Elaine Matta

• Provide patient-focused care while adhering to best practice standards in line with Monash Health's policies and procedures.
• Recognize, report, and document emerging concerns or issues.
• Assess and evaluate departmental performance and outcomes to reflect on improvements.
• Manage patient admissions and discharges, identifying and addressing any obstacles to patient flow.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
• Attend family meetings as necessary.
• Offer leadership and management expertise in clinical settings.
• Set clear clinical and behavioral expectations for staff.
• Foster a positive, innovative, and supportive environment that encourages learning and creativity.
• Guide and mentor staff in achieving their professional development goals.
• Monitor and enhance compliance with key quality and safety standards.
• Ensure the delivery of high-quality care at the point of service.
• Develop and execute strategies to improve the financial efficiency of all responsibilities under your role.
• Follow and uphold the Monash Health iCare values in daily practice.

• Provided clinical guidance, support, and education to the nursing staff on patient care procedures, policies, and standards of practice.
• Ensured adherence to established safety protocols within the hospital to minimise risk of injury or illness among staff members and patients.
• Identifies, promptly escalates, documents and manages emerging issues of concern through executive team
• Oversight of staffing, resourcing, clinical and operational codes across site.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams in planning health promotion activities aimed at improving patient outcomes.
• Facilitated communication between various departments regarding changes in patient conditions or treatment plans.
• Assisted in developing strategies for resolving conflicts between nursing staff members when necessary.
• Coordinated bed allocations throughout hospital and across site where needed during after hours.

13/11/2023 - 17/12/2023 (5 weeks)

25/03/2024 - 22/04/2024 (4 weeks)

10/06/2024 - 21/06/2024 (2 weeks)

Oversight of:

· Clinical support and education

· Roster and leave management

· Support services

· Staff performance review and development (Grade 2 Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses)

· Quality and safety

· Emergency management and occupational health and safety

· Carry out compliance and improvement against the key elements of quality and safety

· Be responsible for the quality of care at point of care

• Performing duties of Nurse in Charge role of Emergency Department
• Managing patient flow and disposition through the department
• Liaising with management, bed access, executive and medical teams to drive positive patient outcomes.
• Escalation of care to management through the appropriate channels
• Managing staffing on relevant shifts. Booking casual staff where required
• Adjusting paycodes and sick leave to assist rostering
• Focus on quality improvement throughout the department
• Active leader in quality improvement portfolio's (Aggression Risk Checklist and MoveSmart)
• Adhering to Key Performance Indicators when safe
• Conducting performance appraisals with staff
• Assisting the management team with the review and actioning of riskmans
• Conducting bed meetings with nursing coordinators and hospital leadership out of hours
• Mentoring existing and new staff

• Triaged and treated high-volume caseload in busy emergency room setting.
• Assessed patient needs, prioritized treatment, maintained patient flows and assisted physicians with non-invasive procedures.
• Administered critical IV medications to stabilize patients for assessment and treatment.
• Maintained open and clear communication with physicians to coordinate effective patient care.
• Recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
• Resuscitation Team Leader
• Administration of blood products
• Monitored the condition of up to 7 patients
• Utilised EMR program
• Escalated to Associate Nurse Manager when appropriate