Emily Preston, RN
27144 New England Highway, Glen Aplin,QLD
Summary
Highly motivated and dedicated Registered Nurse with more than 20 years experience in diverse healthcare settings. Excellent time management and communication skills, organized, enjoys challenges and thrives on responsibility. Friendly and empathetic with a deep passion for helping people and providing exceptional client service.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Stanthorpe Health Service
Stanthorpe, QLD
09.2022 - Current
- Providing high-quality inpatient, peri-operative, and emergency nursing care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary health care team, using evidence-based practice to promote positive patient outcomes.
- Team leader and shift supervisor duties include staff management, patient flow/bed management, coordination of admissions, discharges, and transfers, and collaboration with senior management to manage complex patient or staff-related issues.
AIN/Registered Nurse
Programmed Health Professionals (Formerly Healthstra)
Brisbane, QLD
01.2001 - 12.2021
- Providing necessary staffing to various private and public healthcare facilities in the Brisbane and Gold Coast metropolitan areas.
- Requires being available, adaptable and flexible to diverse specialties. working environments and shift allocations
Quality Analyst/Risk Management Specialist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
03.2009 - 04.2011
- Quality analyst in the area of Risk Management and Patient Safety. Analysis and resolution of patient safety errors including risk analysis, root cause analysis, performance improvement and maintaining hospital-wide compliance with international accreditation standards.
- Collaboration with unit managers and hospital executives in the development and implementation of policies and procedures to improve patient and employee safety outcomes.
- Created, developed and implemented "Who Cares?", the facility-wide Customer Service training course. Trained unit managers to deliver customer service training to all hospital employees. Trained all new and returning employees in customer service as part of their orientation.
- Member of the development team that created and implemented the Safety Reporting System, an online adverse event reporting system.
Charge Nurse/Registered Nurse ORL/Audiology Clinic
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
01.2007 - 03.2009
- Provided peri-operative care, education and follow-up of ENT/Head & Neck/Oncology patients in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary health care team to optimize patient outcomes.
- Supported physicians with tests and procedures including scoping, biopsies, and other minor ENT/ORL procedures
- Staff scheduling, patient management and organization/management of physicians' specialist clinics
- Representative for Joint Commission International Accreditation responsible for full preparation of the clinic environment for audit by the JCIA team
Charge Nurse/Orthopedics Registered Nurse
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
06.2005 - 01.2007
- Provided inpatient perioperative nursing care and education to orthopedic patients in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team
- Precepted student nurses and interns
- Unit representative for the Documentation Committee, responsible for auditing and maintaining international standards in medical record documentation.
- Charge nurse duties including staff and bed management including patient admissions, transfers and discharges.
Registered Nurse ENT/Plastics/Maxillio-Facial Unit
Princess Alexandra Hospital
Brisbane, Queensland
03.2004 - 06.2005
- Provided perioperative care and education of ENT/Plastics/Maxillio-Facial surgical/trauma patients including complex wound management in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary health care team.
- Unit representative for the Pressure Ulcer Prevention committee
- Precepted student and graduate nurses
- Charge Nurse duties including patient, staff, and bed management
- Outpatient clinic duties including preadmission assessment and education of patients, assisting physicians with minor procedures and collaboration with a multi-disciplinary health care team.
Charge Nurse/Registered Nurse
Bayside Health Service (Redlands and Wynnum Hospitals)
Redland Bay, Queensland
12.2002 - 03.2004
- Provided perioperative/medical care and education to general medical and surgical patients in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary health care team
- Provided high quality end-of-life care to palliative patients including comfort measures and family support
- Charge nurse duties including staff, patient and bed management
Education
Bachelor Of Nursing -
Queensland University of Technology
Kelvin Grove, Queensland12.2002
Skills
- Time management
- Critical thinking and decision making
- Communication skills
- Passionate about people
- Adaptable and flexible
- Team Leadership
- Patient Care and Education
- Risk Management and Mitigation
Certification
- Advanced Life Support
- Wound and Stoma Management
- Cannulation and Venipuncture
- Quality Improvement and Accreditation
- Healthcare Risk Management
- Root Cause Analysis and Incident Investigation
- Nursing Emergencies Course
- Charge Nurse Course
References
Deb Lurssen
Clinical Nurse
Stanthorpe Health Service
0467086200
Margaret Carpenter
Clinical Nurse
Stanthorpe Health Service
0428883907
Cyrus Santos
Former Clinical Nurse
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
0433 750 530
cyrus.santos@sa.gov.au
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Stanthorpe Health Service
09.2022 - Current
Quality Analyst/Risk Management Specialist
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
03.2009 - 04.2011
Charge Nurse/Registered Nurse ORL/Audiology Clinic
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
01.2007 - 03.2009
Charge Nurse/Orthopedics Registered Nurse
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
06.2005 - 01.2007
Registered Nurse ENT/Plastics/Maxillio-Facial Unit
Princess Alexandra Hospital
03.2004 - 06.2005
Charge Nurse/Registered Nurse
Bayside Health Service (Redlands and Wynnum Hospitals)
12.2002 - 03.2004
AIN/Registered Nurse
Programmed Health Professionals (Formerly Healthstra)
01.2001 - 12.2021
Bachelor Of Nursing -
Queensland University of Technology
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