Jane Malloch

• I am part of a team at Varsity Lakes Day Hospital booking Endoscopy procedures for patients requiring Upper and Lower Endoscopic procedures. This role involves assessing each patient prior to their booking to determine their suitability for treatment at the stand alone day surgery facility.
• I ensure all patients are booked following the guidelines of the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Service Implementation Standards (GESIS), as well as hospital protocols and procedures. This is to ensure each patient has fair and equitable access while providing best practice processes.
• I contribute within the team to ensure the patients are booked within the allotted time their category allows, and the procedure rooms are utilised efficiently.
• I also attend to any cancellations and rebook their procedure accordingly,
• This role requires knowledge of electronic systems to include: HBCIS, Systemview, Scheduling Appointment Book, and Telstra Messaging.
• I effectively liaise with the Doctors and the Multidisciplinary teams involved in the patients care.

• I am part of the Day Surgery Unit second stage recovery where we discharge day surgery patients to home
• The role entails ensuring the patients are suitable to go home, ensuring discharge criteria is met, such as: they have a support person with them for 24 post general anaesthetic, as well ensuring the patient has all their relevant documentation such as medical certificate, prescriptions, discharge instructions, and any planned outpatient appointment
• Recently I have had the opportunity to learn the Co-ordinator /Clinical Nurse role within the Day Surgery Unit (2nd Phase Recovery) where I ensure discharge criteria is met, ensuring all their relevant post operative information requested by the operating surgeons is noted on their discharge information and communicated to the patients, liaising with members of the multidisciplinary teams, and co-ordinating the areas where the patients coming from Phase 1 recovery are assigned to.

• For eight years I had been a member of the Cardiothoracic Scrub/Scout team
• I have gained valuable experience as a Cardiac scrub nurse in all aspects of cardiac surgeries including emergency sternal re-opening performed in ICU, cardiac ward, and theatre
• I performed in the role of Clinical Nurse where I ensured effective working relationships, skill mix, providing support to junior and new staff, education, and respect for all team members
• I ensured all policies, procedures, guidelines, and patient safety are always adhered too
• Using a patient centred approach to care with evidence-based practice for effective and efficient care
• I was responsible for preparing the cardiac scrub scout roster ensuring transparency, equality, and fairness, especially in delegating the cardiac on calls
• I was also responsible for collating the cardiothoracic team on call roster while ensuring the appropriate stakeholders were in receipt of at the beginning of each week, any changes that were required I ensured they were delt with immediately and sent out to the appropriate stakeholders
• In monitoring risk management, I ensured infection control guidelines are adhered to, critical incidents are reported, and fatigue risk is managed appropriately
• I participated in quality improvement projects and ideas to not only benefit the cardiac specialty but also within the perioperative department to include the emergency theatre
• I willingly performed in-service topics to benefit the perioperative staff in the event of emergency chest trauma sternal openings
• I also liaised with the ICU Clinical Nurse Consultant for providing in-services for the ICU nurses who may be involved in re-opening of the sternum following cardiac surgery
• I performed the Performance Development Plans (PDP) for the nursing staff within the cardiothoracic specialty
• I have updated policy instruments as required
• Recent updates include Emergency Chest Re-Open after Cardiac Surgery Document ID-PRO1848 and Cardiothoracic Surgery On Call Document ID PRO1339
• I had to resign from this position as I could no longer stand for periods of time as a scrub nurse.

• I gained experience coordinating their daily placements within the perioperative specialty while facilitating and evaluating their learning performance and outcomes, whereby ensuring they perform within their scope of practice as student nurses
• Providing holistic care focused on the patient throughout their surgical journey is encouraged using critical thinking and reflection
• In confirming the students learning and assessment, I collaborate with practice partners within the specialty areas for their evaluation and feedback of the student’s performance, for example: if they are motivated, eager to learn, and utilizing any educational opportunities made available to them
• I make sure the assessment process is in accordance with the Registered Nurse standards for practice
• I am familiar with the Australian Nursing Standards Assessment tool (ANSAT) and I have good communication skills.

• Co-ordinating the surgical booking of cardiac and thoracic patients, and case managing the patient’s surgery journey from referral to date of surgery
• I gained experience working with the following systems: HBCIS, iemr, Intelleconnect, SystemView, Elective Management System (Electronic booking form) This role involved liaising with the multidiscipline team, outpatients, consultant surgeons and communicating effectively with the patients
• June 2022, I have also backfilled sick leave one week.

• Case managing the patient’s surgery journey from referral to date of surgery
• I gained experience working with the following systems: HBCIS, iemr, Intelleconnect, SystemView, Elective Management System (Electronic booking form) This role involved liaising with the multidiscipline team, outpatients, consultant surgeons and communicating effectively with the patients.

• This role gave me more insight into the management role within the perioperative department.

For six years was a member of the Cardiothoracic scrub/scout team. I have gained valuable experience as a Cardiac scrub nurse in all aspects of cardiac surgeries including emergency sternal re-opening performed in lCU, cardiac ward and theatre, Presently I am performing in the role of Clinical Nurse while maintaining my scrub/scout role I ensure effective working relationships, skill mix, providing support to Junior and new staff, education and respect for all team members. Ensuring all policies, procedures, guidelines and patient safety are always adhered too. Using a patient centred a