Cathryn Watters

Experience

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  Healthcare at Home

  Apr 1995 - May 1998

  Home IV Nurse

  Provision of intravenous therapies in the home including chemotherapy, monoclonal antibodies, haematological support and bisphosphonatesPre assessment, care planning and evaluation of careMulti disciplinary liaisonCommunity Liaison with wider primary care teamSupport to pharmacological contracts

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  Healthcare at Home

  Sept 1998 - Jul 2002

  Clinical Operations Manager

  Team managementService DevelopmentClinical Safety

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  Healthcare at Home

  Sept 2003 - May 2005

  Project Manager / Lead Nurse

  Project Management on Key Pharmaceutical contractsHycamptin at Home comparative studyClinical Trial support

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  Healthcare at Home

  Jan 2006 - Sept 2006

  Project Manager
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  UKONs

  Jan 2009 - now

  Member

  Member of Radiotherapy MIGMember of Chemotherapy MIG

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  Medihome

  Sept 2011 - Mar 2014

  - Working with Head of Cancer Services, Buisness Developement Team, Chief Nurse and Head of Therapies to design, develop and implement pathways and programmes of care that are high quality and cost effective-Pathways include Oncology, Palliative Care, End of Life care and other specialist pathways to meet buisness developement needs- Working with NHS and private sector stakeholders- Training, mentorship and supervision to staff: design and implementation of elearning modules- Policy design and review Show less - Mobilisation of a 20 bed pilot for Acute Supportive Discharge to medical and care of Elderly patients- Initiation of a new MDT from commencement of service- Responsible for recruitment and training of new team to ensure safe delivery of new service- Service expansion to 30 beds after 3 months and 60 beds at 1 year of service- Responsible to managment of a team of 26 & an additional 6 bank staff.- Service developement across all specialities of the trust, initally with DME, then moved to medicine and surgery. Now expanded in to Oncology- 24 hour responsibliity for provision of high quality cost effective service- Professional leadership ensuring close collaboration with all health care professionals, working with Medihome Policy guidelines- Developing services to work in conjunction with all stakeholders in the NHS and private sector to increase levels of activity- Financial responsibility over profit and loss and impact on service provision Show less

  • Senior Nurse for Clinical Pathway Development

    Oct 2013 - Mar 2014

  • Clinical Manager - Early Supportived Discharge

    Aug 2012 - Oct 2013

  • Oncology / Home IV CNS

    Sept 2011 - Aug 2012
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  CancerPartners UK

  Mar 2014 - Jan 2016

  Lead Chemotherapy Nurse

  CPUK was a radiotherapy based service model when I joined. My role was to map out the chemotherapy service, pathways that would be required, policies and protocols. I worked with consultants to ensure the service was robust. The model was then taken to set up a new centre in Oxford, where the pathways and policies were adopted but some localisation had to occur to ensure they fitted to the local patient group and surrounding services that we would need to work with. We took our first patient at Milton Keynes in September 2014 and the service continues to grow and develop,I have built a team of nurses at both sites, and also bank nurses to support.I have mentored a group of locum pharmacists who were vital to the service starting to accept patients, this has not been without challenges and we now have a permanent pharmacist in place as the service is now so well established.We have a third site opening in Kent in November and the chemotherapy service is now a strong service in the CPUK model Show less

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  Keeley House Bakery

  Aug 2015 - now

  Business Partner

  Home baked artisan breads, cookies, cakes and pasties.Selling to local customer based in Wootton and surrounding villages

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  Keeley House Consultancy

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2019

  Independant Nurse Consultant - Cancer Specialist

  - An exceptionally motivated, Independent Nursing and Healthcare Consultant - Track record and experience in setting up new services for health care across acute and primary care as a clinician, operational manager, clinical expert and leader to improve service delivery. - Providing professional leadership to ensure safe and high quality clinical services. - Highly skilled in managing a multi disciplinary team to achieve goals.- Self motivated to get the best out of people - leads by example- Strong clinical experience in Cancer Care.- Utilizes excellent communication skills to create and maintain a strong team ethic. - Strong mentorship and facilitation skills to develop teams and ensure best practice.- Passionate about patient centred care and ensure quality improvements to ensure patient safety and high standard of patient satisfaction. - Fundraising support to Cancer CharitiesSkills: Service design and evaluation • Customer Service/Care • Clinical Governance • Clinical Protocols/Policies/ Standard Operating Procedures • Clinical Pathways • Clinical Protocols • Service Improvement • Best Practice • Commercial Awareness • Chemotherapy & IV Therapy • Areas of Practice:- Service design, integration and development - hospital, home infusion services, early supported discharge & admission prevention (winter pressures) - Training, competency and development programmes - Service audit & evaluation - Clinical and quality policy and procedure development- Project managementCurrent projects include:- Flu vaccination program at Cambridge University Hospitals & Bedford Hospital NHS Trust - Development of Community Nurse Training Program on Intravenous Therapies/Central Venous Care- Development of national policy on Extravasation management- Development of train the trainer program - joint partnership between UKONs and Celgene Show less

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  Vein Train

  Mar 2016 - Jan 2019

  Lead Trainer

  Training candidates on venous access and associated careCourse design and build

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  Care Quality Commission

  Apr 2016 - May 2017

  Clinical and Specialist Advisor (Bank)

  Working with and as part of inspection teams as required

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  HCA Healthcare UK

  Apr 2016 - Feb 2017

  Senior Staff Nurse (Bank)

  Care of Oncology / Haematology patients undergoing SACTThis is a busy unit - treating approximately 40 patients a day.I also rotate onto the Out of Hours on call team to provide assessment, triage and care of patients using the UKONS toolPolicy review

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  BMI Healthcare

  Jun 2016 - Apr 2017

  Specialist Nurse ( Bank )
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  My Nurse Ltd

  May 2017 - Apr 2018

  Governance Advisor

  My Nurse Ltd's gained its first NHS contract with Cambridge University Hospitals ( Addenbrookes ) to deliver the Flu vaccine program, this year. The Program commenced in October 2017 and 4 weeks into the program helped the trust to achieve it's CQUIN target of inoculating 70% of all staff. By the end of the campaign we had helped them reach 86% of all staff. Great to work alongside this trust and also to assist in the development of My Nurse's reputation.In December 2017 we assisted Bedford NHS Trust in reaching their goal by achieving 73% of all staff inoculated during their flu vaccinations program.Both programs had individual challenges but it was extremely rewarding to be able to offer a flexible and unique approach in order to help them gain their objectives. Show less

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  HCA Healthcare UK

  Sept 2017 - Jun 2024

  Senior Staff Nurse

  Care of patients undergoing SACTRotating onto Triage team to provide 24hour UKONS Triage

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  NMCWatch: registrant care CIC

  Jan 2020 - now

  Director
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  LOC London Bridge @ Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital

  Jun 2020 - Jun 2024

  Bank Chemotherapy Nurse
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  Nurse Lifeline

  May 2021 - Jun 2024

  Volunteer

  Providing telephone support for a peer to peer line for healthcare workers