Jack Rhodes
Balgownie,Australia
Summary
Organized and knowledgeable Registered Nurse experienced in treating and caring for patients. Successful in providing fast and accurate assessments and working calmly under pressure. Recognized for collaborating well with doctors to maintain top-notch healthcare practices.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Brisbane Metro North | Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
07.2020 - Current
- Strong ability to adapt to uncertain and challenging environments with complex patient needs
- Ability to attend to high-risk patients who may be affected by drugs or alcohol
- Ability to lead the team in specific areas of the Emergency Department
- Demonstration of managing critically unwell trauma patients requiring high levels of critical care
- Mentorship to new graduate registered nurses, enrolled nurses and student nurses in the Emergency and Trauma Centre
- Strong ability to detect patient deterioration and escalate concerns regarding patient care to appropriate medical teams
- Competent and resourceful member of the resuscitation team within the Emergency and Trauma Centre.
Registered Nurse
HealthCare Australia, Affinity Nursing Recruitment, Sugaman Group
01.2017 - Current
- Ability to adapt to challenging and changing environments throughout different hospital units and protocols with minimal clinical support at times
- Experience working in small intensive care units with intubated and sedated patients without 24-hour medical coverage
- Strong ability to provide clinical support to nursing staff on hospital wards, junior nursing staff and new starters in the intensive care and emergency environment in a rural setting
- Provide pandemic support to hotel quarantine patrons, including psychological and social support
- Strong critical thinking skills to manage complex patient conditions with minimal members of the multidisciplinary team in the rural/remote location, along with exceptional communication skills between the multidisciplinary team, including face-to-face, over the telephone & written channels.
Registered Nurse
Mount Buller Medical Centre & Mansfield District Hospital Urgent Care
06.2023 - 09.2023
- Assessment and management of ski trauma emergencies
- Strong ability to manage patient flow and prioritisation of competing patient needs
- Effective member of a small multidisciplinary team often faced with multiple traumatic injuries at one time
- Facilitation of a mixed case of presentations for children and adults ranging from general practice presentations to emergency cases.
Clinical Nurse Student Facilitator - Critical Care Stream
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
01.2022 - 05.2022
- Communicate and liaise with external stakeholders to meet the assessment needs of university students
- Deliver orientation, education and support to university students across the facility for clinical placements
- Ensure student / staff expectations are clearly set and the learning needs meet each individuals requirements
- Facilitate the opportunity for students to study and learn through observation, participation, reflection and skill development.
Registered Nurse
Brisbane Metro North | Critical Care Nurse Bank
11.2019 - 07.2020
- Ability to work across all critical care areas within the Metro North Hospitals network, Brisbane, including, the Emergency and Trauma centre at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s hospital
- Strong ability to adapt to short shift changes across a wide network of facilities
- Competent and resourceful member of the resuscitation team within the Emergency and Trauma Centre at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital managing resuscitation and trauma patients
- Successfully perform the role of team leader in the acute pods of the Emergency Department at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
- Strong ability to implement nursing procedures in the critical care environment for unstable and critically unwell patients.
Registered Nurse
NSW Health | The Tweed Hospital
02.2019 - 10.2019
- Effective patient assessment and prioritisation that incorporates rapid and accurate decision-making under conditions where patient volumes and presentation acuity is variable and unpredictable
- Strong framework of knowledge and clinical skills to instigate and maintain the emergency management of unstable/undiagnosed patient presentations within an environment of constant movement and competing pressures
- Medication administration and patient assessment in a high-pressured work environment, managing patients from across all of the life span in a safe and professional manner, including neonatal and mental health patients
- Valued member of the resuscitation team with the ability to communicate effectively in a stressful and critical environment
- Strong ability to liaise and advocate for vulnerable patients in the emergency department for the best person-centred care and outcomes.
Registered Nurse Casual Pool
NSW Health
03.2017 - 02.2019
- Strong capacity to adapt to change and short notice in shift and location change
- Provide high quality assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation using best practice principles as part of a collaborative partnership with patients, their family and the multidisciplinary team
- Contribute to effective communication by maintaining an awareness of appropriate channels of communication established with the many different units, departments and hospitals
- Delegate aspects of care to EN’s, AIN’s and student nurses in line with their scope of practice, whilst providing education to the less experienced healthcare professional
- Strong ability to escalate care needs of the deteriorating patient for prompt and adequate assessment.
