Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Patient Flow Manager
Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital
04.2019 - Current
Manage team of After Hours Managers, Principal Aboriginal Health Worker, Transit staff and discharge planner Daily management of operations within the hospital
Deputy Director of Nursing - Secondment
Milton Hospital
05.2024 - 06.2024
Ensuring optimal standards of clinical practice, patient care and the patient experience, through clinical support, strong leadership, sound analytical, planning and negotiation skills.
Collaborated with senior leadership in strategic planning activities aimed at achieving organizational goals both short-term as well as longterm.
Co-ordinated site clinical quality
Optimized patient flow within the facility by coordinating admissions, discharges, and transfers efficiently.
Ensured compliance with regulatory standards by conducting regular audits.
Nurse Manager Emergency- secondment
Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital
02.2023 - 12.2023
Leadership and management of staff, services and resources to ensure delivery of safe, effective and quality nursing care
Reviewing existing models of care and implementing new ways of working Maintaining a safe and effective service with financial stability
Deputy Director of Nursing and Operations Manager Critical Care- secondment
Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital
05.2022 - 12.2022
Executive leadership in directing the operational management of Critical Care (Emergency, Intensive Care, Theatres, Patient Flow and Surgical stream) Worked with Departmental Heads and Department Managers to ensure safe, effective and efficient clinical services are delivered
Ensure divisional strategic goals are implemented across the hospital
Deputy Director of Nursing and Operations Manager Critical Care- secondment
Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital
12.2020 - 03.2021
Executive leadership in directing the operational management of Critical Care (Emergency, Intensive Care, Theatres, Patient Flow and Surgical stream) Worked with Departmental Heads and Department Managers to ensure safe, effective and efficient clinical services are delivered
Ensure divisional strategic goals are implemented across the hospital
After Hours Senior Nurse Manager
Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital
11.2017 - 04.2019
After Hours Manager (0.6 FTE) Additional roles: Acting Patient Flow Manager- provide permanent relief for Patient Flow Manager as second in charge
Registered Nurse
Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital
04.2012 - 01.2017
Registered Nurse Emergency Department (full time)
Secondments: Nurse Unit Manager, Patient Flow Manager, After hours Senior Nurse Manager.
Business Change Manager
Middlemore Hospital
06.2009 - 04.2012
Business Change Manager for iBeds project, developing a bed management system to facilitate patient flow through the organisation Work with stakeholders, developers and the business to meet business requirements Develoedp business rules to support the bed management system
Nurse Educator
Middlemore Hospital
12.2003 - 04.2012
Meet the professional development needs of 160 Nursing staff in emergency 95,000 presentations (adult and paediatric) per year to a major trauma centre Led the education team to develop guidelines, protocols, policies Worked within senior management team in performance appraisals and performance management plans Worked at a strategic level across the organisation to meet the organisational need for education
Lecturer
UNITEC
03.2002 - 02.2004
Part time Clinical lecturer and Clinical Tutor for 1st year Nursing students and Overseas return to Nursing students
Registered Nurse
Middlemore Hospital
02.2002 - 12.2003
Emergency Department Worked in all areas of the department (minors, majors, triage), co-ordinated and stepped into acting Charge Nurse as required
Clinical Tutor
Geneva Health International
11.2001 - 03.2002
Clinical lecturer and Clinical Tutor for 1st year Nursing students
Recruitment Consultant
Geneva Health International
06.2001 - 02.2002
Recruitment consultant and bureau Registered Nurse
Registered Nurse
Prince of Wales Hospital
01.2000 - 05.2001
Emergency Department
Registered Nurse
British Nursing Agency/Initial health
06.1998 - 12.1999
Agency Nurse in John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford and multiple hospitals across London Worked in gastro-liver unit, recovery, HDU, endoscopy and private
Registered Nurse
Prince of Wales Hospital
01.1996 - 05.1998
Support Transition Program 1996- Rotation program within 3 areas, gastroenterology, neurology and cardiology Recovery/High dependency unit Feb 1997-April 1998
Education
Post Graduate Diploma, Health Sciences (Emergency & Education) -
University of Auckland
05.2007
Bachelor of Nursing -
University of Wollongong
12.1995
Higher School Certificate -
Oxley College
01.1992
Skills
Team Leadership
Complex Problem-Solving
Operations Management
Strategic Planning
Staff Development
Financial Management
Effective Communication
Committees
New Zealand Guidelines Group: Development of the national guidelines for the Management of Burns and Scalds in Primary Care, June 2007
Counties Manukau Framework for Educational Development 2008 to May 2011
Publications
Non-invasive positive pressure as a first line intervention in exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Emergency Nurse New Zealand, 4, 1, 10-13, 2005
Case Study- Subarachnoid Haemorrhage, Emergency Nurse New Zealand, 4, 9, 10-14, 2006
References
Karon Stalgis, Deputy Director of Nursing and Operations Manager Critical Care, Shoalhaven Hospital Group, 0413097396
Anna O’Hare, Operations Manager ED/ICU Wollongong Hospital, C0-Director Division of Critical Care, 0403553070
Timeline
Deputy Director of Nursing - Secondment
Milton Hospital
05.2024 - 06.2024
Nurse Manager Emergency- secondment
Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital
02.2023 - 12.2023
Deputy Director of Nursing and Operations Manager Critical Care- secondment
Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital
05.2022 - 12.2022
Deputy Director of Nursing and Operations Manager Critical Care- secondment
Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital
12.2020 - 03.2021
Patient Flow Manager
Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital
04.2019 - Current
After Hours Senior Nurse Manager
Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital
11.2017 - 04.2019
Registered Nurse
Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital
04.2012 - 01.2017
Business Change Manager
Middlemore Hospital
06.2009 - 04.2012
Nurse Educator
Middlemore Hospital
12.2003 - 04.2012
Lecturer
UNITEC
03.2002 - 02.2004
Registered Nurse
Middlemore Hospital
02.2002 - 12.2003
Clinical Tutor
Geneva Health International
11.2001 - 03.2002
Recruitment Consultant
Geneva Health International
06.2001 - 02.2002
Registered Nurse
Prince of Wales Hospital
01.2000 - 05.2001
Registered Nurse
British Nursing Agency/Initial health
06.1998 - 12.1999
Registered Nurse
Prince of Wales Hospital
01.1996 - 05.1998
Post Graduate Diploma, Health Sciences (Emergency & Education) -
University of Auckland
Bachelor of Nursing -
University of Wollongong
Higher School Certificate -
Oxley College
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