Jane Mitchell-Reilly

Dear Sir/Madam

My name is Jane Mitchell-Reilly I am a Registered General Nurse since 1995 with experience in the NHS within the NHS Hospital and Integrated Care Board settings. Previous roles have included Safeguard Lead Co-Ordinator, Operational Management Lead, Neurosurgical Nurse, Neurology Nurse, and Orthopedic Surgery Nurse. Advisor for both Deprivation of Liberty Case Management and Mental Capacity Lead.

I most recently worked as a Clinical Lead Nurse Continuing Healthcare North Central London Integrated Care Board. I undertake undifferentiated assessments, diagnosis, and treatment for adults and children transitioning to adulthood.

 I have experience in case management, disease management, medicines management and adult and child safeguarding. Experience is also held in remote clinical assessment and triage work. Jane’s safeguarding background incorporates the following:

 I have experience in homicide reviews. Domestic Violence cases also giving a professional opinion and working closely with all MDT members and allocated solicitor on safeguard cases where police participated in suspected culpable homicide. I have  many years of experience in drafting various reports and applications for example to present to a coroner, police and or Court of Protection. Experience  in writing witness statements to support the ICB when cases are going to Court of Protection CoP11 applications with supportive documents and statements for example applying for a DOLs.

In my previous role as a Discharge nurse I  responsible for writing and developing the Trust wide discharge policy.

 Collated and wrote the sitrep reports for national reporting and liaison with the CCGs and Local Authorities.

• Represented Kings College Hospital, working at a senior level with external agencies, including ICBs. 

• Attend local capacity planning meetings. 

• Consulted with other care groups to provide expertise in complex discharge planning: e.g., work with external agencies and consult with young disabled units.

•Education and training: taken a Trust wide Lead in educating and discharge policy and case management.

•Lead on implementing continuing care changes, collaborating with nurse consultants on various initiatives. 

• Key link for Intermediate Care; progress patients and to develop further liaisons and partnership working.

• Key Link Nurse and support for housing and homelessness, alcohol and drug abuse, mental health, including Korsakoffs pathway. Young Persons disability; involved with Older Person’s Project.

•Be a accessible resource; provide support to senior nurse managers and matrons and heads of nursing, and for junior to senior medical staff teams and consultants.

• Responsible for an external CCG budget when dealing with and providing equipment into community settings. Assessing patients continuing care needs and justifying assessments externally. 

Previous experience in working as a Expert witness/Case Manager.

Reason for leaving – More experience managing staff –sideways move within Trust. 

Sincerely,

Jane Mitchell-Reilly 

Twenty nine years experience working as a nurse. Managing various groups of staff.

Patient focused role which will require a professional lead in the Complex Patient Management Group (CPMG) for the safe and effective management of complex patients with Long Term Conditions. A particular focus for this role is ensuring a patient centered approach to all care that enables individuals to achieve their optimum physical, physiological, and social wellbeing.

RGN part 12 of register Adults

 Best Interest Assessor DoLS Signatory

Expert Witness -Case Manager.

Adult Services Legal Update (Jun 2018), August 2022.

Commissioning, Purchasing (July 2017) October 2022

Adult Protection Legal Mechanisms, Mental Capacity Act (Sept 2016) October 2023.

Adult Safeguarding Training (Jan 2016) October 2020. /2023

Children Safeguarding (Sept 2016) refresher October 2023

PREVENT training (Nov 2016) (Nov 2021) Aug (2023)

Coaching Course (Nov 2021)

Best Interest Assessor refresher course (Dec 2014) Refresher completed April 2019 and November 2021and August 2022.

Dols Signatory Course (November 2023) Edge Training.

DoLS /MCA and Liberty Protection Safeguards Training (October 2023) Edge Training.

Currently involved in the Integrated Care Board planning for the implementation of LPS

(November 2023) ongoing.

Led on the completion and submission to NHSE on the planning and implementation of LPS.

Currently Lead on all Court of Protection cases and Coroner cases for Camden Borough NCLCCG

Lead on the submission of all Court of Protection for Camden Borough CHC cases, CoP 11 submission applications to deprive clients of their liberty who live-in the community in their own homes who lack full decision-making capacity in terms of the 1:1 close supervision and control required to keep them safe in their best interests using Mental capacity Act DoLS (2005).

I complete all detailed Mental Capacity Assessments required for the Court of Protection.