Annette Ritchie

• Performed assessments and evaluations of patients' health condition, while providing comprehensive nursing services.
• Adhered to infection control protocols while performing assigned tasks.
• Initiated preventative measures against potential risks identified through assessment processes.
• Coordinated with other healthcare professionals to ensure optimal quality of care for all patients.
• Maintained accurate documentation of patient information such as medical history, vital signs, medications administered.
• Facilitated communication between healthcare team members involved in providing quality patient care services.
• Administered medications as prescribed by physicians and monitored the effect on patients' conditions.
• Ensured compliance with applicable laws and regulations governing the practice of nursing within the scope of travel nurse duties.

• Assessed and monitored the health of women in the clinic.
• Provided preventive care, including immunizations and screenings.
• Counseled patients on lifestyle changes to improve their health.
• Prescribed medications based upon diagnosis and patient needs e.g Silver book Guidelines WA Health.
• Performed gynecological exams such as pap smears, breast exams, and STD testing.
• Educated patients about health promotion, disease prevention, nutrition, exercise, and other related topics.
• Collaborated with physicians to manage complex cases or refer them to specialists when needed.
• Maintained accurate medical records using electronic health record systems.
• Inserted long-acting reversible contraceptives devices such as Implanon NXT
• Used discretion while diagnosing, treating and educating patients for sexually transmitted diseases.
• Adhered to infection control procedures to facilitate safe, clean patient environment.
• Providing accurate information for the Women's Health portfolio in line National Proformance Key Indicators.

• Provide support, culturally safe information that is appropriate to First Nations women
• Who predominately demonstrate clinically complex pregnancies
• Working in partnership with the women, care givers and significant others to enhance communication and engagement throughout their ante natal, peri natal and postnatal journey
• Assisting in the facilitation of clinical care co – ordination amongst all health care stakeholders
• Facilitation of clinical care meetings around referral, continuum of care including discharge planning and patient travel
• Provision of culturally appropriate assistance and advocacy for First Nation women, their
• Care givers and significant others
• Use of Compass, read only access to iEMR, Best Practice for documentation and data collection.

• Atherton District Hospital
• Commitment to deliver quality women centered care, that is woman focused, culturally appropriate and safe
• Quality improvement projects,
• Providing support for the Midwifery Group Practice Midwifery Team when required
• Health promotion, parental support and breast-feeding education
• Pathology collection when required
• Software programs for e.g
• Auscare, iEMmR
• Immunisations
• Referral to multidisciplinary pathways that ensure continuum of care is wrapped around the
• Woman, neonate and significant others.

• Recruitment at Hobart Private Hospital
• Delivery of evidence-based midwifery/nursing care
• Liaise with the multidisciplinary teams to deliver women’s centered care
• Commitment to deliver quality patient care
• Delivery of good clinical decision-making skills
• Working in compliance with ACQSHC national standards
• Proficient computer skills
• Delivery of education and individual patient support for the management of their antenatal,perinatal and postnatal care
• Proficient with computer skills with Webpas

• Professional standards of practice and conduct
• Cairns based
• Clinical care Coordination – provide clinical assessment, intervention and support for predominately high-risk women throughout the whole pregnancy and birth continuum
• Fostering and promoting a collaborative team approach to individual client care
• Provide direction and support to other nursing/ midwifery team members while promoting
• Professional standards of practice and conduct
• Provide support and advocacy to the Antenatal women by working collaboratively alongside various stakeholders in regard to external antenatal appointments; care team arrangements and case managing any needs and/or concerns
• Provide mother craft, health, and development education to antenatal and postnatal women and her support network
• Neonatal and early child health as required
• Develop and maintain partnerships and network with external agencies relevant to client antenatal, postnatal care and support
• Liaise with Aboriginal and Torres Strait island communities to ensure strong positive links and exchange of appropriate and accurate information
• Assist in coordinating and participate in meetings/groups/forums with both internally and with external stakeholders
• Participated in quality improvement activities including timely and accurate service data in Best practice and MIMASO databases, to identify achievements and areas of improvement in line with program aim
• Daily accurate, timely and confidential client documentation

