Amy Ashton
Eagle Vale,Australia
Summary
Seasoned nursing leader from SWSLHD, adept in operations management and effective clinical decision-making. Spearheaded quality improvement initiatives, enhancing patient care standards. Excelled in fostering multidisciplinary team collaboration and leadership, significantly improving staff development and patient satisfaction. Demonstrates advanced clinical nursing skills and a detail-oriented approach to healthcare excellence.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
NUM
SWSLHD
Liverpool
01.2020 - Current
- Manage 48 staff within a 30-bed cardiology and cardiothoracic surgical unit, providing comprehensive nursing guidance, aiming to maintain outstanding patient satisfaction and care standards.
- Manage rostering, recruitment, and retention of nursing staff.
- Fostering improvement in staff's professional development through education and monitoring clinical-based competencies to enhance patient safety and maintain high standards of care.
- Develop and implement quality improvement initiatives to provide the best patient care and improve nursing-sensitive indicators.
- Coordinated various team engagements to foster collaboration in achieving patient and departmental objectives.
- Provide leadership and care coordination in relation to the patient's journey, and create opportunities for quality care that facilitates timely transfer of care back into the community.
- Supervised infection control protocols to safeguard patients, staff, and visitors.
- Timely response to concerns impacting the safety and security of the unit, and embedding interventions to control and de-escalate risk.
- Managed complaints locally to enhance patient and staff experience.
- Cultivated a positive workplace culture.
Nurse Manager Gde 3 Surgical Patient Flow
SWSLHD
Liverpool
10.2024 - 11.2024
- Directed daily operations for DOSA and emergency procedures.
- Oversaw bed flow in ICU, CCU, and cardiology units.
- Facilitated timely surgical intervention between hospitals.
- Made decisions for optimizing surgical bed flow.
- Enhanced workflow for ambulance arrivals, ensuring fulfillment of HAT objectives.
- Worked collaboratively with NUMs to achieve timely TOC.
NUM 2 Staffing and Allocations
SWSLHD
Liverpool
08.2023 - 09.2023
- Oversaw efficient distribution of staff resources.
- Maintained accuracy in Healthroster data.
- Maintaining overtime within departments to allow for safe staffing, including reports and the approval chain.
- Ensured accurate recording of union-related information.
- Aligned staff profiles according to NHPPD requirements.
- Security and increased supervision support, management, and running district meeting requirements.
- Coordinated with the demand management unit for surge bed capacity.
- Reviewed staffing deficits and worked with necessary groups to maintain safety measures.
After Hours Nurse Manager Gde 3
SWSLHD
Liverpool
07.2023 - 07.2023
- Demonstrated leadership skills in managing staffing and operations of Liverpool Hospital after hours.
- Demonstrate strong organizational and time management skills while managing competing demands in a fast-paced environment.
- Applied effective problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication skills, to de-escalate and resolve complex issues.
- Attending code blacks to de-escalate and provide support.
- Allocated AHNM report requirements.
- Communication with executives as points of escalation, where appropriate.
- Pharmacy management after hours.
- Complaints management.
A/CNE
SWSLHD
Liverpool
05.2017 - 01.2020
- Achieved improved patient outcomes through quality activities.
- Enhanced workforce capabilities via ongoing development.
- CIR participates in and runs education, meetings, and actions to comply with recommendations.
- Strengthened team capabilities by implementing effective competency training.
- The facility required auditing through QARS.
- Developing action plans and managing the actions to meet compliance based on audit results.
- Managing the quality and risk plan for the unit.
- Participate in PMR and aid in the educational support required for skill and career development.
- Develop an orientation manual for the unit.
- Ensures comprehensive training for all nurses in the unit/ward.
- Provides day-to-day clinical education support in the ward/unit.
- Provides support for skill development in clinical procedures.
- Provides support for clinical policy/guideline development.
- Enhanced clinical wound care skills across various departments.
- Provided instruction to nursing staff on new procedures and techniques.
- Conducted one-on-one training sessions with nurses to ensure competency in medical practices.
- Maintained records of educational activities, including attendance rosters and course evaluations.
- Advised nursing staff on best practices for providing safe, high quality patient care.
- Partnered with other departments within the organization in order to coordinate educational resources.
- Assessed new nursing staff with fair and consistent evaluation tools to determine knowledge and quality of care delivery.
REGISTERED NURSE
Liverpool Hospital
03.2012 - 06.2013
- New graduate course (6 months in Neonatal Intensive Care and 6 Months in Vascular surgery) NICU General nursing duties, Observations including vitals, GCS, AWS, Bloods, BSL
- Monitoring and maintaining oxygen
- Nursing premature babies, drug dependent babies
- Vaccinations
- Phototherapy for jaundice babies
- Drug calculations and administration
- Education for families
- Breast feeding education and aid
- Monitoring semi-critical babies
- Bathing and bathing demonstration for new parents
- Nasogastric/ oropharyngeal tube insertion and feeding
- Vascular Surgery General nursing duties
- Observations including vitals, GCS, AWS, BSL, neurovascular observations, Pt controlled analgesia observations
- Administration of blood products
- Preparing insulin/dextrose infusions and monitoring patients throughout
- Preparing and monitoring heparin infusions
- Various dressing to simple dressing to complex VAC therapy
- Maintaining paperwork
- Maintaining fluid balance
ENDORSED ENROLLED NURSE FULL TIME
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital
01.2003 - 03.2012
- General Nursing duties
- Patient care
- Patient education
- Medication administration
- Attending to personal care
- Attending to simple and complex wound care
- Performing peritoneal dialysis
- Attending to a variety of observations including- vitals, GCS, AWS, circulation
Education
MBA - Management and Leadership
Australian Institute Business
Adelaide, SA10-2025
Bachelor of Nursing -
University of Western Sydney
NSWCertificate IV in Nursing (Enrolled Nurse) -
TAFE NSW
Medication management course -
The College of Nursing
NSWCert IV in Training and Assessment -
Skills
- Effective Clinical Decision-Making
- Proven Leadership Experience
- Risk Mitigation
- Operations Management Expertise
- Ward Budget Management
- Advanced Clinical Nursing Skills
- Software Knowledge
- Multidisciplinary team collaboration
- Highly developed written and verbal communication skills
- Detail-Oriented Professional
- Proficient Time Management
- Supportive Team Collaborator
- Leadership Experience
References
- Melissa Wakefield, ONM surgical Portfolio, Melissa.Wakefield@health.nsw.gov.au
- Carolina Perez, NM Connecting Care, Carolina.Perez1@health.nsw.gov.au
Timeline
Nurse Manager Gde 3 Surgical Patient Flow
SWSLHD
10.2024 - 11.2024
NUM 2 Staffing and Allocations
SWSLHD
08.2023 - 09.2023
After Hours Nurse Manager Gde 3
SWSLHD
07.2023 - 07.2023
NUM
SWSLHD
01.2020 - Current
A/CNE
SWSLHD
05.2017 - 01.2020
REGISTERED NURSE
Liverpool Hospital
03.2012 - 06.2013
ENDORSED ENROLLED NURSE FULL TIME
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital
01.2003 - 03.2012
MBA - Management and Leadership
Australian Institute Business
Bachelor of Nursing -
University of Western Sydney
Certificate IV in Nursing (Enrolled Nurse) -
TAFE NSW
Medication management course -
The College of Nursing
Cert IV in Training and Assessment -
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