Danielle Phillips
Darwin,Northern Territory
Summary
Patient focused Registered Nurse with 15 years of experience in the Perioperative environment. Organised and reliable with a broad knowledge of Perioperative Nursing specialities and Royal Darwin Hospital. Strong communication skills and understanding of our unique multicultural clientele, vulnerable patients, nursing, surgical and anaesthetic teams and wider perioperative staff. Hardworking and committed to delivering a safe and effective perioperative experience to all patients and staff within the unit.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse, Perioperative
Royal Darwin Hospital
10.2008 - Current
- Circulating and Instrument Nurse
- Responsible for maintaining a sterile surgical field, preparation of the operating theatre, anticipating the needs of the surgical team, ensuring accountable items are accurate.
- Advocate for patients in the perioperative environment.
- Provide a safe working environment for patients and all members of the perioperative team.
- Collaborate with surgeons, anesthetists, nurses and the perioperative team to ensure the operating list runs efficiently.
- Apply technical skills, critical thinking abilities and a strong understanding of the perioperative environment and equipment to provide patients with the best surgical outcomes.
Registered Nurse, Team Leader
Royal Darwin Hospital
11.2017 - Current
- Coordination of the Emergency Operating List.
- Administrative tasks; booking patients onto the list, ensuring documentation is completed.
- Using the triage system, liaise with anaesthetic and surgical teams to prioritise patients surgery requirements and timeframes.
- Prepare and check availability of equipment required.
- Communicate with ward staff for patient fasting times and preparedness for theatre, arrive patients into theatre and complete pre-operative checklists.
- Provide reassurance, advocacy and a safe, comfortable environment to patients awaiting surgery.
- Work collaboratively with emergency and elective theatre staff to provide staff with leadership, breaks, advice and troubleshooting.
Heartfelt Photographer and NT Co-ordinator
Heartfelt Australia
07.2017 - Current
- Provide a photographic service to families within the Northern Territory that have experienced the loss of a child aged 0-18 years.
- Liaise with the hospital social workers, midwives and nurses to schedule photo sessions, often with time critical deadlines and high stakes.
- Co-ordinate photographers and editing teams to provide families with high quality images.
- Administrative tasks including email/phone communication, ordering of equipment, recruitment of photographers and skilled editing personnel, seeking volunteer donations of suitable keepsake items for bereaved families.
Education
Bachelor of Nursing -
Charles Darwin University
Darwin, NT07.2008
Skills
- Compliance with ACORN standards and hospital policies at all times
- Patient Advocacy and Education
- Patient safety focus
- Strong Communication skills
- Broad knowledge of specialties
- Collaboration within a multi-disciplinary team
- Empathetic personality
Accomplishments
- Contributed to service improvements by rearranging the sterile stock and making a 'Where is it?' folder. Designed to store sterile stock items in a logical order, reduce heavy lifting and assist new and seasoned staff to find items required for surgery.
- Scrub/Scout rostering for a large team of Registered and Enrolled Nurses working within the unit. Following rostering guidelines to ensure skill mix, safe nursing levels, rest breaks and life/work balance for the nursing team.
- Acacia Super User training for the roll out of Acacia. Completed additional training sessions to assist Nursing staff with the transition into the new RDH computer operating system.
- Collaborate with the ENT Clinical Nurse Specialist to assist in coordinating the ENT specialty.
Additional Information
Edith Waugh
Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Darwin Hospital.
Phone: 0498 002 564
Email: Edith.waugh@nt.gov.au
Wendy Rogers
Nursing Unit Manager, Operating Theatre, Royal Darwin Hospital.
Phone: 08 8922 8992
Email: Wendy.rogers@nt.gov.au
Rebecca North
Acting Nursing Unit Manager
Clinical Nurse Consultant, Operating Theatre, Royal Darwin Hospital.
Phone: 08 8922 8992
Shirley Rockey
Clincial Nurse Specialist, Operating Theatre, Royal Darwin Hospital.
Phone: 08 8922 6793
Email: Shirly.Rockey@nt.gov.au
Gavin Blue
Founder and President, Heartfelt.
Phone: 0419 889 877
Email: studio@gavinblue.com
Wendy Pritchard
Executive Director, Strategic Engagement, NT Government.
Phone: 0434 923 114
Email: wendy.pritchard@nt.gov.au
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Team Leader
Royal Darwin Hospital
11.2017 - Current
Heartfelt Photographer and NT Co-ordinator
Heartfelt Australia
07.2017 - Current
Registered Nurse, Perioperative
Royal Darwin Hospital
10.2008 - Current
Bachelor of Nursing -
Charles Darwin University
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