Joe George

Managed psychotic, mood, and personality disorders, providing medication management, psychotherapy, and family support.

• Contributed to mental health services within custodial and hospital settings.

• Worked in inpatient unit providing acute and sub-acute care.

• Supported psychosocial recovery through group work, vocational support, and educational assistance for patients and families.

Lead and manage comprehensive healthcare services within a correctional facility, ensuring safe, effective, and ethical patient care across both inpatient (48-bed unit) and outpatient settings (serving approximately 1300 patients).

• Run medical emergency codes within the correctional facility, providing swift, lifesaving interventions and critical patient management in high- pressure situations.

• Manage and address the complex medical needs across the entire

correctional facility, including critical care and chronic disease management, to meet diverse patient requirements.

• Liaise with medical teams, escalate emergencies as necessary, and coordinate patient care plans for seamless service delivery.

• Conduct nurse-led clinics, performing patient assessments to identify medical issues, managing and escalating cases as needed to doctors or referring to appropriate services such as physiotherapy, specialty clinics, radiology, or podiatry.

Deliver evidence-based, high-acuity nursing care in ICU settings, addressing the needs of critically ill patients, including those with sepsis, renal failure, respiratory distress, and post-operative recovery.

• Conduct detailed assessments, medication administration, EKG monitoring,

and ventilator management, ensuring high standards of patient safety and responsiveness to acute health changes.

• Provide tracheostomy care, invasive and non-invasive ventilation, and

emergency response to life-threatening conditions.

• Engage patients and families in the care process, offering education and support to encourage informed healthcare decisions.

Handled multifaceted medical needs of individuals.

Optimized staff allocation.

Liaised with Corrections Victoria and G4S Security Agency to coordinate clinical needs of patients.

- Coordinate special needs of patients such as sleep studies, issuing CPAP machines, issuing special medical equipments to prisoners

• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to establish optimal care plans, resulting in improved patient satisfaction.
• Facilitated smooth patient transitions from the ICU to other units by providing detailed reports and recommendations for ongoing care.
• Streamlined workflow by efficiently prioritizing tasks during high-stress situations, leading to better overall performance of the ICU team.
• Demonstrated advanced critical thinking skills while managing complex clinical situations involving multiple organ systems failures in critically ill patients.

Delivered high-acuity care to critically ill patients, specializing in post- cardiothoracic surgery management, including ventilated and tracheotomised patients, as well as paediatric patient care.

• Provided dialysis management for patients requiring Continuous Venovenous Hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF) and Sustained Low-Efficiency Dialysis (SLED), ensuring precise monitoring and intervention.

• Administered and managed advanced cardiovascular support devices such as intra-aortic balloon pumps, nitric oxide therapy, VIGILIO systems, and Swan- Ganz catheters to optimize patient outcomes in complex cases.

• Executed meticulous maintenance, and monitoring of central venous catheters (CVC), arterial lines, and other invasive monitoring devices.

• Demonstrated expertise in advanced hemodynamic management, analysing and responding to complex data to stabilize patients in critical condition.

• Assessed educational needs of trainees and researched clinical instruction trends to develop educational curriculum and competency tools for clinical procedures.
• Presented at regional and national conferences, sharing insights on innovative approaches to nurse education and professional development.
• Maintained compliance with accreditation standards by updating curriculum materials in accordance with industry best practices.
• Improved patient safety by designing and conducting simulation exercises that strengthened nurses'' critical thinking skills.

• Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
• Administered medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.
• Recorded details regarding therapies to keep patient charts updated.
• Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.