Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Professional Assets Gained From Woolworths
Professional Assets Gained from New South Wales Ambulance Control Centre Communications Assistant
References
Certification
Timeline
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Hannah Murphy

Newcastle,New South Wales

Summary

Experienced and dedicated Control Communications Assistant with a proven track record in managing high-pressure emergency response operations. Skilled in rapid situation assessment, clear communication, and effective coordination with emergency services. Recognised for staying composed under pressure, maintaining high standards of customer service and patient safety, and supporting others through coaching and mentoring.
In 2025, I was proud to represent the Northern Control Centre in discussions on occupational violence in the workplace, a topic I am deeply passionate about. This experience not only strengthened my commitment to improving staff safety but also provided valuable insight into broader organisational challenges and strategies. It was a great opportunity to learn more about the service as a whole and opened new pathways for my professional development within New South Wales Ambulance sector.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Acting/ Communications Team Leader

New South Wales Ambulance
Charlestown , NSW
08.2025 - Current
  • Monitor multiple different queues in accordance with CC Pulse Management, Maintaining Grade Of Service by ensuring that calls are answered in accordance with New South Wales Ambulance policy and procedures.
  • Continuously monitoring Key Performance Indicators of team members, by providing clear feedback, coaching and professional development objectives.
  • Escalating problematic incidents in accordance with Standard Response and Notification procedures.
  • Provide support and attention to staff when called upon for assistance during calls or after calls while managing Debriefs and offer support or referral services such as EAPs.
  • Monitor and remain up to date with Work Instructions, Operational Alerts and Significant Events at such notice.
  • Obtain clear and accurate documentation of information during calls, and through staff requests within the policy and procedures of New South Wales Ambulance.
  • Facilitate and Communicate between Patient Transport Services and ensure that patients are booked with the most appropriate care and within safe timelines.
  • Closely work with Other Emergency Services Organisations.
  • Maintain a comprehensive understanding of Protocols, Procedures, Policies and Technical skills.
  • Effective communication with staff and members of the public
  • Effective decision-making in time critical situations.
  • Create a Safe working environment, and managing diverse individuals from all backgrounds.
  • Implement actions that prevent or minimise the risks within a workplace of Harassment, Bullying Victimisation or unacceptable behaviors, report and escalate immediately if identified.

Quality Support Coordinator - EMD Certified

New South Wales Ambulance
, NSW
05.2025 - Current
  • Conduct daily random case review, to measure protocol compliance, feedback to the Associate Director Clinical Operations
  • Conduct requested meetings with staff to review calls and identify areas that may require monitoring or on going training.
  • Participated in weekly team meetings to review cases and develop a plan for future trends.
  • Clearly communicate with Control DIvisions, Operational, technical and system support services.
  • Provide training and education pathways to help improve Control Centre officers skills, knowledge and capabilities.
  • Responsible for relevant quality assurance data, trends and areas of improvements within the Control Centre.
  • Record individual reports, analysis and periodic feedback.

Calls Communications Assistant

New South Wales Ambulance
Charlestown, New South Wales
11.2022 - Current
  • Answer incoming 000 calls promptly and accurately recorded in accordance with NSW Ambulance protocols, procedures and policies
  • Executed timely and accurate first aid guidance using the Medical Priority Dispatch System, aligning with NSW Ambulance policy to meet caller/patient needs.
  • Ensure that all relevant information is obtained and recorded
  • Facilitate hospital to hospital transfers in an accordance with NSW Ambulance policies.
  • Adaptive communication style to maintain caller's composure in emergency situations.
  • Responsible for managing diverse calls for example people with suicidal ideation, child callers, aggressive/abusive callers and giving CPR instructions to someone who may have witnessed a cardiac arrest.

Woolworths Career

Woolworths
Charlestown, New South Wales
10.2017 - 11.2023

Front End Team Member

The Front-End team member produced my strong skills of customer service, whilst improving my variety of multiscale such as scanning and packing the customers bags while also taking payments at the end of the transaction. I was constantly greeting customers in a happy and friendly way to improve the customers satisfaction of their shopping experience. My duties involved handling money, customer assistance and guidance across the store and the safety of those in the store.

Online Team Picker

transferring into a new department meant learning new skills expanding my knowledge of what customer satisfaction was and to follow customer instructions left noted during a delivery to pick. From having a greater understanding of high quality products which Woolworths guaranteed as the ' Fresh Food People' to the produce supplied for the warehouses. My Knowledge was expanded with this new form of technology and has benefited significantly.

Online Supervisor/ Online Manager

Advancing to a supervisor/ manager level meant gaining a higher level of responsibility from the team leaders and store management. This required my attention to detail, to be met by the customer satisfaction and demand. This also required as a team leader to now have a greater understanding of my responsibilities, within the stores expected outcome. My focus of needing to identify and effectively manage issues relating to online team members and customers needs have assisted myself in creating and improved service.

