Cara Lacey
Port Melbourne,Victoria
Summary
I am an experienced senior registrar/fellow completing advanced training in general paediatrics and joint haematology. My professional aim is to understand the pathological and psychosocial factors contributing to my patient's presentation and communicate these findings to them and their families in order to promote patient and family centred care and shared decision making.
My special interests include teaching and participation in quality improvement projects.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Paediatric Emergency Registrar
Western Health
07.2024 - Current
- Advanced Training.
- Core Paediatric Acute Care Training.
- Not yet commenced.
Paediatric Registrar
Western Health
02.2024 - 08.2024
- Advanced Training
- Core General Paediatrics
- Proficiently manage a wide range of clinical situations requiring independent decision making in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Supervision and teaching of junior medical staff and medical students.
Haematology Registrar
Australian Clinical Laboratory (ACL)
02.2023 - 02.2024
- Core Laboratory Training
- Proficient in interpretation of haematology investigations.
- Proficient in report writing for full blood examinations, bone marrow morphology, coagulation studies and haemoglobin electrophoresis.
- Communicate urgent findings to health care professionals and provide advice on patient care.
Laboratory Haematology Registrar
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
08.2022 - 02.2023
- Core Laboratory Training
- Proficient in performing bone marrow aspirates, lumber punctures, delivery of intrathecal medications and skin biopsies including technique, proper handling of specimens and documenting post op care.
- Interpretation of haematology investigations in the laboratory with consultant supervision.
- Manage transfusion reactions through communication with blood bank and the treating clinician to support safe delivery of blood products.
- Participate in the monthly Blood Management Committee Meetings.
Clinical Teaching Fellow
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
02.2022 - 02.2023
- Delivery of teaching sessions such as clinical skills coaching at the bedside, case based discussions and simulation sessions.
- Provide student support and mentoring
- Provide effective feedback with a growth mindset to support leaning
- Perform workplace assessments of medical students
Clinical Haematology Registrar
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
02.2022 - 08.2022
- Core Clinical Haematology Training
- Provide clinical haematology services to children (RCH) and Women (RWH) in addition to laboratory diagnostic services specializing in those related to paediatrics, neonatology, obstetrics, and gynaecology.
- Attend heart failure meetings and provide advice on anticoagulation.
- Present complex patients at the unit meeting.
Laboratory Haematology Registrar
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
02.2021 - 02.2022
- Core Laboratory Training
- Part time position (7.5 months)
- Proficient in performing bone marrow aspirates, lumber punctures, delivery of intrathecal medications and skin biopsies including technique, proper handling of specimens and documenting post op care.
- Built relationships with theatre and oncology staff to support a positive working environment.
- Interpretation of haematology investigations in the laboratory with consultant supervision.
- Manage transfusion reactions through communication with blood bank and the treating clinician to support safe delivery of blood products.
- Participate in the monthly Blood Management Committee Meetings.
Clinical Teaching Fellow
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
02.2021 - 02.2022
- Delivery of teaching sessions such as clinical skills coaching at the bedside, case based discussions and simulation sessions.
- Provide student support and mentoring
- Provide effective feedback with a growth mindset to support leaning
- Perform workplace assessments of medical students
Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
02.2021 - 02.2022
- RCH Committees portfolio
- Assistance with RACP examination preparation
- Provided feedback to basic trainees presenting long cases in preparation for their clinical examination.
Microbiology Registrar
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
08.2020 - 02.2021
- Advanced Training.
- 6 month position (0.4 EFT). Approved for Non-core training (3 months)
- Liaise with clinical and laboratory staff, provide advice to clinicians on testing and interpretation of laboratory results and notify urgent and significant results.
- Routine surveillance and reporting. Outbreak investigations.
After Hours Leadership Group
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
08.2020 - 02.2021
- Advanced Training.
- 6 month position (0.2 EFT). Approved for Non-core training.
- Mentor and lead junior medical staff
- Supervise junior trainees in managing their workload, including admitting and discharging patients.
- Collaborate with the after-hours team across the hospital, and manage clinical resources to meet the demands of increasing patient acuity across General Medicine and Specialty Units and patient flow challenges after hours.
Hospital in the Home Registrar
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
08.2020 - 02.2021
- Advanced Training.
- 6 month position (0.5 EFT). Approved for Non-core training (3 months)
- Training in acute, chronic and home based paediatric care.
- Management of patients needing IV antibiotics, infants requiring multidisciplinary feeding support, wound care, cardiac assessments, eczema care, rehydration, respiratory tune-ups, and diabetes care.