Registered Nurse
NSW Health | Prince of Wales Hospital
02.2016 - 02.2017
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions that are required because of the patients altered dependency state including response to stress, eye, mouth, pressure area care, positioning, bowel care and temperature regulation
- Assess adequacy of cardiovascular function and provide safe and effective care to patients requiring haemodynamic monitoring and cardiovascular support
- Assess the adequacy of a patient’s ventilation and oxygenation status and provide safe and effective care to patients receiving ventilation and oxygenation support
- Assess the neurological function and provide safe and effective care of patients with neurological dysfunction
- Assess and plan safe and effective care for the critically ill patient suffering from gastrointestinal or metabolic dysfunction
- Effective communication with members of the multidisciplinary team, the patient and their family members during high stressful situations, along with delivering bad news in a compassionate and professional manner.
Registered Nurse
NSW Health | Prince of Wales Hospital
02.2015 - 02.2016
- Assess the patient’s fluid and electrolyte status and provide safe and effective care to patients requiring fluid and electrolyte management
- Perform aseptic technique and management of complex postoperative wounds and dressings in a sterile field
- Coordination of patient loads including prioritising care and detecting deterioration
- Collaboration, empowerment and openness towards all patients, their family and the members of the multidisciplinary team
- The safe administration of oral, enteral, subcutaneous, intramuscular and intravenous medications
- Coordination and care of patients both pre and post cardiac intervention
- The preparation and monitoring of patients requiring inotropic agents
- Perform Electrocardiographs and interpret acute changes in heart electrical activity including, but not limited to, ischemia
- Provide patient education for safe discharge and transition back into the community.
Education
Early Management of Severe Trauma (EMST) – Nurse Observer -
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
12.2023
Mental Health First Aid Certificate -
12.2023
Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) -
Australian & New Zealand Collage of Emergency Nursing
11.2022
Emergency Triage Education Kit (ETEK) -
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
08.2022
Queensland Trauma Skills day -
RBWH Clinical Skills Development Service
05.2021
Advanced Life Support Instructor course -
Australian College of Critical Care Nurses
07.2019
Emergency Medicine Education & Training Simulation Workshop -
University Centre for Rural Health Lismore
05.2019
Paediatric Emergency Care Course (PECC) -
CRANAplus
10.2018
Paediatric Advanced Life Support -
CRANAplus
10.2018
Rural and Remote Emergency Care Course (REC) -
CRANAplus
04.2018
Cannulation and Venepuncture -
Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney
07.2017
Advanced Life Support Level 1 -
Australian Resuscitation Council
06.2017
Bachelor of Nursing -
University of Wollongong
12.2014
Skills
- Strong communication skills including non-verbal
- Strong ability to facilitate discussion around innovation and intervention
- Extensive knowledge base compromising of primary health care and acute care
- Strong capacity to multitask and prioritise patient needs based on clinical conditions
- Respond to life-saving situations, using nursing standards and protocols for treatment
- Ability to adapt to challenging and demanding situations through risk assessment
- Emergency Response
- Electronic Health Records Management
- Life-Sustaining Machines
- Family and Patient Support
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Mount Buller Medical Centre & Mansfield District Hospital Urgent Care
06.2023 - 09.2023
Clinical Nurse Student Facilitator - Critical Care Stream
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
01.2022 - 05.2022
Registered Nurse
Brisbane Metro North | Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
07.2020 - Current
Registered Nurse
Brisbane Metro North | Critical Care Nurse Bank
11.2019 - 07.2020
Registered Nurse
NSW Health | The Tweed Hospital
02.2019 - 10.2019
Registered Nurse Casual Pool
NSW Health
03.2017 - 02.2019
Registered Nurse
HealthCare Australia, Affinity Nursing Recruitment, Sugaman Group
01.2017 - Current
Registered Nurse
NSW Health | Prince of Wales Hospital
02.2016 - 02.2017
Registered Nurse
NSW Health | Prince of Wales Hospital
02.2015 - 02.2016
Early Management of Severe Trauma (EMST) – Nurse Observer -
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Mental Health First Aid Certificate -
Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) -
Australian & New Zealand Collage of Emergency Nursing
Emergency Triage Education Kit (ETEK) -
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Queensland Trauma Skills day -
RBWH Clinical Skills Development Service
Advanced Life Support Instructor course -
Australian College of Critical Care Nurses
Emergency Medicine Education & Training Simulation Workshop -
University Centre for Rural Health Lismore
Paediatric Emergency Care Course (PECC) -
CRANAplus
Paediatric Advanced Life Support -
CRANAplus
Rural and Remote Emergency Care Course (REC) -
CRANAplus
Cannulation and Venepuncture -
Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney
Advanced Life Support Level 1 -
Australian Resuscitation Council
Bachelor of Nursing -
University of Wollongong
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