Central line infection bundle
Rewrote the insertion and maintenance checklist and ran the ward training that went with it.
Zero CLABSI, 4 quarters
- Infection control
- Quality improvement
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Registered nurse, ICU
Imalka Perera
Eight years of critical care, and a licence ready to travel.
Colombo, Sri LankaSeeking overseas placement
- Experience
- 8 yrs
- Adult ICU
- 16-bed
- English
- IELTS 7.5
About
Registered nurse with eight years in intensive care, currently a shift lead in a 16-bed adult ICU in a private hospital in Colombo.
I am preparing for an overseas move, so this portfolio is organised the way international recruiters ask for it: registrations and clinical competencies first, narrative second.
Experience
Shift lead, intensive care
Private hospital, Colombo · 2021 — present
- Lead nurse for a 16-bed adult ICU across night shifts, coordinating a team of seven.
- Reduced central line infection rate to zero across four consecutive quarters through a revised bundle checklist.
- Precept new ICU nurses through their first three months.
Staff nurse, ICU
Teaching hospital, Colombo · 2017 — 2021
- Managed ventilated and post-operative cardiac patients on rotating shifts.
- Member of the hospital rapid response team.
Selected work
Night-shift handover redesign
Structured ISBAR handover replacing informal verbal rounds, cutting handover time and missed information.
22 min → 9 min
- Patient safety
- Process
New nurse preceptorship
Three-month structured onboarding for ICU starters, covering competencies week by week.
- Teaching
- Mentoring