Faith Rogers

• Provide exceptional care and support to patients within medical (acute & rehab) and surgical wards across hospital Sydney.
• Provide direct acute patient care, stabilising and aiding recover with appropriate medical intervention.
• Pre and post operative care.
• Admission and discharge documentation.
• Working alongside multidisciplinary teams such as OT, PT and dieticians.
• Neurology, orthopaedics, oncology and urology experience.
• Provide education to patients on surgical risk factors, medication side effects and treatment plans.

• Provide exceptional care and support to patients within medical (acute & rehab), surgical wards and aged care facilities across Sydney.

Aged care experience.

• In charge of 75 residents overnight, ensuring the safety of all staff and residents was accounted for by implementing the protocols and measures outlined by The aged care quality and safety commission.
• Evenly delegated tasks between myself and other staff (AINs) to maintain the care continuum.
• Maintaining effective communication throughout the facility at all times between myself and other staff through use of company networks such as phone calls and alerts.
• Informative handovers on personalised care plans, highlighting those needing extra support or close monitoring by clinical observation and acute care.
• Medication administration including S8 and S4s.
• Delivered high quality person centred care assisting with residents personal hygiene, grooming and dressing, ensuring their dignity at all times. Encouraged independence when appropriate.
• Management of pressure area prevention with routine turns.
• Assisting with protected meal times + feeding when required.
• Adhered to 30 minute sight charts for residents that are high risk of falling or absconding.

Emergency Nurse with experience in a vast turnover department, dealing with a broad spectrum casualties in an acute clinical setting.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Coordinated planning and effective communication of treatment plans with multidisciplinary teams, patients and carers in demanding circumstances.
• Initial patient assessments using the ABCDE approach and medical investigating procedures such as Venipuncture, ECGs & Cardiac monitoring, taking Observations, Urinalysis and UCG testing.
• Close monitoring of patients and alerting the necessary physicians of any changes or deterioration of health, ensuring communication with the patient and their family members.
• Performing each medical procedure wearing the appropriate PPE and to infection control standards & guidelines.
• Medicine administration and drug calculations.
• Wound management including cleansing using aseptic technique and choosing the most suitable dressing to optimise healing.
• Resuscitation to critical self presenting and standby patients.
• Maintaining clear and concise medical documentation.
• Complex patient transfers to diagnostic scans, ICU and acute surgical and medical wards.
• Pre-operative care and effective risk assessment got emergency surgeries.
• Risk assessments for the prevention of pressure ulcers.

Health Care assistant covering a multitude of roles and supporting clinical staff in the delivery of treatments, preventative care, health promotion and education throughout various wards in Ninewells hospital and Care Home settings. Experience with young people, adults, elderly (as well as those implemented in Stroke rehabilitation, special needs and/or mental health conditions).

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Providing a high standard of patient- centred care with a focus of personal hygiene helping them to maintain maximum independence.
• Effective manual handling in accordance to practise guidelines and appropriate incident reporting.
• Promoting positive lifestyle changes and improving well-being through physical exercise and mental stimulation.
• Patient meal provision through protected meal times and assistance when acquired.
• Ensuring the maintenance and upkeep of patient rooms and communal areas to promote patient safety.
• Maintaining adequate stock levels of all equipment and patient necessities.