JENNY JADE DELLOSA
Neptune City,NJ
Summary
Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist with a background in neuro-oncology, critical care, and patient pathway coordination. Provides holistic needs assessment, expert nursing advice, care planning, patient education, and multidisciplinary team support to improve continuity and quality of cancer care.
Overview
1
1
Certification
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST Band 7
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS
10.2023 - Current
- Providing expert nursing advice and support to other health professionals.
- Leading and supporting coordination of patient's pathway referred to the multidisciplinary team.
- Referring patient to appropriate care teams that can help the patient in their journey with cancer.
- Participated in comprehensive assessments of patients' holistic needs considered in the decision making.
- Ensuring that the patient has access to appropriate and effective patient information relevant to needs throughout the treatment pathway.
- Contributed to service improvement initiatives for brain tumor unit, enhancing neuro oncology service delivery.
- Conducted patient satisfaction surveys to collect feedback for improving care quality and patient experience.
- Routinely attended diagnosis meetings to deliver cancer diagnosis to patients and families.
- Provided guidance to patients about available support resources for the patient in their journey of cancer.
- Utilize research findings in the field of neuro oncology nursing.
- Participated in management and strategic nursing development of the service.
- Actively improving own knowledge and skills relevant to the service by enrolling to courses, attending seminars, trainings, and study days.
- Attended multidisciplinary team meetings, contributing to patient care plan discussions that enhance collaborative decision-making.
- Neuro Oncology Service (Brain Tumour Unit)
SENIOR STAFF NURSE Band 6
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY & NEUROSURGERY Queen Square
04.2019 - 10.2023
- Experienced in taking care and management of critically ill neurologic patients such as SAH, AVM, raised ICP, EVD, Spinal injuries, s/p cerebral angio, s/p cranial surgery, stroke, seizures, MG, GBS, Encephalitis, and brain trauma
- Skilled in monitoring intubated and ventilated patients with ICP monitor, brain PO2 bolt, EVD (Liquoguard), PICCO, LidCO, CLine, Aline, Sedline, etc.
- Familiar with proper weaning of patients on ventilators
- Trained to extubate stable patients from ventilation
- Assisted on bedside procedures such as CSF sample collection, Intrathecal antibiotics administration, Lines insertion, starting patient on sedation, stabilizing patient on intropes, intubation, and decannulation.
- Trained to do proper GCS assessment for patients and escalate properly if there is a need to scan when deterioration occurs (CT/MRI)
- Able to do day to day ABCDE assessment for the patient in the critical care unit and actively participate on the ward rounds for multidisciplinary treatment care plan for patient
- Worked according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines ensuring provision of high quality standard of holistic patient care, assessing nursing care, health care needs, development, implementation and evaluation.
- Facilitated effective communication among healthcare team and patients to enhance collaborative care and improve patient outcomes.
- Maintained a suitable learning environment for junior staff nurses and developed my own knowledge, clinical skills, and professional awareness in accordance with CPD requirements.
- Supervised junior staff in delivering care and ensured adherence to prescribed treatments.
- Promoted patient focused multidisciplinary approach to collaborative care.
- Managed resources to optimize staffing and skill mix based on patient dependency, ensuring efficient bed management and effective use of time and equipment.
- Ensured compliance with health, safety, and security protocols to protect patients and staff.
- Identify potential hazard risks for all and adhere to the policy regarding relevant incident reporting procedures
- Handle and dispose of all body fluids in accordance with universal precautions
- Communicated critical patient issues and operational challenges to charge nurse to ensure timely interventions and maintain quality of care.
- Neurocritical Care Unit (Neurosurgical and Neuromedical Intensive Care Unit)
STAFF NURSE
Asian Hospital and Medical Center
09.2014 - 07.2018
- Provides nursing care to patients with critical conditions under the service of Critical Care Services, Cardiovascular (Telemetry) Unit.
- Delivered comprehensive nursing care from admission to discharge, ensuring adherence to established protocols and patient-centered practices.
- Maintaining and monitoring patients under intropes with titrations
- Placing patient on oxygen therapy by nasal cannula, face mask, venturi mask, etc., and monitoring patient with mechanical ventilator such as with BIPAP/CPAP.
- Placing patient under telemetry monitoring with critical care needs
- Caring for patient prior and post-operative surgery such as PTCA with or without stenting, Coronary Angiography possible CABG, Stenting, or plain coronary angiography.
- Prepares and administers highly alert medications and other medications.
- Provides patient safety, proper health teachings and nursing care to critically ill patients.
- Assists on code purple and code blue.
- Relays to attending physicians the diagnostic results especially the critical results from laboratory works.
- Collaborates with attending physicians regarding the status of patient with palliative care and patients for team and family conference.
- Transfers or endorses patient for hemodialysis to dialysis unit.
- Transfuses blood products to patients for blood transfusion.
- Facilitated patient consent signing with the attending physician.
- Giving health instruction for home management of disease prior to discharge
- Discharging patient with health instructions and home medications such as with special discharge instructions like discharging diabetes patients.
- Cooperates with the infection control committee on promoting infection prevention and control within the hospital premises.
- Monitored patient data completeness daily on charts to ensure accuracy.