- Support nursing and allied health staff in delivering direct clinical care
Paediatric and Neonatal Medical Registrar
Launceston General Hospital
02.2020 - 08.2020
- Advanced Training
- Approved for core rural paediatrics with perinatal component (6 months).
- Managed inpatients and outpatients presenting with general paediatric conditions
- Attended deliveries and provided care to babies admitted to the special care nursery.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) registrar
Austin Hospital
08.2019 - 02.2020
- Advanced Training
- Approved for Developmental Psychosocial training (3 months).
- Independently case manage paediatric patients with a variety of mental health presentations including preparing a formulation with a diagnosis after comprehensive assessment process.
- Participate in autism assessments along with other health professionals.
- Participate in unit meetings including formal case presentations of patients to stimulate collaborative discussion of complex patients.
General Medical Registrar, Paediatrics
Austin Hospital
08.2019 - 02.2020
- Basic Training
- Management of patients admitted to the ward under general medicine.
- Management of patients presenting to the outpatient clinic for issues relating to general medicine and adolescent medicine (including outpatient management of eating disorders).
- Management of adolescent patients with eating disorders requiring admission, including co-ordination of weekly family meetings.
Emergency Registrar
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
02.2019 - 08.2019
- Basic Training
- Provide clinical services to acutely ill and injured children presenting to the emergency department.
- Dissemination of knowledge to colleagues, families and patients.
Clinical Practice Guidelines Development Group Registrar
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
10.2018 - 02.2019
- Development, review and maintenance of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs).
- Review literature and existing guidelines to inform best practice through clear written language.
- Preparing, running and documenting CPG Committee meetings.
Emergency Registrar
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
02.2018 - 04.2018
- Basic Training
- Maternity leave from April 2018 to October 2018
- Provide clinical services to acutely ill and injured children presenting to the emergency department.
- Dissemination of knowledge to colleagues, families and patients.
Neonatal Registrar
Mercy Hospital for Women
02.2017 - 02.2018
- Basic Training
- Neonatal Training
- 12 month part-time position (6 months)
Junior Resident Medical Officer
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
02.2016 - 02.2017
- Basic Training
- Haematology and Oncology, Monash Children's Hospital
- Emergency medicine, Royal Children's Hospital
- General paediatric surgery, Royal Children's Hospital
Junior Resident Medical Officer
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
02.2015 - 08.2015
- Basic Training
- Maternity Leave from August 2015 to February 2016
- Paediatric ward including special care nursary, Frankston Hospital
- General medicine ward, Royal Children's Hospital
Medical Internship and Residency (PGY2)
Western Health
01.2013 - 02.2015
- Internship roles: Emergency Intern, General Surgery Intern, General Medicine Intern, Respiratory Intern, Relief and Nights.
- PGY2 roles: Paediatric Emergency Resident, General Paediatric Resident (Mildura Base Hospital), Obstetric and Gynaecology Resident, Emergency Resident.
Education
Haematology -
Royal College of Pathologists Australia (RCPA)
General Paediatrics And Joint Haematology -
Royal Australian College of Physicians (RACP)
Graduate Certificate in Clinical Education -
Melbourne University
12.2021
Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) -
Monash University
11.2012
Bachelor of Science (BSc) - Immunology and Pharmacology
University of Melbourne
11.2007
Additional Information
Current:
- RCPA Haem Trainee Committee
- Blood User Group
Previous:
- Blood Management Committee
- Clinical Practice Guidelines Working Group
- CAPHAT Committee, Trainee Representative
Teaching Roles
- Clinical examiner, Melbourne University (2024)
- Clinical teaching fellow, Melbourne University (2021 and 2022)
- Lumber puncture skills station facilitator, Royal Children's Hospital (2021, 2022)
- Paediatric examination long case assessor, Royal Children’s Hospital (2020, 2021)
- Paediatric Life Support (PLS) instructor assistant, Sunshine Hospital (2014-2019)
- Co-Director Teddy Bear Hospital (TBH), Program Implementation and Director, Monash University, 2009-2011
Courses and Conferences
- Blood Conference, Brisbane, Planned attendance October 2024
- Advanced Paediatric Life Support, Scheduled to attend September 2024
- Childhood Stroke Webinar: Perinatal Stroke Focus, April 2024
- Blood Conference, Melbourne, November 2023
- Bone Marrow Failure Symposium, October 2023
- Transfusion workshop for Registrars, March 2023
