Allison Weatherall

• Self-motivated, with a strong sense of professional responsibility. Worked within the Tresillian Model of Care, Practice Principles and the NSW Health Professional Practice Framework for Child and Family Health Nursing.
• Compliance with the Core Responsibilities of NSW Health Staff
• Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement.
• In my time at Tresillian I completed training to facilitate

the COSP group, a PND/PNA group, the Getting To Know You group for parents of 0-12wk old babies and the Supporting Your Babies Sleep group.

• Utilised evidence based screening and assessment tools, and family partnership tools to identify health variations and family vulnerabilities, in order to negotiate individual care plans and discharge pathways to meet the goals of the families.
• Filled position of Acting NUM for a week while my manager was on leave.

• Provide person centred,evidence based, informed care, when responding to information and advice calls from parents related to concerns of infant and childhood development, adjustment to parenting and parenting.
• Provide nursing care within the context of a multidisciplinary centralised telephone information and referral service. Maintain a continuum of care by facilitating an efficient and timely handover to CFHN teams, collecting all the relevant documentation from the referral source.
• Undertake administration support functions on the eMR such as receiving referrals, registrations and discharge.
• Contribute to a collaborative team environment that is focused towards family, Assess, plan and implement tailored packages of care in order to support identified health outcomes.

• Assess the health and wellbeing of the child in the family context. Develop, implement and review individual care plans which include age appropriate daily routines for the baby and sleep and settling strategies for sleep issues.
• Develop and utilise effective interview, communication and counseling skills from a partnership approach with parents.

• Assessment of the newborn during 1-4 wk health check, assessing feeding, lactation and education of new parents in the care of the newborn.
• I conducted well baby clinics on a weekly basis, meeting babies for developmental health checks and assisting parents with adjustment to parenting issues.
• I co-facilitated new parenting groups of up to 15 new mothers/fathers and assisted with adjustment to parenting concerns.

• Developed and implemented tailored healthcare packages for expectant mothers, including 2 antenatal consults, birth support and 2 postnatal sessions with the newborn.
• I worked as a casual CFHN at the Canterbury RU providing evidence based care to parents and their babies within a tertiary service.

• I worked as a keen member of a multidisciplinary team within the residential unit and at the mood disorder unit.
• I conducted admission interviews, and worked with parents to develop and implement flexible daily routines, along with age appropriate sleep and settling strategies.
• I was involved with the assessment, diagnosis and management of infants with reflux, milk and food allergies and lactose intolerance.
• I gained valuable counselling experience working on the Careline as a phone counsellor.
• Developed my knowledge and expertise of PND/PNA at Jade House. I counselled women with babies under 12 months.

• Provided for the physical and emotional needs of 3 children from newborn to preschool age.

Feb 1995 — Feb 1996