Elise Hannah
Medowie,Australia
Summary
Organised and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Expertise in patient care, curriculum design, and staff development. Known for reliability, strong communication skills, and results-driven approach.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
REGISTERED NURSE
Newcastle Calvary Mater
05.2019 - Current
- Company Overview: Department of Haematology
- Team Leader providing oversight, communication, and coordination of Nursing staff to ensure delivery of safe patient care. Facilitating the process of patient admission and discharge. Assisting Nursing Unit Manager with recruitment and acting in higher nurse unit manager role when needed. Incident investigations and London protocol. Support for nursing staff. Support and guidance for junior medical officers to ensure safe delivery of care.
- Care of patients who are immunocompromised, are high risk of deteriorating after chemotherapy administration.
- Responding to deteriorating patient and escalating care as per hospital clinical emergency response system
- Working within ward 5D, Haematology’s outpatient clinic
- Accredited in administration and disposal of chemotherapy agents IV, S/C, IT and PO.
- All aspects of use, care, and removal of central venous access devices
- Administration of medications oral, subcutaneous, intravenous, enteral
- Accredited in venipuncture, IVC insertion
- Administration of blood and blood products, responding to reactions to blood products as per hospital protocol
- Interpretation of blood results and escalation of critical readings
- Patient and family education
- Documentation in medical charts, records. Use of CAP, Aria, Patient flow, IIMS, Med Chart and Medical Officer Notice Board.
REGISTERED NURSE
Chemo in the Home
08.2024 - 07.2025
- Administration of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and supportive care medications
- Co ordination of patient appointments to ensure service is delivered in a timely manner.
- Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
- Administered medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
ACTING NURSING UNIT MANAGER
Newcastle Calvary Mater
08.2023 - 06.2024
- Company Overview: Department of Haematology
- Coordinating staffing rosters to ensure adequate nursing care is available to all patients. Recruiting new staff. Managing budget to ensure adequate funding. Managing and evaluating nursing staff to provide development feedback and plan career progression.
- Co-ordinating booked admissions to ward for cancer treatment.
- Investigating and completing IMMS
- Coordination and completion of London protocols
- Managing and responding to complaints and feedback.
- Ensuring that the ward is compliant with nursing standards.
- Reviewed staffing patterns, quantities and nursing units' census to meet resident needs and budgetary controls.
- Enforced nursing practice standards and recommended unit and institution policies and procedures to boost medical care quality.
- Onboarded new employees through orientation meetings and training sessions before deployment to different departments.
RELIEF CLINICAL NURSE EDUCATOR
Newcastle Calvary Mater
01.2022
- Company Overview: Departments of Haematology and Oncology
- Educating and assessing competency in clinical and work health and safety to ensure safe delivery of patient care to meet hospital accreditation standards.
- Supporting clinical staff.
REGISTERED NURSE
Newcastle Calvary Mater
12.2017 - 05.2019
- Company Overview: Department of Palliative Care
- Utilised critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Responding and escalating medical emergencies such as palliative catastrophic events.
- Working collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team.
- Complex wound care, including removal of sutures, staples. Dressing and packing techniques of fungating wounds.
- Team Leader within hospice after hours ensuring adequate staffing levels, staff and patient safety, delegation of tasks and escalation of care where needed for patients. Referral to VMO afterhours, triaging incoming calls from patients in community.
- Patient and family education regarding management of symptoms.
- Administration of medication; oral, intravenously, subcutaneously
- Set up and loading of sub-cutaneous infusion pumps and troubleshooting any issues that may arise with same.
- Coordination of and planning of patient discharge to home, RACF, STRAS.
- Care and transfer of patient after death, bereavement support to families/carers.
- Documentation in medical charts, records. Use of CAP, Aria, Patient flow, IIMS and Medical Officer Notice Board.
- Insertion of indwelling catheters in both male and female. Using clinical judgement to justify and problem solve.
REGISTERED NURSE
Triple CN Nursing Agency
04.2016 - 11.2016
- Provide direct Patient care
- Complex wound care, including removal of sutures and staples.
- Monitoring of and removal of drains
- Medication administration
- Coordination of and planning of patient discharge
- Fluid balance monitoring and documentation.
- Attending nursing assessments in a timely manner
- Administration of IV fluids and Antibiotics
- Documentation in medical charts and progress notes
REGISTERED NURSE
Calvary Retirement Communities
01.2016 - 11.2016
- Company Overview: Saint Joseph’s Home
- Responsible for 75 Residents and 15 staff members while on duty. Management/ referral of care staff when work injury has been sustained.
- Assist Doctor with Doctors rounds and ensure that all medication charts are current and updated where needed.
- Ensure challenging behaviors are managed in an appropriate manner.
- Administration of schedule 8 transdermal patches, oral and sub cut schedule 8 medication.
- Attend nursing assessments
- Care planning implementation and evaluation of care plans. End of life care planning
- Complex wound care/ removal of sutures
- Care planning and management of diabetes
- Organising/ planning escalation of care when needed. Including telephone orders from doctors and transfer to hospital.
- Skillfully managed challenging patient situations using de-escalation techniques, crisis intervention strategies, and therapeutic communication skills.
Education
O’Shea Assessor Training
01.2023
Canulation and Blood Sampling Assessor
Calvary Mater
01.2023
Antineoplastic Drug Administration Course (ADAC) Facilitator Workshop
Calvary Mater
01.2023
Post Graduate Certificate - Acute Care Nursing
University of Tasmania
01.2020
Registered Nurse Certificate - Palliative Care
Calvary Mater
01.2017
Bachelor - Nursing
University of Newcastle
01.2015
Skills
- Quality improvement
- Clinical expertise
- Interprofessional collaboration
- Evidence-based practice
- Mentoring proficiency
- Patient safety
- Problem-solving
- Critical thinking
Timeline
REGISTERED NURSE
Chemo in the Home
08.2024 - 07.2025
ACTING NURSING UNIT MANAGER
Newcastle Calvary Mater
08.2023 - 06.2024
RELIEF CLINICAL NURSE EDUCATOR
Newcastle Calvary Mater
01.2022
REGISTERED NURSE
Newcastle Calvary Mater
05.2019 - Current
REGISTERED NURSE
Newcastle Calvary Mater
12.2017 - 05.2019
REGISTERED NURSE
Triple CN Nursing Agency
04.2016 - 11.2016
REGISTERED NURSE
Calvary Retirement Communities
01.2016 - 11.2016
Canulation and Blood Sampling Assessor
Calvary Mater
Antineoplastic Drug Administration Course (ADAC) Facilitator Workshop
Calvary Mater
Post Graduate Certificate - Acute Care Nursing
University of Tasmania
Registered Nurse Certificate - Palliative Care
Calvary Mater
Bachelor - Nursing
University of Newcastle
O’Shea Assessor Training
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