Julie McDonald

• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Emergency care of inmates and Correctional staff post acute events and trauma.
• Emergency care, co-ordinating and delivering nurse led clinics, health promotion activities, immunisations, co-ordinating care with other interdisciplinary teams, conducting health assessments, alcohol and drug treatments.
• Run Phlebotomy clinics - collect, spin and store samples correctly, then prepare for transport to pathology laboratories.
• Work as primary care nurse to provide direct patient care to inmates with Chronic and acute medical conditions.
• Administer medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care requirements.
• Work closely with nursing and correctional officers to ensure emergency situations are managed and the health and safety of staff is maintained and assured.
• Occupational Health and Safety representative for the medical centre.
• Advocate for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, and verify that interventions have met treatment goals.
• Work as acting Health Care Manager to cover for holiday relief.

Home nursing of clients requiring medications, hygiene assistance, wound care, palliative nursing, HITH treatments, chronic care assessments, venepuncture and intravenous therapy.

Home nursing role working both independently and within a team to Case Manage Children and Families with with chronic disease health issues to better follow treatment plans and utilise hospital and community services.

• Evaluated hospital-onset and healthcare-acquired infections by conducting root cause analysis.
• Set clear policies to improve success of infection control measures in departments.

• AUSTIN & REPATRIATION MEDICAL CENTRE - Cardio Thoracic Medical/Surgical Unit (3 years).
• ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL - Infectious Diseases Unit.
• PETER MACULLUM CANCER INSTITUTE
• FAIRFIELD INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL
• Included 1 year travelling overseas and working in London and as Registered Nurse for Camp America.

• Included training as State Enrolled Nurse
• Undertook an Infectious Diseases Course - 1 year
• Undertook training for Bachelor of Nursing whilst working part time as Enrolled Nurse.