• Develop and implement a holistic culturally sensitive evidenced based clinical care and health promotion/educational activities to Aboriginal and Torres
• Strait Islander women and their partner in the antenatal, birthing, postnatal,
• Childhood parenting periods
• Foster a commitment to a community controlled health services model
• Deliver primary health care services in accordance with the model of care and professional standards of practice
• Respect cultural diversity and traditional Indigenous health practices
• Provide advice and support to improve the clinical practice of Aboriginal &
• Torres Strait Islander MCH Workers through Apunipima based on-site education training and professional partnership preceptorship
• Review health indicators as per the strategic plan for Cape York communities relevant to M&CH in order to evaluate and review educational programs
• Collaborate with MCH Worker and PHC Manager (where available) to facilitate and organise unit planning in relation to Maternal and Child Health services
• Promote a learning environment inclusive of the development, coordination and delivery of education initiatives
• Uses appropriate engagement and communication approaches consistent with agreed organisational, operational and community processes
• Provide a holistic culturally sensitive clinical service across the Maternal and
• Child Health continuum aimed at achieving expected outcomes in the following areas:
• Well child health screening incorporating follow up, recall and referral in accordance with best practice
• Immunisation
• School screening, health promotion and relationship programs
• Enhance families’ and communities’ capacity to provided physically and psychologically safe and supportive environment’s for optimal family health
• Deliver MCH services incorporating maternal and child health home visits
• Health promotion/education in venues other that PHCC such as playgroups, preschools, schools and community settings
• Participate in educational activities for health professionals and support and develop the role of health workers in the delivery of maternal and child health services
• Antenatal, postnatal and pre conception care, routine screening and referral in accordance with professional practice
• This includes cervical screening and contraception advice
• Support the Cold Chain Management process in the health centre including assisting in the maintenance of competency of appropriate team members
• Support infection control standards and adherence across the Health Centre including assisting with the competency development of appropriate team members.

• Providing Maternal Child Health Care to the communities of Mornington Island, Doomadgee and the western corridor community of Chiligoe
• Providing Antenatal care to reduce risk factors by promoting access to well pregnancy care and monitoring including appropriate screening or preventive/treatment interventions
• Including high risk women (eg Gestational diabetes, Rheumatic heart disease)
• Access to health education and health promotion activities
• Well baby and child health checks
• Including earchecks
• Engagement with the woman and her family to assist the continuum of care and plan for the transition toparenthood
• Well women’s healthcheck
• Collaborative care working together at individual level – for the optimum health of the mother andbaby
• A best practice model to ensure services to the community that is: culturally appropriate to family and individual need, provided in the most appropriate setting for thefamily
• Information exchange including: safe sleeping practices; nutritional information (maternal and infant); injury prevention and safety promotion; where to access additional help and after-hourssupport
• School healthy skin checks and hygiene education at the school
• Medical directorsoftware
• Immunisation recalls
• Infant through to Highschool.

• Maternal and child, /Midwife
• Aurukun, Pompauraww and Lockhart River
• Provide holistic, culturally sensitive child health promotion activities to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their partner and familymembers
• Working in partnerships with other multidisciplinary health team and education providers such as local education department, local community members, Cape York Partnership, Queensland health, and police liaison officers to promote healthy lifestyle choices and education on reducing risk takingbehaviors
• Health promotion activities in Early learning, Pre-prep classes to promote healthy skin, healthy ears, healthysmiles
• Promotinglongtermbreastfeedinginitiativesandeducationwithinthelocalcommunity
• Providing education, advice and health information to women and their families in the antenatal, birthing, postnatal and early parentingperiods
• Working in partnership and collaboration with mothers, family members with children who are in the care of Department of Community Services, to ensure emotional wellbeing andsupport
• Providing support and working with trainee Aboriginal health careworkers
• Providing home visiting service to ensure administration of medication is attended to for children with chronicdisease.

• South
• Cairns based
• Providing support clinical support and advice to fellow Midwives/ Child health nurses and Aboriginal Health CareWorkers
• Collaboration with the Manager: Family Health to develop and maintain effective working relationships with external partners andstakeholders
• Liaise and work with local Primary Health Care Managers to develop and implement Maternal and Child Health Strategies and Healthplans
• Utilise the Primary Clinical Care, Chronic Conditions Manual and patient information systems to provide care and management ofclients
• Provide antenatal, postnatal and early childhood surveillance and screening, monitoring and care in keeping with qualifications, skills andexperience
• Conduct professional practice within legal and ethical guidelines as outlined by relevant regulatoryagenciesandpracticewithinowncapacity,capabilityandqualifications
• Mentoring and coaching of staff by providing feedback and establishing developmental goals.

• Child and Family Health Nurse/ Postnatal Midwife
• Part time Northern NSW Local Health – Lismore, Goonellabah, Casino, Ballina and surrounding areas
• Provision of Universal home visits to families with newborn babies in line with NSW Families FirstInitiative
• Monitoring growth and development and health status of the child within the context of the family
• Provideeducation,advice,healthinformationtomothersandtheirfamilymembers
• Provide appropriate referral to relevant services asrequired
• Participation in the planning, development and review of state and local policies and relevantguidelinessignificanttotheChildandFamilyHealthNursingService
• Provision of childhoodimmunization
• Actively promote baby friendly initiatives in the community, by working in partnerships with the mother and family to encourage long termbreastfeeding
• Able to work in a culturally appropriate manner that encourages close working relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communitymembers
• Participation in educational programs including Child ProtectionTraining
• Ability to use work software and ChAppprograms
• Able to practice in accordance with policies, procedures and code of conduct in a professionalmanner.

