Sacha Kileci
Honolulu,HI
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse with progressive career history in direct patient care and leadership in fast-paced environments. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships through clear communication and respectful attitude. Proven record of implementing change.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Assurance RN
Arcadia Family Of Companies
Honolulu, United States
03.2023 - Current
- Auditing charts and reviewing clinical documents to verify accuracy. Creating audit tools.
- Writing protocols.
- Staff scheduling.
- Ensuring resident files are accurate and comply with state requirements.
- Teaching.
- Data collection and presentation.
- Investigating incident reports.
- Introducing changes in practices to avoid errors/omissions.
- Annual resident assessments.
- Attend emergencies.
Agency Registered Nurse
Zentar Healthcare
London, United Kindom
07.2022 - 08.2022
- Provided excellent care for level 2 & 3 patients in intensive care units across London, often at short notice.
- Rapidly built rapport with various teams.
- Supported patients and/or their families at a difficult time.
- Daily risk assessments.
- Quickly adapted to various policies, protocols and routines across different hospitals.
- Maintained detailed and accurate records.
Bank Registered Nurse
Pulse Bank Partners
London, United Kingdom
03.2020 - 08.2022
- Delivered excellent care to level 2 & 3 patients in a large, city center ICU.
- Daily risk assessments.
- Supported patients and/or their families at difficult times.
- Maintained detailed and accurate records.
- Coordinating a small team of RNs.
- Ensuring safe and appropriate patient allocation.
- Maintaining privacy & dignity.
- Working across the Trust's multiple sites to cover staffing shortages.
Contract Registered Nurse
Alium Consultancy
London, United Kingdom
10.2020 - 09.2021
- Covid response contract for US organization AMI Healthcare, working in Aruba.
- Delivered excellent care to level 2 & 3 patients in the combined intensive care, medium care and coronary care unit.
- Ensured effective communication between myself and colleagues/patients, overcoming cultural and linguistic differences.
- Acted as Charge Nurse as required.
- Adhered to local policies and procedures, respecting differences in practices amongst the large, international team, whist always advocating for the patient.
- Maintained detailed and accurate records.
Yoga Teacher
Self-employeed
London, United Kingdom
03.2019 - 10.2020
- Managed all financial aspects of the business.
- Taught various types of yoga, hypnobirthing classes and life coach sessions across various sites/online.
- Taught voluntary yoga class at homeless shelter.
Career Break
N/A
London, United Kingdom
03.2018 - 03.2019
- Travelling for several months followed by undertaking several trainings, such as yoga teacher training.
Writer
Cognitive Publishing Ltd.
London, United Kingdom
09.2017 - 05.2018
- Researched and wrote news articles across for business to business publications, including healthcare industry and public sector publications.
- Attended events such as conferences, meetings etc. to identify potential features to research and write for publication.
- Networked and interviewed key figures, such as NHS leaders.
Specialist Nurse - Organ Donation
NHS Blood And Transplant
London, United Kingdom
01.2015 - 09.2017
- Audit.
- Monthly presentation of KPIs to wider team.
- Co-authored poster presentation accepted in two conferences (national and European).
- Part of small working group that researched organ donation activity and redesigned the way the team worked together to provide coverage.
- Updated organ donation policies.
- Taught various professionals in various settings, including preparing and delivering university lectures as a guest speaker.
- Attended morbidity and mortality meetings to address issues in organ donation process/provide positive feedback.
- Planned Organ Donation Committee meeting agendas. Was a signatory for the committees funds.
- Took referrals and assessed suitability.
- Approached families for organ donation, delivering complex information in an accessible way.
- Conflict resolution.
- Supported ICU/ED staff, advising as appropriate.
Senior Staff Nurse
University College London Hospitals
London, United Kingdom, United States
12.2013 - 01.2015
- Organ donation link nurse role, providing education and supporting colleagues to refer potential organ/tissue donors as appropriate.
- Completed mentoring and assessing qualification.
- Mentored, taught and assessed junior colleagues/students.
- Supervised a small team, ensuring appropriate and safe patient allocation, and providing support.
- Part of small working group advocating for improved patient sleep, implementing trial of changes in practice.
