Briedy O'Brien

• Provide comprehensive care in various Ambulatory Care clinics, and adapting quickly to changing situations
• Demonstrate advanced skills in urology care, team leading nurse lead clinics
• Stepped up into leadership roles, gaining experience in referral processes into the health service, structuring of clinics, managing staff and improving patient experiences.
• Provide support and guidance to nursing staff within Ambulatory Care
• Ongoing improvement of my communication skills with patients and medical staff to ensure continuity of care

• Permanent part time and then casually employed to work across all units of the hospital such as General surgery, ENT, Orthopedics, Urology Cardiology, Acute medical and Day surgery.
• Excellent time management skills developed to provide high-quality care to patients with various protocols and guidelines .

• Lead team of 8-10 staff on a 30 bed busy colorectal surgical unit
• Demonstrate advanced clinical skills, and be a resource for problem solving
• Respond to ever changing clinical conditions of patients
• Provide direct support to the NUM, acting up for holiday relief
• Manage co-ordination of in-service education of all staff
• Responsible for orientation of new staff, ensuring completion of competencies, and assimilation into the unit
• Facilitate the safe induction of new graduates, up to 8 at a time, into the unit and be responsible for PAD management.
• Assisted with the role out of new policy and procedures around the hospital

• Worked across all units of the hospital

• Travelled intermittently around Australia.
• Worked at various public hospitals in Darwin, Brisbane,Perth and Melbourne.
• Worked at various private hospitals such as Greenslopes Private Hospital.

• Worked and travelled in the UK gaining experience in various hospitals
• NHS experience at the Countess of Chester, The Royal Marsden, and the Moorfields Eye Hospital
• Private experience at London Bridge Hospital, The Cromwell, The Lister, and King Edward VII's Hospital

• Responsible for 30 residents and 8 staff whilst on shift in an Aged Care Facility

Completed an excellent graduate program on 9CD Cardiothoracic surgical unit.