Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Awards
Timeline
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JANE TERRY

MIDGE POINT

Summary

Experienced nursing professional with strong clinical knowledge, interpersonal skills, and technical abilities. Proficient in EMR charting, medication administration, and interdisciplinary collaboration to enhance patient care. Quality-focused leader with excellent analytical, communication, and teamwork capabilities. Ready to contribute to team success, expand professional skills, and maintain a positive attitude towards continuous learning and growth. Skilled in project management, problem-solving, and collaboration, known for adaptability and proactive problem-solving. Organized and reliable candidate adept at managing multiple priorities with a positive mindset, willing to take on additional responsibilities to achieve team objectives.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Registered Nurse

Affinity Nursing Agency
11.2020 - Current
  • Casual Contract Nursing – Intensive Care (Ventilation Comp), HDU, CCU, Theatre: Anaesthetics and Recovery, Day surgery and Medical/Surgical, Emergency and Multi-purpose Services (MPS).

Registered Nurse

Healthcare Australia Nursing Agency
01.2013 - 11.2020
  • Casual Nursing/block placements. As I extended my nursing practice from GCH, GCUH, Robina Hosp, Pindara, John Flynn and Allamanda Hospitals then reaching further to interstate into Victoria, NSW, NT and TAS. I grew both as a clinical nurse and personally, striving to challenging myself, and rewarded with successful experiences. My core value is my commitment to patient care and the compassion to guide, educate and reach to connect with people from all walks of life.

Registered Nurse

Southeast Regional Hospital-Bega NSW
05.2020 - 10.2020
  • Casual Pool initially, then full time ICU during Covid 19 Pandemic. My teaching skills as Preceptor was welcomed, as I assisted in the fast tracking of airway management and vent mode education to all available nurses in a time critical environment, up-skilling RN’s outside of ICU.

Registered Nurse

Queensland Health – Gold Coast Hospital
01.2011 - 12.2013
  • Full time position. Continued to consolidate best nursing practice, sharing knowledge base with colleagues. Attended to patient education applicable to their presentation. Focussed on connecting to support patient autonomy, optimising their hospital experiences. Priding myself on self-evaluating my progress, and setting career goals to optimise clear structured decisions to become better and fine tuning my collective skills. Together making the difference in healthcare delivery.

Registered Nurse

Queensland Health – Gold Coast Qld
02.2001 - 12.2011
  • Full time position. Theatre: Anaesthetics/Recovery. As an anaesthetic nurse I learnt to be prepared in advance, learning all methods of intubation appropriate to the condition of the patient, the various considerations needed to purposefully help plan and prepare individual anaesthesia that would enable a smooth surgical procedure. EG: During my conversation whilst building patient repour attending to their pre-anaesthetic check list pre-op, I would ascertain their health concerns of EG. previous heart conditions and medical histories, and informing our anaesthesiest the reason for the upgrade from a 3 lead to a 5 lead ECG, and ensuring they were happy with same, a team approach. And if there were any identifying history potentials of our concerns that we would consider that would alter our approach, eg: asthma or diabetes, previous difficult airway. And appropriately prepare contingencies EG Ventolin puffers administration, difficult airway methods, plan A, plan B, plan C etc.. Planning for all contingencies that aimed to plan for adverse events and manage to enable best possible outcomes. Supporting the team whilst simultaneously advocating for the patient their understanding and valid consent. Educating the patient and clarifying of understanding with support and warm empathetic compassion. My development of patent repore became fast and effective, attending to the legal consent checks and ensuring all documentation was current and present, ensuring all paperwork accompanied the patient throughout their theatre journey. Ensuring good, clear, and accurate team approach to communication in a timely manor was achieved. My assurance in my presence with staff during pressuring and life threatening events was assured as my experienced actions presented naturally. I remain calm, think on my feet and buffer the panic seen and felt in the theatre or around me. Both working on elective lists and emergency theatres I am well adverse with every specialty: Awake Fiber-optic intubations, Rapid Sequence Inductions (RSI), difficult intubations, bronchoscopies, intervention radiology procedures, endoscopy, mult-traumas, major neurosurgery, vascular surgery ie) AAA’s, additionally paediatrics, obstetrics, general, orthopaedics, gynae, plastics and dentals.. from a 3 week old infant to elderly folk in there 90’s.

Registered Nurse

Queensland Health – Gold Coast Qld
01.2003 - 12.2005
  • Float Pool. Worked according to allocations throughout departments as general, surgical, renal, neuro, cardiac and respiratory. Enjoyed the variety and adapted well. Team approach I gave and received assistance when required to achieve the collective approach to desired outcomes.