- Reviewed and verified every doctor's order and nurse's notes to maintain accurate patient assessments and findings.
- Checks and analyzes the completeness of data input such as the fluid balance status and nursing intervention done to each patient chart.
- Counts the correct number of medications given as to verification done by the nurse to the patient.
- Verify all the read back done on every telephone orders given by the physicians to the nurses.
- Skilled in inserting contraptions such as process of venoclysis, inserting intravenous/peritoneal access, inserting foley catheter, and inserting nasogastric tube.
- Able to handle contraptions such as Central line, IJ catheter, portacath, Maharkur.
- Knowledgeable in caring for patients with drains such as Jackson-Pratt drain, Chest tube drain, pigtail drain, etc.
- Interprets 6-second ECG in telemetry monitor.
- Ensures the completion of documentation and data collection on the patient chart.
- Facilitates patients for discharge.
- Perform routine rounds and stay at the wards for the chart checking.
- Completed patient chart documentation after discharge.
- Communicates with physicians, nurses, and dieticians regarding data deficiencies.
- Ensured thorough and timely completion of nursing documentation to uphold patient safety standards.
- Submits report to the quality management officers the everyday data gathering.
- Submits report to the quality management officers the everyday data gathering.
RN-HEALS PROJECT NURSE
Research Institute for Tropical Medicine
10.2012 - 02.2014
- Delivered compassionate care to patients with medical and infectious diseases across diverse medical settings.
- Rotated in different hospital settings such as WARD; ICU; OR; ER; OPD; ANIMAL BITE CLINIC.
- Experienced in handling patients with long-term diseases, infectious, suppressed immunity, trauma, and animal bite cases.
- Skilled in giving parenteral feeding to patients (NGT/OGT tube feedings)
- Skilled in preparation and administration of all the intravenous medications and solutions to the patients.
- Trained to prepare and administer vaccinations for animal bite patients.
- Knowledgeable in medication administration, documentation and preparation for patients
- Operated and managed medical devices including mechanical ventilator, electrocardiogram, suction machine, infusion pump, mechanical bed, and cardioversion to ensure patient safety and comfort.
- Cared for the patients with long term hospitalization.
- Conducted health education sessions for patients and their families on care management and disease prevention.
- Measured and documented vital signs and patient intake and output.
- Refer to the attending physician any emergency situation on the status of the patient.
- Competent in assisting physicians during minor operations such as lumbar tap.
- Skilled in the process of triaging patients from the ER.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER I (QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR HOSPITAL CARE)
Research Institute for Tropical Medicine
04.2011 - 09.2012
- Secretarial support for the ISO certification project
- Documented ISO project details to ensure compliance and accuracy
- Monitored project status to identify and address potential issues proactively
- Data collection for the work instructions and policies of hospital department
- Prepared budget requests and managed purchasing to support project needs
- Scheduled routine consultation on the ISO project consultant
- Prepared the meetings and seminars
- Clerical works for ISO certification
NURSE
Pamana Medical Center
09.2010 - 09.2012
- Trained to give nursing care to the patient admitted in the medical ward
- Experienced in the provision of health teachings and instructions to the patient and others with health care needs
- Skilled in assisting physician during patient treatment
- Provided compassionate care to patients in the medical ward
- Provide acute care for adult and pediatric patients with medical infirmities
- Able to perform nursing assessments and interventions on a daily basis from endorsement of patient to continuity of care
- Delivered comprehensive nursing care to patients, ensuring high standards of quality and patient satisfaction
- Administered prescribed medications to the patients in the ward
- Tracked and documented intake and output of patients to inform treatment decisions and enhance patient outcomes
- Assessed patient's condition, ensuring safety, comfort, and privacy throughout care process
Education
Graduate Certificate - PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE
LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM06-2023
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Nursing
Sts. John And Paul Colleges
PHILIPPINES03-2010
Secondary Education -
Calamba Institute
01-2006
Primary Education -
Bucal Elementary School
01-2002
Skills
- Neuro oncology care
- Patient pathway coordination
- Holistic needs assessment
- Clinical audit
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
- Patient care coordination
- Patient management
- Critical care nursing
- Care planning
- Infection prevention
- Clinical judgment
- Team leadership
- Problem solving
- Patient education
Personal Information
- Gender: Female
- ID Type: PRC License
- ID Number: 0642606
Certification
- PRC License: 0642606
- NMC PIN Number: 19H0328O
- NY License: 744916
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Languages: English; Filipino
Timeline
CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST Band 7
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS
10.2023 - Current
SENIOR STAFF NURSE Band 6
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY & NEUROSURGERY Queen Square
04.2019 - 10.2023
STAFF NURSE
Asian Hospital and Medical Center
09.2014 - 07.2018
RN-HEALS PROJECT NURSE
Research Institute for Tropical Medicine
10.2012 - 02.2014
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER I (QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR HOSPITAL CARE)
Research Institute for Tropical Medicine
04.2011 - 09.2012
NURSE
Pamana Medical Center
09.2010 - 09.2012
Graduate Certificate - PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE
LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Nursing
Sts. John And Paul Colleges
Secondary Education -
Calamba Institute
Primary Education -
Bucal Elementary School