Kirsty Ibbitson

The main responsibilities as Residential Manager included stabilising the leadership of the facility after a long period of instability

• Ensuring maximum ANACC funding for residents and early recognition of need for increases with the Clinical team
• Ensuring training needs were identified and completed
• Monitoring budgets, identifying discrepencies and defecits with a plan for corective actions
• Ensuring Visa’s and police clearances were followed up and rosters were completed with appropriate staff
• Fortnightly Care minute meetings with follow up on identified defecits or over staffing, with roster changes made to accommodate findings
• Monthly Proda submissions for Medicare payments
• Performance management including appraisals were completed at Management level for all staff as RNs had not been trained at that time
• Ensuring the meeting schedule was maintained to include Residents and Relative meetings, staff meetings, