CHRIS EVELIN JOSE
NOBLE PARK,AUSTRALIA
Summary
Registered Nurse with over 7 years of experience delivering high-quality care to patients in Dialysis unit, Orthopedic surgical unit, Rehabilitation care units and general medicine. Proven leader effective at uniting and guiding nursing teams toward achieving patient care goals, improving satisfaction and continuously driving wide-spread healthcare system initiatives. Focused on continuously advancing expertise in quality patient care while driving innovation.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
2015
2015
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Registered Nurse
Monash Health
Kingston, Victoria, Australia
12.2023 - Current
- A Registered Nurse (RN) working in a Neuro Rehabilitation Ward plays a critical role in supporting patients with neurological impairments, focusing on functional recovery, independence, and quality of life.
- Patient Assessment and Monitoring including Conducting comprehensive neurological assessments, Monitor for changes in neurological status, including signs of deterioration, stroke recurrence, or complications.
- Care Planning and Implementation of individualized care plans tailored to patient needs.
- Assist with mobility and rehabilitation exercises, working closely with physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
Promote safe patient positioning and pressure injury prevention, including use of air mattresses and pressure-relieving devices. - Support bladder and bowel management.
Manage swallowing and feeding difficulties, collaborating with speech therapists and dietitians. - Administer neurological medications, such as antiepileptics, muscle relaxants, and anticoagulants, as per protocols and symptom management.
- Educate patients and families on neurological conditions, rehabilitation goals, mobility techniques, and self-care strategies.
- Provide guidance on assistive devices, home modifications, and community support services.
Train patients on self-catheterization, pressure area care, and swallowing precautions, when applicable. - Implement fall prevention strategies, including bed alarms, low-height beds, and assistive devices.
Monitor for pressure injuries, ensuring regular repositioning and skin care. - Assess for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) risk, ensuring the use of compression stockings and early mobilization.
- Assist patients in setting realistic rehabilitation goals and encourage active participation in their recovery.
Registered Nurse
Royal Hobart Hospital
Hobart, Australia
06.2022 - 11.2023
- My experience in Royal Hobart Hospital is in general medicine ward, which includes care for patients who required acute medical care
- Care for patients with acute medical conditions, identify emergency situations and act promptly
- Observe, assess and implement effective comprehensive nursing care plans for patients
- Administer treatments and medications
- Monitor and report symptoms and changes in patient status and collaborate with medical team on patient status
- Maintain, complete and update accurate patient records
- Prepare patients and assist with patient examinations and therapies
- Assist with diagnostic tests, interpret results and modify treatment plans where indicated
- Advise patients on health maintenance and preventative medicine
- Provide educational, emotional and psychological support to patients and family members
- Maintain a safe and clean working environment in compliance with healthcare procedures and regulations by adhering to infection-control protocols
- Follow medication administration and storage procedures and regulations as per the protocols and policies
- Monitor and co-ordinate maintenance of equipment operation, inventory check and maintain nursing supplies inventory
- Educate and instruct patients on home care needs
Registered Nurse
Great Western Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust
Swindon, United Kingdom
10.2020 - 06.2022
- My experience in Great Western Hospital is in medical and rehabilitation ward, which includes patients who required long term medical care and post operative rehabilitative care
- Evaluating medical information, as well as providing direct and individualized bedside nursing care to post-surgery patients
- Completed comprehensive patient assessments to determine individual needs, formulating plans of care in collaboration with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals, including physicians, case managers and social workers
- Responded to emergency situations quickly within appropriate procedures
- Ensured safe, legal medicines handling and substance control in line with Medicines Act
- Provided clinical leadership and oversight to acute care medical-surgical unit, rehabilitation of patients who underwent surgery including daily scheduling, tasking and administration
- Assisted doctors and other senior nursing staff
- Trained and precepted nursing professionals and ancillary staff to achieve patient care goals
- Maintained patient information database for use in care coordination using EPMA
- Performed all tasks with patient-centred focus while seeking opportunities for improvement of processes and treatments
- Monitored patient vitals and necessary signs
- Monitored, assessed and recorded patient condition and coordinated patient discharge planning
- Ensured quality patient care from admission to discharge through direct supervision of all nursing and ancillary staff
- Ensured adequate pain relief for all patients as needed
- Fostered relationships between nursing teams and patients
- Updated files using electronic health record management systems
- Collected and properly handled specimens from patients
- Tested glucose and administered injections
- Continually assessed individual needs to evaluate and implement optimal care programmes in line with NHS best practices
- Recorded patients' medical history, vital statistics and test results in medical records
- Worked closely with fellow nurses, doctors and clinicians to ensure consistent communication and promote continued best care practices
- Helped patients navigate health system by educating them on relevant subject areas and answering questions throughout treatment process
Registered Nurse
St. Johns Medical College Hospital
Bangalore, India
11.2014 - 03.2018
- Precepted and delivered clinical coaching to new graduate registered nurses and new hires
- Conducted screening, diagnostic treatment and rehabilitative and supportive services as senior nurse on primary health care team
- Patient care involves doing specific procedures like skin traction, dressing etc
- Assisting in procedures like pre operative and post operative care, skeletal traction, lumbar puncture, dressing of the injured areas, therapeutic care also involves care for patients who underwent total knee replacement surgery, total hip replacement surgery, laminectomy, and other spine surgeries
- Safely operated hoists, wheelchairs and transfer equipment to securely manoeuvre patients
- Administered colostomies and ostomies, urostomies and Foley tubes accurately to provide exceptional patient care
- Planned and managed patient care in alignment with hospital standards of care
- Designed strategies to resolve nursing and patient satisfaction issues, improve response and patient care quality and propose plans to enhance quality and safety initiatives hospital-wide
- Performed procedures including blood tests and x-rays to appropriately prepare patients for surgery
- Controlled narcotics and administered medicines on set schedule
Registered Nurse
St. Philomena's Hospital
Bangalore, India
03.2011 - 03.2012
- Conducted screening, diagnostic treatment and rehabilitative and supportive services as nurse on primary health care team
- Maintain the highest possible standard of care at all illness
- Perform plasmapheris, Online clearance monitoring, ArRT Dialysis, Slow efficiency dialysis
- Care of patients with renal failure on MHD
- Care of permanent and temporary access and cannulation of AV fistulas
- Assisting for renal biopsy, double lumen catheterization (femoral, jugular, subclavian, C.V.P line)
- Monitoring and management of complications during dialysis, dialysing patients individually
- Pre and post operative care after AVF
- Reprocessing techniques, regeneration process of reverse osmosis treatment plant
- Training the new staff and teaching the nursing students about dialysis
- Take responsibility for the direct delivery of patient care by promoting good standards of professional competence
- Establish effective communications with all the other members of the health care team and relatives along with effective documentations
- Participate in the care, custody and administration of medications in accordance with the hospital policy and hemodynamic Monitoring
- Record and report the patients' condition and progress accurately
- Operation and minor trouble shooting of HD Machines
Trainee Nurse
St. Philomena's Hospital
Bangalore, India
10.2010 - 03.2011
- Ensure that correct handling and sympathetic treatment of patients is carried out by all staff and that the dignity of the patient is given proper consideration
- Maintain appropriate and accurate written records regarding patient care
Education
Master of Science - Community Health Nursing
St. John's College Of Nursing
Bangalore, KarnatakaBachelor of science - undefined
St. Philomena's College Of Nursing
Bangalore, KarnatakaSkills
- ABLS
- Catheterisation
- Holistic care
- IV and venepuncture certified
- Geriatric treatment knowledge
- Patient observations
- Clinical assessment
- Discharge support
- Compassionate bedside manner
- Clinical care
- Health screening
- Infection control standards expert
- Administering medicines
- Aseptic techniques
- Organization and planning
- Blood transfusion
- Dysphagia assessment
- PICC Line management
Personal Information
- Passport Number: N6510133
- Date of birth: 12/29/87
- Nationality: INDIAN
Custom
- The Nursing and Midwifery Council, UK, 20L0801O, 12/31/23, 12/23/20
- Australian registration (AHPRA), NMW0002198971, 05/31/22, 09/04/18
- The Karnataka State Nursing Council, RN: 00048630, 12/03/20, 12/04/15
- The Karnataka State Nursing Council, RN: 007144, 02/27/18, 02/28/15
- The Karnataka State Nursing Council, RN: 038744, 03/29/14, 03/30/11
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Monash Health
12.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse
Royal Hobart Hospital
06.2022 - 11.2023
Registered Nurse
Great Western Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust
10.2020 - 06.2022
Registered Nurse
St. Johns Medical College Hospital
11.2014 - 03.2018
Registered Nurse
St. Philomena's Hospital
03.2011 - 03.2012
Trainee Nurse
St. Philomena's Hospital
10.2010 - 03.2011
Bachelor of science - undefined
St. Philomena's College Of Nursing
Master of Science - Community Health Nursing
St. John's College Of Nursing
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