NHS Nurse of three decades by Jessica summers Southgate School

The whole of the UK aware of how hard the NHS has always worked to help us and today I was lucky enough to interview one of its amazing members who has been proudly serving our country for the past  three decades here are my questions and her responses.

 Q: What is your job title?

A: Well I am a registered nurse liver transplant and recipient coordinator.

Q: Where is your place of work and how long have you had the job for?

A: I work at the Royal Free Hospital in London and I've had the job for nineteen years.

Q: To get to where you are what qualifications and training did you have to have to have?

A: I had to do three years as a university student and a minimum of five years nursing on medical wards. I needed to have experience working in intensive care and be familiar with major surgery and liver problems. I also had to do an intensive care course and have a decent amount experience within the area of livers.

Q: What would an average day in your job look like pre- COVID?

A: If I am on call, I will be working a 24-hour shift with a pager and my mobile phone, if a liver donor becomes available from one of the intensive care wards from around the country I will get a call to inform me of this. It is my job to arrange staff and surgeons’ ambulances, helicopters or anything they just needed to transport the liver. I will talk to my patient before the surgery and go with them into the operation theatre to make sure everything is going to plan and keep the family updated throughout the surgery. After the surgery is complete I will talk to my patient about their new lifestyle including the medications and activities that they can do, once they've been discharged from the hospital I will see them in clinic once or twice a week to check up on them. However if I am in the office I work from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM and visit the patients on the ward and I will run clinics for people who are waiting on the waiting list for transplants and sort out other important necessities such as paperwork and medications.

Q: what is your favourite part of your job?

A: I think it's a very rewarding job for example when you see that one of your patients make it to the end of their medical journey it is a great feeling to have.

Q: what impacts is COVID-19 having a job?

A: COVID-19 has made it harder to arrange or carry out surgery and transplants. This is because the intensive care wards are filled up with COVID-19 patients. If a patient in intensive care is a liver donor with a possibility of having COVID we cant use their liver as we don’t know enough about COVID-19 for this to be possible.The whole of the UK aware of how hard the NHS has always worked to help us and today I was lucky enough to interview one of its amazing members who has been proudly serving our country for the past  three decades here are my questions and her responses.

 Q: What is your job title?

A: Well I am a registered nurse liver transplant and recipient coordinator.

Q: Where is your place of work and how long have you had the job for?

A: I work at the Royal Free Hospital in London and I've had the job for nineteen years.

Q: To get to where you are what qualifications and training did you have to have to have?

A: I had to do three years as a university student and a minimum of five years nursing on medical wards. I needed to have experience working in intensive care and be familiar with major surgery and liver problems. I also had to do an intensive care course and have a decent amount experience within the area of livers.

Q: What would an average day in your job look like pre- COVID?

A: If I am on call, I will be working a 24-hour shift with a pager and my mobile phone, if a liver donor becomes available from one of the intensive care wards from around the country I will get a call to inform me of this. It is my job to arrange staff and surgeons’ ambulances, helicopters or anything they just needed to transport the liver. I will talk to my patient before the surgery and go with them into the operation theatre to make sure everything is going to plan and keep the family updated throughout the surgery. After the surgery is complete I will talk to my patient about their new lifestyle including the medications and activities that they can do, once they've been discharged from the hospital I will see them in clinic once or twice a week to check up on them. However if I am in the office I work from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM and visit the patients on the ward and I will run clinics for people who are waiting on the waiting list for transplants and sort out other important necessities such as paperwork and medications.

Q: what is your favourite part of your job?

A: I think it's a very rewarding job for example when you see that one of your patients make it to the end of their medical journey it is a great feeling to have.

Q: what impacts is COVID-19 having a job?

A: COVID-19 has made it harder to arrange or carry out surgery and transplants. This is because the intensive care wards are filled up with COVID-19 patients. If a patient in intensive care is a liver donor with a possibility of having COVID we cant use their liver as we don’t know enough about COVID-19 for this to be possible.The whole of the UK aware of how hard the NHS has always worked to help us and today I was lucky enough to interview one of its amazing members who has been proudly serving our country for the past  three decades here are my questions and her responses.

