Evie Kendall
Townsville,QLD
Summary
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse with 6 years experience in acute medical, indigenous health and surgical nursing. Passionate about caring for people of all cultures including those with complex social issues and chronic health conditions in a holistic manner. A hardworking reliable team member with generalist nursing skills and exposure to frontline nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
Mater Hospital
06.2025 - Current
- Wide range of skills working across all wards with a heavy focus on maternity unit
- Educated expectant parents on postpartum care and breastfeeding techniques effectively.
- Performed neonatal assessments by checking baby's vital signs and performing physical exams to determine overall health at birth.
- Watched vital signs, checked for comfort levels and monitored emotional states of mothers before, during, and after labor.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Performed routine wound care and dressing changes on schedule.
- Remained calm during high-stress, critical situations, demonstrating sustained focus and problem-solving in real-time.
- Implemented infection control measures that significantly reduced hospital-acquired infections.
Local Area Coordinator - Mental Health
Feros Care
08.2025 - 11.2025
- Improved overall quality of life for individuals through personalized goal-setting processes that catered to their unique abilities.
- Managed caseloads effectively, ensuring timely follow-ups and accurate documentation of progress. Able to prioritize urgent cases and ensure timely followups completed. Implemented tailored support plans for individuals, addressing their specific needs and goals.
- Coordinated access to community resources and services for mental health support.
- Collaborated with community organizations to enhance available mental health resources for clients in need.
- Helping all individuals with psychosocial disabilities understand eligibility for NDIS and how to get access to the scheme
- Completed Mental health first aid certificate
Local Area Coordinator
Latrobe Community Health Services
07.2024 - 03.2025
- Improved overall quality of life for NDIS participants through personalized goal-setting processes that catered to their unique abilities.
- Implemented tailored NDIS plans for participants, addressing their specific needs and goals and how to best maximise the use of allocated funding
- Conducted thorough assessments to determine eligibility for access to the NDIS and connect individuals in with local community supports by developing a personalised community connections plan
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge of relevant NDIA legislations, policies, and best practices in the field of disability services.
- Promoted a person-cantered approach to service provision, empowering individuals to have choice and control over their NDIS plans
- Managed caseloads of up to 200 participants effectively and met KPIs ensuring timely follow-ups and accurate documentation of progress.
- Enhanced community engagement by attending local events and programs as an LAC
- Supported participants with changes in circumstances and advocated for changes of funding in the NDIS plan to advocate for any changes
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
Northeast Health Public Hospital
08.2024 - 03.2025
- Casual nursing pool working across all wards within the hospital
- Broad skill set and efficient in many different areas of nursing
- Flexible work attitude and able to adapt well to sudden ward relocation due changes due to staffing
- Maintained nursing skills whilst working as an LAC
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
Talent Quarter - Surgical Unit
07.2023 - 06.2024
- Strong understanding of surgical procedures, protocols and post op complications
- Critical thinking and ability to remain calm and focused in high-pressure situations
- Proficiency in recognizing and responding to emergency situations, including initiating CPR, activating rapid response teams and managing surgical complications
- Advanced post operative monitoring skills and knowledge of pain assessment techniques to ensure patient comfort and safety
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams for optimized patient treatment plans and outcomes.
