Kate Danielle Thomas

• Experienced Registered Nurse with over ten years of experience as a scrub/scout.
• In-house specialties include, but are not limited to: General Surgery, Breast Surgery, Gynaecology, Obstetrics, Urology, Foot and Hand Surgery, ENT, Basic Vascular Surgery, and Trauma Surgery for three local ski and hiking resorts.
• Clinical coordinator for ENT (Fachverantwortlich HNO) managed material inventory, ensuring timely purchasing of essential surgical supplies, as well as coordination between multiple ENT and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
• Facilitated communication between members of the healthcare team by attending interdisciplinary meetings.
• Served as an esteemed theatre educator within central Switzerland for five years. Educating theatre technicians (equivalent to theatre nurses in Australia) during their three-year postgraduate diploma. Approximately 60% of their education is supervised in-house during this time. During this time, I was responsible for in-house in-services, direct supervision of students during their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd years, as well as coordinating out-of-house placements with a sister hospital (Kanton Spital Nidwalden) and the school in which the students attended for their theoretical placements (HFGS Aarau, Switzerland).

• Provide general care for up to three children aged between 0 and 7 years within their own home and local area. Including but not limited to overnight care while the parents were out of the country.

• Handled customer inquiries efficiently.
• Utilized effective cleaning techniques for optimal sanitation.
• Administered first aid to ensure safety and prevent further injury.
• Prioritized and organized tasks to efficiently accomplish service goals.

• Full time contract including on-call
• Scrub, Circulating, Recovery Room RN.
• Orthopaedics (Hips, Knees, Shoulders, Hand Surgery)
• Spinal Surgery (Scoliosis Correction)
• Pain Therapy (Spinal Injections)
• Recovery room nurse for adult patients.
• Observed strict safety measures, including checking medication dosages before administration to patients.
• Prepared operating rooms by setting up surgical instruments and equipment prior to procedures.
• Built relationships with pre- and post-surgical patients with compassion and positive attitude.

• Agency placements at a variety of Sydney metropolitan hospitals working an approximate 70% (0.7) contract. Covering the roles of scrub/scout and recovery room registered nurse.
• Surgical specialties included, but were not limited to, General Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Gynaecology, Urology, Maxillofacial Surgery, and Basic Orthopaedic Surgery.

• As part of my Working Holiday Visa in the United Kingdom of Great Britain, I traveled throughout Europe and China during unspecified times to meet the terms of the visa.

Poole Hospital NHS, 7 Theatre main Unit (Hays Healthcare)

June 2006 - April 2007 - Full-time Contract.

• Scrub, Scout, Recovery Room.
• General Surgery, Breast Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery, and Recovery Room.

Maidstone Hospital NHS, Orthopaedic Theatre (Mayfair Specialty Nurses)

November 2005 - June 2006 - 50 % Contract

• Orthopaedics Circulating Nurse, Recovery Room Nurse.

Princess Elisabeth Hospital Guernsey, 4 Theatre on Island Unit

July 2005-October 2005 - Full time contract, including on-call

• Recovery Room Nurse in 4 Theatre on Island ( Remote care) unit covering General Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Urology, Oncology and Paediatric Surgery

• The initial 12 months consisted of a New Graduate Program, with the first 6 months being on the wards, dialysis unit, and day surgery unit at the Mater Private Hospital, Crows Nest. After this, I transferred to St. Vincent's Private Hospital, Darlinghurst, to complete said program. At this point, I decided to stay in the Theatre and complete my Theatre course through St. Vincent's Private Hospital and the NSW College of Nursing.