Summary
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Work History
Education
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Helen Brown

18 Kentlyn Street,QLD

Summary

An compassionate, caring and committed nurse with 12 years of experience of delivering safe, holistic and dignified person centered care.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Community Registered Nurse

Bolton Clarke
Redcliffe Peninsula & Caboolture , QLD
08.2021 - 09.2022

Enhancing empowerment and wellness of older people, in order to for them to live better lives within their own homes.


Providing clinical care and best practice including health and dementia assessments as well as wound care, diabetic management, continence advice and funding application support.


Coordination, advocation and liaising excellent care delivery with GP's, hospital specialist's, discharge planning coordinators, Primary Health Network, ACAT and other health care practitioners in order to meet individuals health care goals.




Community Clinical Nurse

St Vincent's Private Hospital
Kangaroo Point, QLD
09.2018 - 08.2021
  • Supporting people living with life limiting illness's and their families. By offering expert care, guidance and support.
  • Ability to work autonomously and to mange own patient workload in order to provide care support and expertise to patient's living in their own homes with advanced malignancy, organ failure and neurological diseases.
  • Delivering empathy and understanding to tailor individual needs of patient's in order to provide a safe, compassionate and caring experience for all.
  • Building relationships and spending time getting to know my patient's and those who care for them.

Registered Nurse

Canossa Private Hospital
Oxley, QLD
05.2020 - 06.2022
  • Comprehensive assessment of sub-acute medical, post surgical, rehabilitation and palliative patient's health / well-being from admission to discharge including assessment, care planning, health education and discharge support.
  • Ensuring correct administration of medication (including oral, injection and subcutaneous infusion) and monitoring results of treatment.
  • Working alongside patient's and their family member's to assist in educating their health conditions and build relationships with patient's to encourage trust and listening to their needs and concerns.
  • Collaborated with medical team and wider MDT to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing changing conditions.

Community Registered Nurse

Anglicare Southern Queensland
Woolloongabba, QLD
08.2012 - 09.2018
  • Providing skilled and compassionate nursing care of the highest quality to people living with chronic, long-term and life-limiting illness within the local community in partnership with their families, carer's and other member's of the multidisciplinary team.
  • Assisting individual's needs to improve their quality of life including medication administration, wound, ostomy care and catheter insertion.
  • Educating patient's using pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments to manage various disorders, diseases and symptoms.

Registered Nurse

Princess Alexandra Hospital
Woolloongabba, QLD
07.2011 - 08.2012
  • Providing specialist nursing care to patient's with oncology and haematology conditions including individuals undergoing chemo, radiation and immuno therapies as well as caring for those with oncological emergencies and symptom management concerns.
  • Commitment to deliver supportive and holistic person centered care to patient's during various stages of their health and illness journey.
  • Able to offer a friendly and approachable nature and manage own patient workload.

Education

Diploma of Health Education in Adult Nursing - With Distinction

Birmingham City University
Edgbaston
08.2010

Skills

  • Excellent communication and clinical nursing skill to individual's needs, which are essential when caring for people living with chronic, complex and life-limiting illness
  • Ability to work closely with patient', their families and carer's to build trusting relationships and to support them with decision making and planning their future care in collaboration with other interdisciplinary team members

References

Available upon request.

Timeline

Community Registered Nurse

Bolton Clarke
08.2021 - 09.2022

Registered Nurse

Canossa Private Hospital
05.2020 - 06.2022

Community Clinical Nurse

St Vincent's Private Hospital
09.2018 - 08.2021

Community Registered Nurse

Anglicare Southern Queensland
08.2012 - 09.2018

Registered Nurse

Princess Alexandra Hospital
07.2011 - 08.2012

Diploma of Health Education in Adult Nursing - With Distinction

Birmingham City University
Helen Brown