Celia Connor
Summary
I am a hard working, dedicated team member with exceptional clinical and interpersonal skills, strong management skills, work ethic and a wealth of experience working as part of the multidisciplinary team to deliver quality patient care.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Nurse Unit Manager
Care@home
02.2022 - Current
- Supervised and planned work of assigned staff to maintain optimal patient care standards.
- Coordinated workflows to elevate team performance and foster long-term success.
- Work in partnership with the Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) and other members of the leadership team, to ensure the efficient and effective provision of care based on best practice principles within a collaborative and multidisciplinary framework.
- Ensure effective communication channels with internal and external stakeholders to promote patient/client care delivery and flow.
- Act as a role model and clinical resource to provide clinical advice, recommendations and effective utilisation of resources and encourage and support staff to develop their skills and knowledge.
- Assist and support the NUM in the development and maintenance of a strong, collaborative professional team environment promoting a positive culture and contemporary nursing leadership.
- Facilitated regular meetings to ensure compliance and address issues proactively
- Completed and managed rosters, providing education and support to numerous staff members or roster-related tasks and ensuring efficient scheduling.
- Actively participate in and contribute to the organisation's Quality & Safety and Work Health & Safety processes, including in the development and implementation of safety systems, improvement initiatives and related training.
Acting Nurse Unit Manager
Care@home
01.2024 - 07.2024
- Performance management - Provided constructive feedback and support to enhance team performance
- Leadership meeting - constructed and held a leadership meeting to discuss strategy, performance and improvements.
- Recruitment - Involved in recruitment processes, including chair of two interview panels, devising interview questions, selecting the panel and completion of selection reports.
- Stakeholder Engagement - Attended numerous meetings with stakeholders to align objectives and address concerns.
- Communication - Managed multiple forms of correspondence including written and verbal communications, effectively liaising with HR regarding performance issues and employee conduct.
- Investigated and completion of multiple SRLS reports to ensure compliance and address safety concerns.
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Royal Hobart Hospital
01.1998 - 02.2022
- Clinical leadership position within the Emergency Department working collaboratively to assist and support the Nurse Unit Manager and Clinical Nurse Consultants.
- Managed a clinical portfolio, assisted with education, involvement in and contributed to the organisation's Quality and Safety and Work Health and Safety.
- Approved Mental Health Officer.
- Competently and frequently worked as the Clinical Coordinator and at times the Navigator role. Advanced level of knowledge and skills, working in all areas of the Emergency Department.
- Confidently allocate staff according to clinical expertise.
- Assisted junior staff with time management prioritisation of care and assessment skills.
- Collaborated with Medical Officers and interprofessional health care team to facilitate, coordinate and maintain quality care and achieve desired treatment outcomes.
- Leveraged triage process to deliver timely and appropriate care to patients and accurately assign triage categories.
- Communicated with Medical Officer about changes in patient status, symptomatology and results of diagnostic studies to optimise care delivery.
- Maintained accurate and detailed records in Trak ED for patient treatments, status updates and unit activities.
Registered Nurse
07.2021 - 12.2021
- Administered astraveneca and pfizer vaccinations.
- Provided education.
Registered Nurse Grade 3, Surgical Specialties
Royal Hobart Hospital
01.1995 - 01.1998
- Preceptor to Graduate Nurse.
- CPR Resource Nurse.
- Rostering.
- Acted as level 2 (Grade 5).
Education
Post Graduate - Emergency Nursing
Royal Hobart Hospital
Graduate Nurse Program - undefined
Royal Hobart Hospital
Bachelor of Nursing - undefined
University of Tasmania
Skills
- Time Management
- Communication
- Quality improvement
- Adaptability
- Collaboration
- Positive
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Clinical leadership
- Patient education and advocacy
- Clinical and virtual expertise
- Rostering
Affiliations
- Registered Nurse - AHPRA
- Australian College of Nursing
- ANMF
Timeline
Acting Nurse Unit Manager
Care@home
01.2024 - 07.2024
Associate Nurse Unit Manager
Care@home
02.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse
07.2021 - 12.2021
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Royal Hobart Hospital
01.1998 - 02.2022
Registered Nurse Grade 3, Surgical Specialties
Royal Hobart Hospital
01.1995 - 01.1998
Graduate Nurse Program - undefined
Royal Hobart Hospital
Bachelor of Nursing - undefined
University of Tasmania
Post Graduate - Emergency Nursing
Royal Hobart Hospital
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Basic Life Support Trainer - 2025
- Elevate Management Development Program - 2024
- Healthchange Methodology - 2024
- Attended 2 day Digital Health Festival - 2024
- National Nursing Roadshow - ACN - 2022
- Conflict Resolution - ACN - 2022
- Selection Panel Training -2022
- DoH Approved Mental Health Nurse
- Covid-19 Vaccination Training Program - 2021
- ASCIA Anaphylaxis e-training 2021
- Emergency Department Grade 4 workshop Study Day 2021
- Advanced Airway Study Day - 2021
- Advanced Life Support - yearly assessments
- Resus For Kids - yearly
- Advanced Paediatric Life Support Course - 2016
- Connection with People, Suicide Awareness, Suicide Response, part 1 and part 2 - 2021
- Triage Refresher Study Day - 2020
- Hand Hygiene 2 day Workshop - 2020
- Aseptic Non-Touch Technique Trainer 2016
- Nurse Initiated Pathology Learning Package/Assessment
- Nurse Initiated Xray Learning Package
- Preceptor to postgraduate in Emergency Nursing
- Clinical Teacher – University of Tasmania, 3rd year nursing students - 2000
- Worked as RN during the Jack Jumper Desensitisation Trial.
- Volunteer Ambulance Officer – 1995-1998
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