Ashleigh J. Scully
Waterford,Australia
Summary
Dynamic Clinical Nurse Clinical Facilitator with extensive experience at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, excelling in clinical governance and team leadership. Proven ability to enhance patient safety through advanced life support and effective communication. Committed to fostering a culture of learning and mentoring new staff, driving quality improvement initiatives in high-pressure environments.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Nurse Clinical Facilitator
Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital, Department of Medical Imaging
Herston, Queensland
05.2025 - Current
- Delivered advanced clinical care to patients with diverse conditions.
- Supported unit functions by modeling best practices and effective education.
- Collaborated with Nurse Educator and Nurse Unit Manager for training and development.
- Promoted a culture of learning to enhance nursing workforce capacity.
- Maintained compliance with ethical standards and current nursing legislation.
- Integrated evidence-based practices by supporting self-directed learning opportunities.
- Facilitated workplace training, including staff induction and mandatory skills assessments.
- Provided clinical leadership within the interprofessional team to ensure patient safety.
Clinical Nurse (Acting)
Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital
Herston, Queensland
04.2025 - Current
- Shift Coordination of approx. 26 nursing staff on floor
- Leadership and Team coordination
- Coordinate patient admissions, Procedures and Discharges
- Mentor Junior nurses, Graduates and Student nurses providing clinical governance
- Lead daily briefings and team huddles communicating shift progress and issues
- Clinical Governance and risk management
- Identify clinical risks and escalate
- Quality improvement initiatives
- Support audit activities
- Patient Flow
- Staff allocation and reallocation based on skill mix and workload
- Escalate access blocks and barriers
- Team leadership and Delegation
- Ensure appropriate skill level of staff in modality
- Ensure staff breaks taken in appropriate time frame and patient flow maintained
- Mentor and precept new staff, Graduates and Student nurses
- Clinical Oversight
- Go to nurse when shift coordinating for escalations, e.g. deteriorating patients, MERTS
- General anaesthetic support and Training in recovery
- Problem Solving and decision making
- Management of unexpected surges of staff ensuring off line time for mandatory education
- Prioritizing tasks and add-on procedures
- Communication and liaison
- Attend afternoon huddle and briefing and advise of any shift changes and workload concerns
- Liaise with modality team leaders regarding add-ons and staff skill and availability
- Maintaining Standards
- Lead by example
- Ensure service goals are met
- Ensure infection control is maintained by all staff
- Angiography Suite Team leader of up to 9 staff
Registered Nurse
Royal Brisbane Womens Hospital
Herston, Queensland
11.2023 - Current
- Deliver advanced nursing care in CT, MRI, ultrasound, and digital fluoroscopy settings, supporting complex interventional procedures including cerebral coiling, renal/lung biopsies, angiograms, and endovascular clot retrievals.
- Perform pre-sedation assessments, administer nurse-led sedation, and manage post-anaesthetic recovery for patients undergoing general anaesthesia or procedural sedation.
- Maintain high safety and procedural standards, including sterile field setup, surgical scrub/scout roles, “time-out” processes, and compliance with radiation and MRI safety protocols.
- Accurately document patient care and procedures using KARISMA and digital hospital systems, ensuring clinical handovers and patient records support continuity and quality of care.
- Promote a compassionate, patient-centred approach through effective communication, active listening, and advocacy for patient rights, safety, and dignity.
- Lead by example through preceptorship of new staff, graduate nurses, and students; deliver informal education and assist in inter-hospital neurointerventional training with Queensland Children’s Hospital.
- Contribute to quality improvement initiatives, including development of a time-in-motion study used in Standard 2 portfolio to improve recovery suite workflow and resource allocation.
- Participate in on-call service delivery, working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams to respond to urgent and emergent procedural needs.
Registered Nurse
Logan Hospital
Brisbane, Australia
05.2019 - 11.2023
Registered Nurse, Graduate Nurse Advanced Program
Logan Hospital
Brisbane, Australia
11.2018 - 05.2019
Enrolled Nurse, Palliative Care
Logan Hospital
Brisbane, Australia
01.2018 - 09.2018
Enrolled Nurse
Mater Hospital
Brisbane, Australia
07.2017 - 01.2018
Education
Post Graduate Certificate - Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Nursing
Australian College of Nursing
12.2024
Bachelor of Nursing -
Griffith University
12.2018
Diploma Of Nursing -
Navitas Health Skills Australia
10.2013
Skills
- Shift coordination and team leadership including Angiography suite team leader
- Clinical facilitation
- Clinical governance and risk management
- Advanced life support
- Basic life support assessment
- Peripheral intravenous catheter assessment
- New staff and graduate nurse preceptor
- Post-anesthesia recovery
- CPAT assessment
- Patient monitoring and sedation administration
- IR and INR scrub and scout
- Radiation and MRI safety
References
- Samantha Moses, Nurse Unit Manager, Dept. Medical Imaging, Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital, samantha.moses@health.qld.gov.au
- Phillipa Campbell, Associate Nurse Unit Manager, Dept. Medical Imaging, Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital, phillipa.campbell@health.qld.gov.au
Timeline
Clinical Nurse Clinical Facilitator
Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital, Department of Medical Imaging
05.2025 - Current
Clinical Nurse (Acting)
Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital
04.2025 - Current
Registered Nurse
Royal Brisbane Womens Hospital
11.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse
Logan Hospital
05.2019 - 11.2023
Registered Nurse, Graduate Nurse Advanced Program
Logan Hospital
11.2018 - 05.2019
Enrolled Nurse, Palliative Care
Logan Hospital
01.2018 - 09.2018
Enrolled Nurse
Mater Hospital
07.2017 - 01.2018
Post Graduate Certificate - Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Nursing
Australian College of Nursing
Bachelor of Nursing -
Griffith University
Diploma Of Nursing -
Navitas Health Skills Australia
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