Woolworths Front End Team Member

Woolworths
Charlestown, New South Wales
10.2017 - 11.2023
  • Responsible for opening and closing the store
  • Float organization ( money ordering and exchanging for 15 cash registered)
  • Team leader for cash registers and self service
  • Problem solving regarding refunds, exchanges with cash registers
  • Orientating new employees on customer service
  • Announcing priorities within the store
  • Watched for and recognized security risks and thefts to prevent or handle situations.
  • Placed special orders or called other stores to find desired items.
  • Answered customer inquiries regarding product features, pricing, and availability.
  • Managed multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines

Woolworths Online Supervisor /Assistant Manager

Woolworths
Charlestown, New South Wales
10.2017 - 11.2022
  • Online supervisor ( customer service on the phone)
  • Projecting staffing hours for the pre-scheduled shifts
  • Staff organization ( finding relief staff and night supervisors
  • Customer service on the phone ( management of customer /order issues)
  • Communication with multiple contractors and drivers
  • Orientating and training new staff
  • Assistant Manager 9 months 2022
  • time management ( prioritizing and coordination on orders with delivery and pickup times)
  • organizing a distribution of 40+ clients per day ( up to 2 delivery contractors per day)
  • stock management ( adjustments)
  • flexible and adaptable management
  • plan and construct staging

Education

St Paul Catholic College Booragul
New South Wales, Australia

Skills

  • Attention to detail
  • Driven to work hard
  • Quick learner
  • Open-minded
  • Responsible
  • Work collaboratively
  • Engage and motivate staff
  • Be constructive and use strengths
  • Plan and prioritise goals
  • Responsive communication style
  • Strong communication
  • Proficient multitasker
  • Commit to customer service
  • First aid guidance
  • Open and honest
  • Act with integrity
  • Efficient touch typing
  • Active listening
  • Listens to others and considers wellbeing

Accomplishments

  • Peer Support Leader 2019
  • First Aid Certificate 2017, 2020, 2022, 2024
  • House Leader St Paul's Catholic College. 2020
  • HSC Certificate 2021
  • Certificate 3 Call Taking
  • Preceptoring 2024- present
  • EMD Certification / Quality Support Coordinator Acting Role
  • Commissioner's certificate for the Westfield Bondi Junction incident
  • Health Roster Online Course
  • Coaching and performance course
  • Building effective teams online course
  • Support staff well-being, ill health - course
  • Implementing performance development course
  • Managing grievances early - course

Professional Assets Gained From Woolworths

  • Strong Communications across team
  • Excellent organization, time management and ability to cope with changing priorities to meet goals and commitments
  • Team Orientated, focuses on building relations with teams members ensuring they understand the goals and focus of the task
  • Proficient multitasker who works well under pressure & has clear administration
  • Effective problem solving within the assigned areas
  • Strong leadership,, leads by example ensuring the outcome is achieve and presented well
  • initiative and reliable, from strong flexibility and cooperation to help the team
  • helpful and considerate, when communicating to those who need coaching or mentoring
  • Mulitskilled and trained across different departments

Professional Assets Gained from New South Wales Ambulance Control Centre Communications Assistant

  • Being honest, and acting with integrity whilst maintaining skills and knowledge
  • Seeking opportunities for professional development and maintaining skills and knowledge
  • Learning how to correctly priorities patient safety and wellbeing, whilst continuing to provide high quality care
  • Working effectively with colleagues and other healthcare professions and external services
  • Managing a diverse range of staff when acting in the Team Leader Communications Role.
  • Engaging with individuals and also motivating them to develop their own professional career.
  • Take on feedback on my own management style and reflect on potential areas to improve
  • Collaborate to set clear performance standards and deadlines.
  • Adapting existing skills, feedback where appropriate for different individuals.
  • Stay focus and be aware of the environment around you.
  • Be proactive in taking responsibility and being accountable for own actions
  • Escalate where appropriate to your above superior, while also providing examples and documentation if necessary.

References

Jeroen Leanders- Senior Control Centre Officer/ Intensive Care Paramedic / Performance Zone Manager

Phone: 0422 056 415

Email:Jeroen.Leenders@health.nsw.gov.au

Yvette Whitcher- Northern Control Team Leader / preceptor of stage 2 assessment.

Phone: 0422468 846

Email: Yvette.Whitcher@health.nsw.gov.au

Certification

  • EMD certification / Quality Support Coordinator
  • Commissioner's certificate for Bondi Junction incident

Timeline

Acting/ Communications Team Leader

New South Wales Ambulance
08.2025 - Current

Quality Support Coordinator - EMD Certified

New South Wales Ambulance
05.2025 - Current

Calls Communications Assistant

New South Wales Ambulance
11.2022 - Current

Woolworths Career

Woolworths
10.2017 - 11.2023

Woolworths Front End Team Member

Woolworths
10.2017 - 11.2023

Woolworths Online Supervisor /Assistant Manager

Woolworths
10.2017 - 11.2022

St Paul Catholic College Booragul
Hannah Murphy