- Conflict resolution.
- Maintained accurate records.
- Daily risk assessments.
- Provided excellent care to level 2 & 3 patients.
- Supported patients and/or their families during difficult times.
Staff Nurse
University College London Hospitals
London, United Kingdom
07.2013 - 12.2013
- Provided excellent care to level 2 & 3 patients in large, city center ICU.
- Daily risk assessments.
- Supporting junior colleagues/students.
- Maintained accurate records.
- Supported patients and/or their families during a difficult time.
Health Advisor
Staffordshire And Stoke On Trent PCT
Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
12.2012 - 07.2013
- Managed case load of patients.
- Pre-test counselling.
- Supported service users at difficult times.
- Contact tracing.
- Maintained confidentiality, privacy and dignity.
- Provided non-judgemental health-promotion education.
- Safeguarded vulnerable service users.
Staff Nurse
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Manchester, United Kingdom
09.2009 - 12.2012
- Provided excellent care to level 2 & 3 patients.
- Completed critical care training program.
- Maintained accurate records.
- Daily risk assessments.
- Conducted line audits on behalf of Charge Nurse as required.
Education
Master of Science - Public Health (in Progress)
King's College London
London, United Kingdom07.2024
Degree Level Module - Mentoring And Enabling Learning in Practice
London Southbank University
London, United Kingdom2014
Professional Certificate - Multi-Professional Critical Care Program
Greater Manchester Critical Care Skills Institute
Manchester, United Kingdom2011
Diploma of Higher Education - Nursing (adult)
University of Salford
Salford, United Kingdom09.2009
BSc (Hons) - Applied Psychology
University of Central Lancashire
Preston, United Kingdom2005
Skills
- Quality Assurance
- Leadership
- Change implementation
- Acute care
- Education
- Critical thinking
- MSc Public Health in progress
- Problem solving
- Adaptability
- Organization
- Relationship building
Academic Publications/Poster Presentations/Features
- Paper: Rowlands, S. L. (2021). Understanding and mitigating moral injury in nurses. Nursing Standard. doi: 10.7748/ns.2021.e11703.
- Poster Presentation: Mazzaretto E, Mason S, Payne L, Rowlands S, Van Der Walt J. Modernising the specialist nurse in organ donation (SNOD) role within the donor hospital. European Society of Organ Transplantation’s (ESOT) Biennial Congress, 2017.
- Poster Presentation: Mazzaretto E, Mason S, Payne L, Rowlands S, Van Der Walt J. Modernising the SNOD role within the donor hospital: A review. NHS Blood and Transplant’s Organ Donation and Transplantation Annual Congress, 2017.
- TV Interview: Channel 5 News (UK). Promoting the benefits of organ donation and the need for organs for transplant in children, 2016.
Timeline
Quality Assurance RN
Arcadia Family Of Companies
03.2023 - Current
Agency Registered Nurse
Zentar Healthcare
07.2022 - 08.2022
Contract Registered Nurse
Alium Consultancy
10.2020 - 09.2021
Bank Registered Nurse
Pulse Bank Partners
03.2020 - 08.2022
Yoga Teacher
Self-employeed
03.2019 - 10.2020
Career Break
N/A
03.2018 - 03.2019
Writer
Cognitive Publishing Ltd.
09.2017 - 05.2018
Specialist Nurse - Organ Donation
NHS Blood And Transplant
01.2015 - 09.2017
Senior Staff Nurse
University College London Hospitals
12.2013 - 01.2015
Staff Nurse
University College London Hospitals
07.2013 - 12.2013
Health Advisor
Staffordshire And Stoke On Trent PCT
12.2012 - 07.2013
Staff Nurse
Manchester Royal Infirmary
09.2009 - 12.2012
Master of Science - Public Health (in Progress)
King's College London
Degree Level Module - Mentoring And Enabling Learning in Practice
London Southbank University
Professional Certificate - Multi-Professional Critical Care Program
Greater Manchester Critical Care Skills Institute
Diploma of Higher Education - Nursing (adult)
University of Salford
BSc (Hons) - Applied Psychology
University of Central Lancashire