Registered Nurse

Queensland Health: Townsville General Hospital
01.1998 - 11.2000
  • Full time. Medical/Surgical Unit. First of Year to Practice. Orientated and grew with improvement over the course of my first year of nursing practice. I utilised my resources well, asked valid, timely questions in the effort to better my knowledge and bridge the gaps I had learnt at university. Together with my eagerness and compassion to help people heal and applying my nursing skills, I grew and flourished. My time management skills, pain assessment and management skills, sterile technique with simple and complex dressings, medical terminology, receiving and given high standard handovers. Additionally, learning priorities and flexibility to setting shift goals, planning, implementation, assessing and evaluating my days and expectation all transpired well. I am well aware of my surroundings with environmental sensitivity, learning awareness to not only from self limitations but that of my colleagues.

Education

Bachelor of Nursing Science -

James Cook University
01.1997

Transition to Practice Nurse Education Program - Intensive Care – Ventilation Certificate

QUEENSLAND HEALTH
08.2013

Skills

  • Skilled in patient health assessments
  • Medication and IV administration
  • Patient care management
  • Documentation expertise
  • Effective clinical decision-making
  • Cardiovascular monitoring
  • Electrocardiogram interpretation
  • Neurological assessment
  • Patient-centered care
  • Real-time telemetry analysis
  • Expertise in advanced life support
  • Health education delivery
  • Patient care strategy development
  • Data privacy management
  • Wound care expertise
  • Patient education
  • Healthcare advocacy for patients and families
  • Empathetic communication
  • Compassionate patient interaction
  • Intensive care expertise
  • Mentoring new staff
  • Laboratory result analysis
  • Collaborative team management
  • Electronic medical record systems
  • Analytical problem-solving
  • Effective relationship management
  • Strong independent decision-making
  • Chronic illness management
  • Patient communication
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Data gathering
  • Interpersonal sensitivity
  • Health assessment
  • End-of-life care experience
  • Chronic care coordination
  • Senior patient management
  • Familiarity with palliative care practices
  • Effective time coordination
  • Family support advocacy
  • Care coordination for vulnerable patients
  • Analytical reasoning
  • Expertise in sterile techniques
  • Ethical professionalism
  • Interdepartmental cooperation

Accomplishments

  • Patient Care - Delivered compassionate care that exceeded hospital expectations - recognised often on the monthly "Brilliance Box" - Jane an amazing job looking after two infectious patients who constantly buzzed. Jane didn't complain and just got on with it. Well done Jane. It's great to have you back.
  • Implementation - Assisted in implementation of new perioperative pre-op check list. Facilitated the new form with delivering in-services to all wards and departments throughout Gold Coast Hospital.
  • Participated in the first N95 Fit Testing Team, the testing and fitting for all Qld Health Employees at Gold Coast Hospital.
  • Appeared in Local Newspaper Townsville: advocating 'Care Important as Society Ages'.

Certification

  • Certificate First Year of Practice Program (FYP) 1998
  • Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease, understanding Challenging Behaviours, Managing Challenging Behaviours 2000
  • Grief and Bereavement Training – the processors and stages – self guided learning, 2016 and current.
  • Intravenous Cannulation Certificate - 2001
  • Infection Control Certificate, Gold Coast Health Service District – Infection Control Depart 2005
  • Certificate of Preceptorship – Teaching Anaesthetic Nursing 2006
  • ECG – 12 Lead Interpretation Course with Anne Evans-Murray 2014
  • Certificates of End of Life Essentials - self directed education modules 2025

Awards

NURSING AWARD 1991 Kevin Gillespie Award, Rotary Club Victoria – significant as were limited to three students of the entire college., Appeared in Local Newspaper Townsville 1995 – Care important as Society Ages, Certificate in Achievement N95 Fit Testing Protocol with small mask (2007). Participated on the team Teaching and Testing Queensland Health Employees at Gold Coast Health Services District., Assisted in the Design and Implementation of new Perioperative, Pre-op Check List, facilitated the education via delivering in-services to the Wards and Departments throughout Gold Coast Hospital. 2004

Timeline

Registered Nurse

Affinity Nursing Agency
11.2020 - Current

Registered Nurse

Southeast Regional Hospital-Bega NSW
05.2020 - 10.2020

Registered Nurse

Healthcare Australia Nursing Agency
01.2013 - 11.2020

Registered Nurse

Queensland Health – Gold Coast Hospital
01.2011 - 12.2013

Registered Nurse

Queensland Health – Gold Coast Qld
01.2003 - 12.2005

Registered Nurse

Queensland Health – Gold Coast Qld
02.2001 - 12.2011

Registered Nurse

Queensland Health: Townsville General Hospital
01.1998 - 11.2000

Transition to Practice Nurse Education Program - Intensive Care – Ventilation Certificate

QUEENSLAND HEALTH

Bachelor of Nursing Science -

James Cook University

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