- Coagulation Challenge Meeting, March 2023
- Pathology Update, Melbourne, February 2023
- Allergy and Immunology (ASCIA) Conference, Perth, September 2019
- Immunodeficiency Update, Royal Children’s Hospital, July, 2019
- Genomics in the Clinic: An Introduction for Medical Professionals, Royal Children’s Hospital, August, 2019
- NeoResus Course, Frankston Hospital, Mercy Hospital, Launceston General Hospital, February 2015, February 2017, March 2020
- Teaching as you go Course, Royal Children’s Hospital, October 2016
- Resus 4 Kids, Frankston Hospital, March 2015
- Advanced Paediatric Life Support, Melbourne APLS Office, August 2014
- Paediatric Life Support, Sunshine Hospital, May 2013
- Simulation-Based Training and Inter-professional Education (STRIPE), Sunshine Hospital, March 2013, May 2024
Research Projects
- Leukaemic Non-nodal Mantle Cell Lymphoma: A Case study with literature review, Poster presentation at Blood, First Author, 2023
- Recombinant Factor VIIa in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, Second author, Published 2022
- Thalassaemia and haemoglobinopathy screening in pregnancy, Feature article in the O&G Magazine Blood special, First Author, Published 2022
- Hospital bed-replacement for acute care of children at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, Co-author, Archives of Disease in Childhood, Published 2022
- Anaphylaxis Study, Local audit and paper, Royal Children’s Hospital, 2019
- Bronchiolitis Study, Multinational study with publications, Sunshine Hospital, 2015-2018, Primary Researcher for Sunshine Hospital
- Practice Variation in Acute Bronchiolitis: A Paediatric Emergency Research Networks Study, Pediatrics, Volume 140, 2017
- Predicting Escalated Care in Infants with Bronchiolitis, Pediatrics, Volume 142, 2018
- Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery, Case series not published, Royal Brompton Hospital, 2012
- Characterising Pertussis Infection at Peninsula Health, Oral and Poster Presentation at Research week, Peninsula Health, 2011
- Health and Wellbeing Requirements of Young Mothers in the Latrobe Valley Region, Poster presentation, Monash University Student Symposium, 2009
- CD4 T Cell responsive to HSV-1 infection, Oral presentation and Academic paper with PhD student, Melbourne University, 2007
References
- Dr Song Chen, Haematologist, RCH and ACL, Song.chen@rch.org.au
- Dr Cathy Crock, Haematologist, RCH, Cathy.crock@rch.org.au
- Dr Carl Orkin, Paediatrician, Sunshine Hospital, Carl.orkin@wh.org.au
- Dr Yoko Asakawa, Paediatrician, Sunshine Hospital, Yoko.asakawa2@wh.org.au
Timeline
Paediatric Emergency Registrar
Western Health
07.2024 - Current
Paediatric Registrar
Western Health
02.2024 - 08.2024
Haematology Registrar
Australian Clinical Laboratory (ACL)
02.2023 - 02.2024
Laboratory Haematology Registrar
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
08.2022 - 02.2023
Clinical Teaching Fellow
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
02.2022 - 02.2023
Clinical Haematology Registrar
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
02.2022 - 08.2022
Laboratory Haematology Registrar
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
02.2021 - 02.2022
Clinical Teaching Fellow
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
02.2021 - 02.2022
Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
02.2021 - 02.2022
Microbiology Registrar
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
08.2020 - 02.2021
After Hours Leadership Group
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
08.2020 - 02.2021
Hospital in the Home Registrar
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
08.2020 - 02.2021
Paediatric and Neonatal Medical Registrar
Launceston General Hospital
02.2020 - 08.2020
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) registrar
Austin Hospital
08.2019 - 02.2020
General Medical Registrar, Paediatrics
Austin Hospital
08.2019 - 02.2020
Emergency Registrar
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
02.2019 - 08.2019
Clinical Practice Guidelines Development Group Registrar
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
10.2018 - 02.2019
Emergency Registrar
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
02.2018 - 04.2018
Neonatal Registrar
Mercy Hospital for Women
02.2017 - 02.2018
Junior Resident Medical Officer
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
02.2016 - 02.2017
Junior Resident Medical Officer
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
02.2015 - 08.2015
Medical Internship and Residency (PGY2)
Western Health
01.2013 - 02.2015
Haematology -
Royal College of Pathologists Australia (RCPA)
General Paediatrics And Joint Haematology -
Royal Australian College of Physicians (RACP)
Graduate Certificate in Clinical Education -
Melbourne University
Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) -
Monash University
Bachelor of Science (BSc) - Immunology and Pharmacology
University of Melbourne
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