- Strong documentation skills and knowledge of electronic medical records (EMR) systems
- Emotional resilience to provide empathetic support and education to patients and families
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
Talent Quarter - Mary Corum Unit
03.2023 - 06.2023
- Managing rehab, palliative care and acute medical patients
- Assessed patients to determine individual needs and develop care plans and discharge planning in coordination with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals
- Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Advocated for patients during case conferences with consultants and multidisciplinary teams
- Strong communication with patients and families
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
Hedland Health Campus
09.2022 - 03.2023
- Acute medical and surgical ward nursing in a remote health setting on Kariyarra country
- Continued to develop a range of diverse remote area ward skills
- Received patients via RFDS from various indigenous communities and remote mine sites requiring acute medical care, monitoring and assessment
- Liaised with RFDS and escalated critical updates about changes in patients conditions awaiting transfers to metro facilities
- Collaborated with physicians and multidisciplinary teams to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and assessed nursing care requirements
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
Kununurra Hospital
05.2022 - 08.2022
- Working as part of the interdisciplinary health care team in a remote health setting on Miriwoong country to provide patient care to indigenous Australians
- Diverse remote area ward skills including mental health, acute and chronic condition management, surgical care and palliative care
- Acute and chronic wound management
- Providing culturally appropriate nursing care to patients and families
- Awareness and understanding of health conditions endemic to First Nations people and the barriers preventing healthy outcomes
- Liaising with ward coordinator and medical staff directly to ensure safe patient outcomes
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
Centre For National Resilience
02.2022 - 05.2022
- PPE specific training to Covid-19 and infection control
- Liaise with NT Police, Federal Police, ADF and security
- Administrative duties across multiple forms
- Nasopharyngeal swabbing & handling of samples
- Identifying and escalating resident health concerns with written medical referral to onsite doctors and assisting allied health professionals
- Communicating with residents, screening, assessment and collecting clinical details
- Compliance with individual site policies & procedures
- Caring for a diverse range of residents, including the indigenous community, correctional residents, refugees and children/infants
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
Freemasons-Epworth Short Stay Unit
01.2019 - 06.2022
- Exceptional patient assessment skills
- Strong computer literacy, time management, attention to detail and organisation skills
- Completing detailed patient health history assessments and using problem solving skills to ensure safe and positive surgical outcomes
- Post anaesthetic care for day patients
- Pre and post operation education and assessing safe discharge planning
- Managing post operation complications and deteriorating patients
Graduate Nurse
Freemasons- Epworth
08.2018 - 08.2019
- Graduate year- 6 month rotations in general medical and surgical
- Proficient in pre and post surgical care
- Catheter management and bladder washouts
- Surgical and chronic wound management
- Pain management including PCA
- Managing stomas, drain tubes and nasogastric tubes
- Palliative care
- Educating patients and their families
- Managing discharge plans
Education
2017 - Diploma of Nursing - Enrolled Nursing-Division 2
Australian Catholic University
2015 - Victorian Certificate of Education -
Luther College
Skills
- Immunisation /COVID vaccination (accredited)
- Advanced venepuncture and cannulation ability
- Picc Line and central venous access device competent
- Nasogastric insertion and care
- Drain tube removal and care
- High flow nasal prong therapy excellent titration skills
- PCA and Insulin infusion competent
- Blood transfusion competent
- Rectus sheath catheter exposure
- Manual handling certified
- Medication safety
- Basic life support and AED certified
- Aseptic technique/hand hygiene
- Extensive palliative care experience with ability to set up and manage syringe driver
- Acute care ability
- Pre and post surgical and orthopaedic patient care
- Recognition and management of clinical deterioration
- Ability to support junior staff
- Extensive surgical and chronic wound management including negative pressure dressings
Affiliations
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency Registration-NMW0002190587
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation. Member number-444560
Professional Referees
Available upon request
Timeline
Local Area Coordinator - Mental Health
Feros Care
08.2025 - 11.2025
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
Mater Hospital
06.2025 - Current
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
Northeast Health Public Hospital
08.2024 - 03.2025
Local Area Coordinator
Latrobe Community Health Services
07.2024 - 03.2025
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
Talent Quarter - Surgical Unit
07.2023 - 06.2024
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
Talent Quarter - Mary Corum Unit
03.2023 - 06.2023
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
Hedland Health Campus
09.2022 - 03.2023
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
Kununurra Hospital
05.2022 - 08.2022
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
Centre For National Resilience
02.2022 - 05.2022
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
Freemasons-Epworth Short Stay Unit
01.2019 - 06.2022
Graduate Nurse
Freemasons- Epworth
08.2018 - 08.2019
2015 - Victorian Certificate of Education -
Luther College
2017 - Diploma of Nursing - Enrolled Nursing-Division 2
Australian Catholic University