Paola Palumbo – Medelit Home Visiting
Nurse in London

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Paola Palumbo Registered Nurse – Profile and Clinical Excellence

A highly motivated person with over nine year- experience in different clinical settings as Cancer Care Nurse, Dialysis Nurse and Registered General Nurse.

Paola is a very welcoming person with caring nature and excellent interpersonal skills, which make her able to approach warmly to costumers of different age groups and backgrounds and build a professional and trustful relationship with the teamwork she works with.  private nurse near me

Paola has been employed as Dialysis Nurse for the worldwide firms DaVita and Fresenius Medical Care for the past seven years, working in different Dialysis Units within the London area as well as outside London. nurse agency near me

During her career Paola also built her experience in specific nursing departments such as Oncology, Haematology and Elderly Care as permanent and bank Staff Nurse at Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Dorset, for over three years; as Cancer Care Bank Staff Nurse at Royal Marsden Hospital, London, for the past three years. During this time she also worked as agency and bank staff nurse in various nursing departments such as Vascular, Endoscopy, Upper GI, general Gastro wards and in outpatients settings. nurse for home visit near me

After years of nursing in different settings, working with a variety of different patients’ demographics, she is able to build a strong, trustful, individualized relationship with the patients she looks after, recognising and answering their needs in a professional, timely and empathetic manner. 

Her strong work ethic makes her able to work efficiently in a teamwork, providing a holistic treatment plan. But thanks to her numerous nursing competencies, she is also able to work independently, unsupervised, with the ability to take decisions autonomously whenever necessary.

KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Willing to accept responsibility for carrying her tasks, always ensuring attendance and punctuality.
• Excellent ability to write and maintain accurate paper and computer medical records and managing costumers’ information in a professional, confidential and timely manner.
• Good IT skills with comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office and other software used in hospital settings as well as the use of laptops.
• Ability to work independently, planning and completing duties without continuous supervision from colleagues or managers.
• Always having an innovative and energetic character along with a cheerful disposition and a good sense of initiative working individually or in a teamwork.
• Providing individualised nursing care plans making sure they are able to answer costumers’ demands in a holistic way, considering every single aspect of the individual as a patient and as a person.
• Reading and interpreting medical reports and then, according to them, drawing valid and logical patients’ care plans.
• Excellent observation and decision-making skills.
• Making sure nursing procedures fully respect Trust’s policies, reading them and being aware of where they are located.
• Ability to develop and build positive working relationships with colleagues and other healthcare professionals.
• Ensuring cooperation between different members of the team in order to provide continuity of the clients’ care.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Central Line Care, Fall Prevention, Fall Risk Assessment, Glucose Monitoring, Infection Control Techniques, Intravenous (IV) Therapy, Laboratory Specimen Collection, Medication Administration, Neurological Assessments, Palliative and End-of-Life Care, Patient Education, Patient Mobilization, Phlebotomy, Pulse Oximetry, Suture and staple removal, Vital Sign Monitoring, Wound Care and Dressing Changes, Wound Suturing and Stapling, dementia care, AVF/AVG (Arterial/Venous Fistula/Graft) care for Home Haemodialysis patients, CVC line care for Home Haemodialysis patients

Paola joined Medelit’s team of Home Visiting Nurses in 2024, and is currently providing home visits for patients in the area of London and Greater London.