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Ellen Poole

Clyde North

Summary

Qualified Paramedic with over 10 years of experience in delivering pre-hospital care to the community whilst maintaining the highest standard of professionalism. A very well organised, diligent and hard working approach, engaging in various roles within the Ambulance Service. Strong communication skills and adaptability working in unpredictable environments to deliver best patient care.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

ALS Paramedic

Ambulance Victoria
09.2013 - Current
  • Delivering compassionate Advanced Life Support (ALS) care to patients with a variety of medical emergencies, including cardiac arrests, traumas, strokes, and respiratory distress, whilst maintaining the highest level of professionalism.
  • Delivering the most appropriate care to patients in a variety of formats: accurate and through history taking, monitoring vital signs, administering medications, use of equipment to safely and appropriately extricate, providing detailed handovers to other health services, referral to other services, involving other stakeholders, invoking both family and social supports and documenting accurately on an electronic patient care record.
  • Modelling the values and expected behaviours and practices of Ambulance Victoria.

Clinical Instructor

Ambulance Victoria
09.2018 - Current
  • Assist, mentor, teach and support graduates in their evolving process to becoming qualified paramedics
  • Provide all feedback in a constructive manner to create a positive learning environment.
  • Fostered a culture of safety within the learning environment by emphasising correct use of equipment, personal protective measures, and clinical practice guidelines.
  • Supervised graduate paramedics in all areas of patient care, including medication administration, assessment and handover and correctly documenting in an electronic patient care record.

Deputy Health & Safety Representative

Ambulance Victoria
05.2019 - 08.2021
  • Assist the HSR in safety matters around branch
  • Be an approachable person for branch members to approach with any safety issues
  • Monitoring for any possible safety issues and making the appropriate steps to correct issues.

Manual Handling Facilitator

Ambulance Victoria
02.2020 - Current
  • Working both in an operational capacity (within the community) and in an educational role to provide support and mentoring to colleagues and be a lead example in manual handling.
  • This has included my role as an educational facilitator at Ambulance Victoria's Smart Moves CPD education days in 2021. Where I delivered high quality training sessions to my colleagues to develop a thorough understanding of manual handling techniques to ensure paramedic and patient safety.
  • Be a role model and demonstrate the correct body positions and safe use of manual handling equipment.

Paramedic Educator

Ambulance Victoria
05.2020 - 10.2020
  • Expanding on my role as a Clinical Instructor (CI) to provide mentoring, support, and education to all branch members
  • Assisting the Team Manager with branch clinical education, case reviews and feedback to team members
  • Displaying strong clinical leadership by providing feedback and support to graduates and colleagues and maintaining my own current knowledge.

Education

Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic) -

Monash University
Melbourne, VIC
2012

Skills

  • Diligent and Organised
  • Decisive
  • Effective communication
  • Computer skills

References

Kelly Parsons 

Acting Team Manager ALS Paramedic 


kelly.parsons@ambulance.vic.gov.au 

0401 459 180


Tamara Wood 

Senior Team Manager ALS Paramedic 


tamara.wood@ambulance.vic.gov.au 

0417 204 340

SKILLS

Diligent & Organised

Determines clear priorities and develops appropriate plans, managing people and resources effectively to deliver the highest level of care to any work task.

Not only applying this in my professional life, I also strive to achieve this in my personal life with the use of lists, spreadsheets and time management to ensure my family and I are well provided for. 


Decisive

Working as a paramedic, making correct decisions in a timely manner is key, as these are often made in emergency situations. I demonstrate this particularly in my role as a clinical instructor (CI) - decisiveness about patient care, managing resources, medication and other treatment administration, whilst working with a student.


Effective communication

Establishes rapport, trust and reassurance with all members of the community and all other parties involved in cases. Actively listens and formulates appropriate treatment pathways. Frequent use of verbal de-escalation strategies when required. Delivering difficult information to colleagues in a positive and supportive manner.


Computer Skills

Intermediate computer skills, experienced in Microsoft Office and use it both in professional and personal capacities. Intermediate knowledge and use of internal Ambulance Victoria software systems - Riskman, Analytics & Reporting and ePCR retrieval. All of this has been used for case review and improving education for myself and colleagues. 

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION

APRIL 2018 - Clinical Instructor Course

Ambulance Victoria, South Melbourne VIC


MAY 2019 - Initial Level OHS Course for HSR's

Victorian Trades Hall Council, Frankston VIC


FEBRUARY 2020 - Manual Handling Facilitator Course

Ambulance Victoria, Dandenong South VIC


APRIL 2023 - Introduction to Emotional Intelligence

Ambulance Victoria, Burwood East VIC

Timeline

Paramedic Educator

Ambulance Victoria
05.2020 - 10.2020

Manual Handling Facilitator

Ambulance Victoria
02.2020 - Current

Deputy Health & Safety Representative

Ambulance Victoria
05.2019 - 08.2021

Clinical Instructor

Ambulance Victoria
09.2018 - Current

ALS Paramedic

Ambulance Victoria
09.2013 - Current

Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic) -

Monash University

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