Jaehyeok Cho

Ivanhoe has a rough population of 300 people which fluctuates constantly due to DIDO work at the local mining operation and station hands which come to the area for short term work.

Working in Ivanhoe has allowed me to consolidate my assessment skills in the ED and working as the primary RN while providing care for patients and consulting via telehealth with RFDS and organising retrievals in conjunction with NSW Ambulance, ACC and RFDS.

Job functions in Ivanhoe includes but not limited to maintaining the pharmacy portfolio, inventory management and ordering, ensuring that checks are completed for the emergency trolleys as per policy requirements, organisation and coordination of the RFDS GP clinics and working within a multidisciplinary team to ensure best outcomes for patients and completing quality audits such as the monthly QARs audits and interhospital audits for other district sites, contributing to the WHS and SIAT audits among other items.

Working as a RN in the GradStart program has required a rapid learning process of the functions of the RN from inventory management to direct patient care in both the ED, RAC and the pre-hospital setting.

Wilcannia has a majority Aboriginal population with the majority of the community having a minimum of one co-morbidity. This required extensive skills in taking the background for a patient in the ED setting.

Wilcannia has allowed me to develop my time management skill by balancing my time between the patients in the RAC and presentations in the ED. Working the the ED has also allowed me to consolidate my assessment skills and develop my ability to understand VBGs, ECGs and other diagnostic findings from assessments conducted in the ED.

Working as a disability support worker primarily for mental health clients has required attentive view into the day to day lives of the clients and assisting with daily task and ensure their own safety and the safety of those around.

This has required skills in deescalation, problem solving and thorough checks of the environment to ensure that there was no danger present to clients and the surrounding environments.

When there had been adverse situations on a shift requiring emergency service workers, this has required working in a multidisciplinary team to ensure safety and smooth transition from the place of residence to the ED while advocating for the client to the fullest extent.

Working as a casual AIN at the Wollongong Hospital I was exposed to a multitude of different settings primarily based in the ED. Working in the ED as an AIN required taking vital signs, assisting in personal care, basic assessment of patient and to report findings to the RN.

The work in ED has exposed me to a multitude of different types of presentations such as chest pain, respiratory distress, physical injuries, mental health presentations and generally unwell patients.

Working as a sales assistant has required the development of interpersonal skills and the ability to deescalate situations between the business and customers.

Part of my job function was also stock management in the form of regular stock counting and ordering to ensure that the appropriate stock levels were maintained.

As the senior member of staff on the weekends, I had been required to allocate and appropriately manage other employees for effective operations through the day.