 Q: What is your job title?

A: Well I am a registered nurse liver transplant and recipient coordinator.

Q: Where is your place of work and how long have you had the job for?

A: I work at the Royal Free Hospital in London and I've had the job for nineteen years.

Q: To get to where you are what qualifications and training did you have to have to have?

A: I had to do three years as a university student and a minimum of five years nursing on medical wards. I needed to have experience working in intensive care and be familiar with major surgery and liver problems. I also had to do an intensive care course and have a decent amount experience within the area of livers.

Q: What would an average day in your job look like pre- COVID?

A: If I am on call, I will be working a 24-hour shift with a pager and my mobile phone, if a liver donor becomes available from one of the intensive care wards from around the country I will get a call to inform me of this. It is my job to arrange staff and surgeons’ ambulances, helicopters or anything they just needed to transport the liver. I will talk to my patient before the surgery and go with them into the operation theatre to make sure everything is going to plan and keep the family updated throughout the surgery. After the surgery is complete I will talk to my patient about their new lifestyle including the medications and activities that they can do, once they've been discharged from the hospital I will see them in clinic once or twice a week to check up on them. However if I am in the office I work from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM and visit the patients on the ward and I will run clinics for people who are waiting on the waiting list for transplants and sort out other important necessities such as paperwork and medications.

Q: what is your favourite part of your job?

A: I think it's a very rewarding job for example when you see that one of your patients make it to the end of their medical journey it is a great feeling to have.

Q: what impacts is COVID-19 having a job?

A: COVID-19 has made it harder to arrange or carry out surgery and transplants. This is because the intensive care wards are filled up with COVID-19 patients. If a patient in intensive care is a liver donor with a possibility of having COVID we cant use their liver as we don’t know enough about COVID-19 for this to be possible.The whole of the UK aware of how hard the NHS has always worked to help us and today I was lucky enough to interview one of its amazing members who has been proudly serving our country for the past  three decades here are my questions and her responses.

 Q: What is your job title?

A: Well I am a registered nurse liver transplant and recipient coordinator.

Q: Where is your place of work and how long have you had the job for?

A: I work at the Royal Free Hospital in London and I've had the job for nineteen years.

Q: To get to where you are what qualifications and training did you have to have to have?

A: I had to do three years as a university student and a minimum of five years nursing on medical wards. I needed to have experience working in intensive care and be familiar with major surgery and liver problems. I also had to do an intensive care course and have a decent amount experience within the area of livers.

Q: What would an average day in your job look like pre- COVID?

A: If I am on call, I will be working a 24-hour shift with a pager and my mobile phone, if a liver donor becomes available from one of the intensive care wards from around the country I will get a call to inform me of this. It is my job to arrange staff and surgeons’ ambulances, helicopters or anything they just needed to transport the liver. I will talk to my patient before the surgery and go with them into the operation theatre to make sure everything is going to plan and keep the family updated throughout the surgery. After the surgery is complete I will talk to my patient about their new lifestyle including the medications and activities that they can do, once they've been discharged from the hospital I will see them in clinic once or twice a week to check up on them. However if I am in the office I work from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM and visit the patients on the ward and I will run clinics for people who are waiting on the waiting list for transplants and sort out other important necessities such as paperwork and medications.

Q: what is your favourite part of your job?

A: I think it's a very rewarding job for example when you see that one of your patients make it to the end of their medical journey it is a great feeling to have.

Q: what impacts is COVID-19 having a job?

A: COVID-19 has made it harder to arrange or carry out surgery and transplants. This is because the intensive care wards are filled up with COVID-19 patients. If a patient in intensive care is a liver donor with a possibility of having COVID we cant use their liver as we don’t know enough about COVID-19 for this to be possible.The whole of the UK aware of how hard the NHS has always worked to help us and today I was lucky enough to interview one of its amazing members who has been proudly serving our country for the past  three decades here are my questions and her responses.

