Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) in Adult Nursing
• Postgraduate Certificate in Critical Care Programme (MSc Level 7)
• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) Cardiothoracic SCP Exam
• Postgraduate Certificate in Mentorship in Practice (MSc Level 7)
• MSc in Surgical Care Practice (Cardiothoracic Surgery)

Other Current and Previous Positions held:

SCTS NAHP Communication Lead (2021-2024)

Professional profile:

Jeni is a Senior Cardiothoracic Surgical Care Practitioner at New Cross Heart and Lung Centre, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. She qualified as an SCP in 2017 and have completed her MSc in Surgical Care Practice in order to progress in her career.

She has a nursing background in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiology and Critical Care. Her surgical skill set includes radial artery harvesting, open and endoscopic vein harvesting as well as first and second assisting.

She is an enthusiastic, self-motivated and hardworking individual who is passionate about providing the highest standard of care for patients and is always keen to share what she has learned throughout her professional career.

With the support of her consultant surgeons and other members of the MDT team, she started one of the first follow-up clinic for patients who have undergone concomitant or standalone surgical AF ablation.

Extracurricular activities (to name a few):

• Allied Health Professional Course Faculty/Speaker – run by AF Connect (Atricure) – September 2024, Amsterdam
• SCTS University NAHP Wetlab Faculty – SCTS Annual Meeting 2024, UK
• SCTS NAHP Committee Chair/Moderator for 2 NAHP Sessions – SCTS Annual Meeting 2024, UK
• Getinge European EVH Summit 2023 Speaker – 500+ Cases and Beyond: Advanced Harvesting Overview and More – October 2023, Frankfurt

• Digital Education and New Technologies – 2nd Annual Cardiothoracic Workshop Facilitator– July 2023, UK
• SCTS NAHP Committee Chair/Moderator for Research and Audit NAHP Sessions – SCTS Annual Meeting 2023, UK
• RCSEd Presentation about Elogbook 2022 – with feedback – overall good-excellent, October 2022, UK webinar
• ACTSCP Webinar Series Organiser and Facilitator (20 sessions from 2020-2021), UK webinar
• SCTS NAHP Committee Chair/Moderator – SCTS Annual Meeting 2020
• SCTS abstract reviewer – November 2019, UK

Relevant research involvement:

• Mustafa, A., Palima, J., Elsiddig, A., Roggenbach, J., Elgaddal, S. and Abdelaziz, M., 2024. Acute bowel ischemia is a rare but devastating complication following cardiac surgery: retrospective analysis of 41 patients over a period of 18 years. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 19 (1): A81. • Mustafa, A., Palima, J., Boeteng, M., Jesani, H. and Rescigno, G., 2024. Medium and long-term follow-up of super obese patients after cardiac surgery: a ten year series from a single centre. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 19 (1): A94.
• Mustafa, A., Palima, J., Hayre, S., Boeteng, M., Elsiddig, M. and Rescigno, G., 2023. Are super obese patients at higher risk for cardiac surgery? Results from the last decade. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 18 (1), A69.
• SCTS – poster involvement GR/AM/JP 2023 Annual Meeting
• SCTS – poster involvement MA/AM/JP 2023 Annual Meeting
• SCTS – poster involvement GR/AM/JP 2022 Annual Meeting
• Krishnamoorthy, B., Critchley, W., Palima, J., Shah, R., Kendall, S., Moorjani, N., Tan, C. and Rathinam, S., 2022. Educating cardiothoracic health care practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from an online survey on a series of webinars. Journal of Surgical Simulation. 9, 57-66.