Ashlee Jones
Riverside,TAS
Summary
Dedicated Registered Nurse with clinical experience providing care for patients within the acute setting. Passionate in delivering empathetic care and providing emotional support to patients throughout treatment and their hospital stay. Team-orientated professional offering support and comfort to patients and families through strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Donation Specialist Nursing Coordinator
DonateLife Tasmania
12.2023 - Current
- Receive clinical referrals of potential organ donors, including identification, assessment of donor's medical suitability, screening, consent and donor care and management
- Coordinate retrieval and transport process in collaboration with theatres, transplant coordinators, physicians, and retreival surgeons.
- Provide care and support to donors and their families throughout donation process
- Inform and support clinical engagement areas during and following donation processes.
Intensive Care Registered Nurse
Launceston General Hospital
04.2020 - Current
- Competently care for patients in all specialties in the Launceston General Hospital including: Cardiac, Surgical and Medical patients.
- Developed and implemented patient care plans based on medical teams instructions.
- Safely and competently care for patients that are ventilated, with continuous renal replacement therapy running as well as provide education to staff on these therapies.
- Observed patients' vital signs and administered the appropriate prescribed medications and treatments as required.
- Maintains a respectful environment that honors patients' and families' cultural and religious traditions and preferences.
- Supervised new employees and student nurses to promote adherence to established patient care standards and practices within the Launceston General Hospital.
- Recorded patients' medical status and treatment details in their progress notes following hospital protocol.
- Explained health care issues and ramifications to patients and families to promote informed medical care choices.
- Responded to emergency situations to provide rapid and accurate care whilst working in the ACCESS role in and outside of the unit.
- Assisting the medical team with procedures such as line insertions, bronchoscopies, emergency and elective intubations and cardioversion.
- Completed ALS 2 and the ECMO training course and assessment and have competence in caring for patients on ECMO.
- Work continuously on my Grade 4 portfolio in blood management, throughout the year attending to regular audits, and providing education and in-services to my colleagues.
- Currently working in the Organ Donation Clinical Champions programme developing a deeper understanding around the donation process that will facilitate greater awareness and education within our unit.
- Providing an integrative and multidisciplinary treatment approach in end of life care which helps to maintain physical, mental and emotional needs of the patient and their families.
- Coordinate with healthcare professionals from various disciplines to devise, carry out, and manage personalized care plans to benefit patient health and recovery.
Emergency Department Registered Nurse
Launceston General Hospital
01.2019 - 04.2020
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Educated patients and answered questions about health condition, prognosis, and treatment.
- Communicated openly and collaboratively with all healthcare staff to organise successful patient care.
- Worked professionally and respectfully when team nursing.
- Monitored vital signs, conducted physical assessments and evaluated laboratory results for strategic care planning.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualising crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
- Maintain a high standard of legible documentation complying with the Launceston Generals requirements.
- Assisting in patient transfers to the wards to help facilitate patient flow.
General Surgical Registered Nurse
Launceston General Hospital
12.2015 - 04.2020
- Working within the clinical space providing safe patient centered care
- Working with the medical staff and multi-disciplinary teams on a daily basis
- Having good time management to be able to care for up to 4 busy surgical patients in a shift, as well as being able to assist all nurses working on the floor when in the senior nurse role.
- Having advanced knowledge on the different surgical specialties including colorectal, upper GI and urology.
- Having expert knowledge on stomal therapy, assisting with the stomal care in conjunction with the stomal therapist.
- Being endorsed as a grade 4 and upskilling to in-charges and senior responsibilities.
- Attending grand rounds with the Surgeons, and advocating for the patients and their families.
- Uses effective communication skills when interacting with patients, families/carers and other health care professionals.
- Provided care that includes the relief of pain and other symptoms, promotion of comfort and supporting the patients and families in end of life care.
Operating Theatre Registered Nurse
The Eye Hospital
03.2015 - 11.2015
- Knowledge of the principles in peri-operative nursing and infection control
- Contributes to the delivery of quality patient care during the per-operative phase in accordance with the hospitals policies and legal requirements
- Collaborates with team members to ensure that the operating lists run effectively
- Effectively communicates within the anaesthetic bays, operating room, and recovery.
- Demonstrates competency, knowledge, and skills based on ACORN standards to perform required duties including: scrub nurse, anaesthetic nurse, circulating nurse, recovery room nurse.
Education
Post Graduate Certificate in Critical Care -
University of Tasmania
Launceston, TAS11.2022
Post Graduate Certificate in Acute Care Nursing -
University of Tasmania
Launceston, TAS07.2018
Bachelor of Nursing -
University of Tasmania
Launceston, TAS12.2014
Skills
- Professionalism
- Compassionate
- Empathetic
- Critical Thinking
- Problem solving
- Ability to lead
- Positive attitude
- Attention to detail
- Hardworking
- Organised
Timeline
Donation Specialist Nursing Coordinator
DonateLife Tasmania
12.2023 - Current
Intensive Care Registered Nurse
Launceston General Hospital
04.2020 - Current
Emergency Department Registered Nurse
Launceston General Hospital
01.2019 - 04.2020
General Surgical Registered Nurse
Launceston General Hospital
12.2015 - 04.2020
Operating Theatre Registered Nurse
The Eye Hospital
03.2015 - 11.2015
Post Graduate Certificate in Critical Care -
University of Tasmania
Post Graduate Certificate in Acute Care Nursing -
University of Tasmania
Bachelor of Nursing -
University of Tasmania
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