Kate Sparksman

Experience

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  Langford Vets

  Aug 2009 - Apr 2011

  Rotational Veterinary Nurse

  I was a multidisciplinary referral nurse at this hospital, in particular concentrating on theatre and emergency and critical care. My responsibilities included: training new nursing staff, teaching undergraduate veterinary and veterinary nursing students and organising the MRI clinic.

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  Fully Sparked Ltd.

  Apr 2011 - Jul 2015

  Director

  Our company provided veterinary and veterinary nurse locum cover.

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  Brompton Veterinary Clinic

  Apr 2011 - Apr 2011

  Locum Veterinary Nurse
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  Royal Veterinary College

  May 2011 - Jul 2011

  Locum Multidisciplinary Veterinary Nurse

  My duties included: monitoring patients' recovery from anaesthesia, circulating theatre nurse and scrubbed nurse. I was also responsible for dangerous drug stock control and ensuring optimum post-operative care for in-patients

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  Village Vet

  Jul 2011 - Aug 2012

  Veterinary Nurse

  I provided maternity cover for the head nurse role at this branch. My duties included: reception, administration, lab work, in-patient care, theatre nursing, anaesthesia, radiography and nurse clinics. My main responsibilities were completing all insurance claims and ensuring appropriate stock levels.

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  Royal Veterinary College

  Jun 2013 - Jun 2015

  Locum Multidisciplinary Veterinary Nurse

  I was a multidisciplinary nurse at the QMHA, working in: theatre, anaesthesia, medicine ward, surgery and neurology ward and oncology. My duties included: monitoring patients' recovery from anaesthesia, circulating theatre and scrubbed nurse, in-patient care, oncology nurse clinics and teaching undergraduate veterinary and veterinary nursing students. My responsibilities included: dangerous drug stock control, monitoring quality of life of patients receiving chemotherapy and ensuring optimum post-operative care for patients. Show less

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  Natures Vet Paulton

  Jan 2015 - Dec 2016

  Locum Veterinary Nurse
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  Clifton Veterinary Practice

  Jan 2015 - Dec 2016

  Locum Veterinary Nurse
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  Vets4Pets and Companion Care

  Jan 2015 - Dec 2016

  Locum Veterinary Nurse
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  Pet Food UK Ltd

  Jul 2015 - Sept 2015

  Nutritional Advisor

  My duties included: answering nutritional enquiries, writing nutritional content for websites and promotions and nutritional training of office and store staff. Unfortunately I had to leave this role after only a short time, as there became availability on my ideal masters by research course (the course I am completing currently).

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  WATKINS & TASKER VETERINARY GROUP

  Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

  Locum Veterinary Nurse
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  University of Bristol

  May 2017 - Jan 2018

  Clinical Research Nurse

  The main purpose of this role was to provide support for clinical and pre-clinical research projects in the following areas: comparative and clinical research, infection and immunity and behaviour and welfare. My duties included: the recruitment of cases, collections of samples (including at necropsy), analysis of samples, archiving samples, management of databases and follow-up client contact. Another vital role of my position was to assist with teaching and assessing clinical skills to undergraduate veterinary and veterinary nursing students during practical sessions and OSCE assessments. Show less

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  Medivet Training College

  Jan 2018 - Dec 2019

  Lecturer in Veterinary Nursing
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  Cancer Research UK & UCL Cancer Trials Centre

  Jan 2020 - Oct 2023

  Data Manager

  My responsibilities included: data collection and entry, data cleaning and queries, assisting in preparing data for reports/analyses/presentations/publications, database testing, assisting with case report form design, contributing to trial specific procedures, raising site/hospital queries, tracking/chasing biological samples, site payment tracking, quality assurance, producing trial newsletters, escalating and logging incidents, randomising/registering patients onto trials, assisting with set-up and closing down trials and implementing SOPs. Show less

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  Priment Clinical Trials Unit, UCL

  Oct 2023 - now

  Senior Data Manager

  My responsibilities included: producing SOPs/documentation to support database setup/maintenance and trial specific data management activities, eCRF design specification/review/advice, liaising with database suppliers for proposed study timelines and quotes, delivering system training for end users, providing trial specific data management advice/guidance to trial teams and collaborators, sharing data management expertise with other institutions/CTUs, preparing for and assisting with internal/external audits and quality control checks, testing trial databases, querying data and producing reports, coordinating and minuting data management oversight meetings, creating data sharing agreements and data protection impact assessments and keeping up-to-date with regulatory requirements in respect to data management. Show less