Staff stories – St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [Video]

Rachel Eaton

Senior Sister, Cardiac Surgery

Senior sister Rachel Eaton has grown her career, skills and knowledge in the seven years she has spent in the St George’s Cardiac Surgery nursing team.

She joined after qualifying because “Cardiac surgery really interests me”. Three promotions later, Rachel leads a friendly and supportive team helping a huge variety of patients recover, after major surgery.

“It’s a very varied workload, from 20 years olds recovering from aorta surgery to 85 year olds who have had heart bypass surgery, and patients who have undergone emergency operations.

“To start with you work with less acute patients and we help new nurses manage patients and their time. As you progress, there are great opportunities to gain experience in what is a quite unique setting as we provide a fast-track service which involves one to one care overnight to patients who have undergone major heart surgery.

“I’ve been fortunate to benefit from a …