Expert Witness Profile
Nic Monteiro

Somerset

Areas Covered: UK

Nursing and Care Standards

Failure to Refer

Clinical Negligence

Complaints

Accident and Emergency

Orthopaedics

Tissue Viability

Spinal

Amputation

X-Ray

Falls

  • Advanced Paediatric Life Support Provider & Instructor (1998 - 2015)
  • Advanced Life Support Provider (1996, 2007 and 2012)
  • Major Incident Loggist Training (2009)
  • Degree Level Units in Assessing in Clinical Practice (2008)
  • Masters Level Units in Physical Examination and Advancing Professional Knowledge and Competency (2008)
  • MIMMS Provider (1999)
  • Emergency Nurse Practitioner (1996)
  • Advanced Paediatric Life Support Provider (1995)
  • Registered General Nurse (1990)
  • BSc (Hons) in Biology (1987)
  • Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
  • Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
  • 2 years’ experience as a Lead Nurse Legacy Mentor at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust heading the team to support newly registered nurses; to aid retention and support wellness.
  • 2 years’ experience as the Workforce Lead at Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust specialising in Mass Vaccination Programme. Further 1 year experience as a Clinical Lead and PPE Clinical Lead also at Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.
  • 5 years experience as an Innovations/Efficiencies Project Manager at Surgical Directorate.
  • 2 years’ experience as an E-Rostering Lead Nurse at Somerset Foundation NHS Trust, and a further 1 year experience as an Interim Lead Nurse working on the Endoscopy Unit.
  • 16 years’ experience as a Lead Nurse/Matron at Musgrove Park Hospital, specialising in all aspects of A&E nursing, including paediatric resuscitation.

I am an experienced nurse leader with clinical skills gained from 25 years of A&E nursing.

I have led teams clinically in A&E, Endoscopy, Clinical Vaccination as well as non-clinical teams.

I am an experienced project lead and have successfully used interpersonal engagement skills to achieve improvements and changes in a number of areas within the NHS.

I am an experienced Incident investigator, and Workplace Mediator and Coach.