and neuro-vascular cases, roles including and not limited to patient care and advocacy, equipment checks, safety checks, observation of procedure and patient safety throughout, patient assessment pre and post procedure, stock taking and ordering.
• Working as Interventional radiology co-ordinator (IRC), which includes but is not limited to; organising and scheduling both vascular and neuro vascular daily patient work lists, keeping the work list flowing and minimising delays, managing teams for 2-3 interventional labs; while also liaising and co-ordinating with interventional radiology team, such as consultants, fellows, registrars and also radiographers; as well as with the wider MDT, such as individual surgical and medical teams, ward managers and staff, porters, stroke team and stroke unit, bed mangers and nursing administration and out of hours administration.

• Developed broad clinical exposure across Dublin’s major adult and children's hospitals, working in diverse wards and departments to support patient care and medical teams.
• Delivered compassionate care within nursing and residential facilities, supporting residents' daily needs and enhancing quality of life through individual personalised care whilst preserving dignity and respect of each individual resident
• Helped arrange transport for appointments outside the residence, guaranteeing timely attendance by all parties involved.
• Encouraged independence amongst residents by assisting them in mastering day-to-day tasks.

• Worked in the community with older people who needed some assistance with daily activities and house chorus, post hospital admission and for long-term living at home with chronic illnesses.