Helen Beaton Expert

About Helen Beaton

In the last 12 months I have been employed as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner working for South Central Ambulance Service. I am PaCCs trained which means I am fully capable of working outside pathways making complex and challenging decisions re appropriate management and referrals for patients mainly focused in the 111First queue (which is both 999 and Emergency department disposition). All my audits to date have been exemplary which demonstrates safe and robust decision making. Until 2016 I worked in Secondary care in various roles including Lead Nurse, Matron, Deputy General Manager and Head of Nursing - I gained extensive experience in clinical and operational management across diverse specialties including Critical Care, Trauma & Orthopaedics, all aspects of Emergency, Trauma and Elective Surgery Pathways, and Bed & Site management. Within the last decade I completed the Prince 2 Foundation/Practitioner course and MSc in Clinical leadership and more recently an RCN accredited diploma in Minor Illness; I have a BSc (Hons) in Nursing and Health, Diploma in Critical Care Nursing and multiple ENB qualifications and am lean methodology trained. As part of service re-development closing a hospital site, I redesigned complex and multiple patient pathways, applied lean values working as part of various project teams with clinical and managerial responsibility for these services. I simultaneously delivered on BAU achieving 'Good' in all 5 domains from CQC inspection post alignment. I was a Specialist Adviser working for CQC since 2014, undertaking multiple inspections in secondary, primary and community services understanding the triangulation methodology utilised by CQC for inspections. I am passionate and committed to patient safety and inspiring clinicians and managers to deliver care that results in the best outcomes for patients. In 2016 I joined HUC, (Herts Urgent Care - a progressive social enterprise) managing NHS111 & GP Out of Hours across 4 counties, as well as Luton UTC and Cheshunt MIU. I oversee all aspects of the Quality, Governance and Safety agenda as well overseeing Safeguarding. I audited many aspects of the business and work closely with commissioners organisationally to demonstrate assurance and patient safety; I organise multiple investigations working collaboratively with NHSE, PHE, Coroner’s offices, patient families and various committees, producing monthly, quarterly and annual reports as well as ensuring key learning is cascaded across the organisation to relevant workforce, refining policies and procedures as necessary. I led on HUC’s CQC regulatory obligations. I was employed separately as Consultation Senior Clinician and a bank Urgent Care Practitioner, for HUC, undertaking clinical consultations working in the OOH Adastra queue and in CAS. I am familiar with all aspects of Adastra and can use both senior clinician module and PACCs. I was also employed as a Senior Auditor auditing clinician’s consultation. These roles complemented the Governance role demonstrating robust clinical knowledge of patient pathways, service demands and understanding of the clinician's role in the service in various settings.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree
• Clinical Leadership
• Prince 2 Foundation and Practitioner-pass
• Certificate in management – degree level
• Bachelor of Science (Hons) Nursing and Health
• Diploma in Professional Practice
• Critical Care Nursing
• ENB 100 (ITU) 124 (CCU)
• 998 (Teaching and Assessing)
• D32/33 Teaching and Assessing in Theatres / Recovery
• Registered General Nurse Qualification
• Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
• RCN accredited Diploma in Minor Illness
• Telephone triage (2 day course) and Managing the sick child