 Q: What is your job title?

A: Well I am a registered nurse liver transplant and recipient coordinator.

Q: Where is your place of work and how long have you had the job for?

A: I work at the Royal Free Hospital in London and I've had the job for nineteen years.

Q: To get to where you are what qualifications and training did you have to have to have?

A: I had to do three years as a university student and a minimum of five years nursing on medical wards. I needed to have experience working in intensive care and be familiar with major surgery and liver problems. I also had to do an intensive care course and have a decent amount experience within the area of livers.

Q: What would an average day in your job look like pre- COVID?

A: If I am on call, I will be working a 24-hour shift with a pager and my mobile phone, if a liver donor becomes available from one of the intensive care wards from around the country I will get a call to inform me of this. It is my job to arrange staff and surgeons’ ambulances, helicopters or anything they just needed to transport the liver. I will talk to my patient before the surgery and go with them into the operation theatre to make sure everything is going to plan and keep the family updated throughout the surgery. After the surgery is complete I will talk to my patient about their new lifestyle including the medications and activities that they can do, once they've been discharged from the hospital I will see them in clinic once or twice a week to check up on them. However if I am in the office I work from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM and visit the patients on the ward and I will run clinics for people who are waiting on the waiting list for transplants and sort out other important necessities such as paperwork and medications.

Q: what is your favourite part of your job?

A: I think it's a very rewarding job for example when you see that one of your patients make it to the end of their medical journey it is a great feeling to have.

Q: what impacts is COVID-19 having a job?

A: COVID-19 has made it harder to arrange or carry out surgery and transplants. This is because the intensive care wards are filled up with COVID-19 patients. If a patient in intensive care is a liver donor with a possibility of having COVID we cant use their liver as we don’t know enough about COVID-19 for this to be possible.The whole of the UK aware of how hard the NHS has always worked to help us and today I was lucky enough to interview one of its amazing members who has been proudly serving our country for the past  three decades here are my questions and her responses.

 Q: What is your job title?

A: Well I am a registered nurse liver transplant and recipient coordinator.

Q: Where is your place of work and how long have you had the job for?

A: I work at the Royal Free Hospital in London and I've had the job for nineteen years.

Q: To get to where you are what qualifications and training did you have to have to have?

A: I had to do three years as a university student and a minimum of five years nursing on medical wards. I needed to have experience working in intensive care and be familiar with major surgery and liver problems. I also had to do an intensive care course and have a decent amount experience within the area of livers.

Q: What would an average day in your job look like pre- COVID?

A: If I am on call, I will be working a 24-hour shift with a pager and my mobile phone, if a liver donor becomes available from one of the intensive care wards from around the country I will get a call to inform me of this. It is my job to arrange staff and surgeons’ ambulances, helicopters or anything they just needed to transport the liver. I will talk to my patient before the surgery and go with them into the operation theatre to make sure everything is going to plan and keep the family updated throughout the surgery. After the surgery is complete I will talk to my patient about their new lifestyle including the medications and activities that they can do, once they've been discharged from the hospital I will see them in clinic once or twice a week to check up on them. However if I am in the office I work from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM and visit the patients on the ward and I will run clinics for people who are waiting on the waiting list for transplants and sort out other important necessities such as paperwork and medications.

Q: what is your favourite part of your job?

A: I think it's a very rewarding job for example when you see that one of your patients make it to the end of their medical journey it is a great feeling to have.

Q: what impacts is COVID-19 having a job?

A: COVID-19 has made it harder to arrange or carry out surgery and transplants. This is because the intensive care wards are filled up with COVID-19 patients. If a patient in intensive care is a liver donor with a possibility of having COVID we cant use their liver as we don’t know enough about COVID-19 for this to be possible.