· Provision of education and holistic care to the woman, her family and significant others during the postnatalperiod.

· Breastfeeding education and support in line with baby friendlyinitiatives

· Education and support in mother craftskills

· Relevant referral to other multidisciplinary team members (physiotherapist, lactation consultant, GP, Child and Family HealthNurse

• Under the supervision of the Registered Midwife provide education in the antepartum, intrapartum and post- partumperiod
• Breast feeding education andsupport
• Education and support in mother craftskills
• Attending to neonatal SWISH hearingassessment
• Neonatal screeningassessments
• Community midwifery homevisitations
• Ongoing professionaleducation
• Practice in accordance with the agreed standards of theprofession
• Constant revision of nursing practice and standards through peerassessment
• Discharge and referral to CommunityServices
• Ability to utilized relevant software such as Obstetrics, Powerchart and Microsoft word.

• North Coast Area Health
• Lismore, Ballina, Evans Head, Casino
• Child developmentalchecks
• Sleep and settlingtechniques
• Homevisitingtovulnerablefamilies,newmother’s,youngparents&newAustralians
• Parental and familysupport
• Ability to work as an independentpractitioner
• Ability to access Community referrals asrequired
• Communication and collaboration amongst multidisciplinaryteams
• Abilitytoutilizedrelevantsoftwareforstatisticalmanagementofchildvisitations
• Co support in immunization clinics 2010 TO25/6/2012
• Registered nurse
• Medical/surgical palliative Care ward
• Casual position
• St Vincents Hospital
• LismoreNSW
• Patientobservation
• Acute/chronic/palliativecare
• Initiating interventions through multidisciplinary team members and involving the patient with decisions related to theircare
• Medical recorddocumentation
• Ability to utilize software TREND to assist with correct Nurse-patient ratio to maximize patientcare.

• Population health
• Tuberculosis Administration North Coast Area Health Service
• Lismore NSW
• Tuberculosis preventioncontrol
• Direct Observation Program (DOT)program
• Home visitation to families requiringDOT
• Communication with and possible referral to multidisciplinaryteams

• Child developmentchecks
• Positive Parenting Program (Triple P)Accreditation
• Young people’s parentingprogram
• Sleep and Settlingtechniques
• Homevisitingtovulnerablefamilies,newmother’s,youngparents&newAustralian’s
• Parentalsupport
• Communication within multidisciplinaryteams
• Communityreferrals
• Familysupport
• Experienceinaudiometry,otoscopy,&tympanicassessmentsofschoolagedchildren

• Acute pre-post paediatric patientcare
• Nurse advocate, care and assistance to patient and familymembers
• Confidentiality
• Medical recorddocumentation
• Constant revision of nursing practice and standards through peer assessment and self- evaluation
• Initiating the intervention of multidisciplinary team members as required by the patient andfamily.

• Post Graduate Transition Program to Paediatrics(CHILD & YOUTH HEALTH, Acute paediatric patient care
• Pre & post-operativecare
• Patient observations, confidentiality care &assistance
• Ability to work as a multidisciplinary teammember
• Effectivecommunication
• Relevant nursing administration anddocumentation
• Obtainedadvancedskillsinpaediatricnursingthroughpart-timeandfulltimeemployment
• Provision of safe and competent nursing practice in the paediatricarea
• By practicing in ongoing professionaleducation
• Practice in accordance with the agreed standards of theprofession
• Constant revision of nursing practice and standards through peerassessment

• Acutepaediatricpatientcare.Pre&Post-operativecare
• Patient Observations, confidentiality care &assistance
• Ability to work as a multidisciplinary teammember
• Effectivecommunication
• Relevant nursing administration and medical recordkeeping
• Patientandfamilyadvocateandrapportbuildingwithpatientsandfamilymembers
• GeneralwarddutiesasoutlinedintheJobsdescriptionforaRegisteredNurse
• Maintainahighlevelofconfidentialitywithpatients,theirfamilyandsignificantothers
• Beinformedofchangesinpoliciesandproceduresandimplementationofthesame
• Maintain educational advancements through in – services, conferences and self- motivated learningpackages

• WorkingunsupervisedintheperimetersandscopeofanEnrolledNurse
• WorkingasateammemberunderthedirectionoftheRegisteredNurse
• Medical record documentation,confidentiality
• Assist with client care andADLs
• Patient careplanning
• Inservice training within scope of EnrolledNurse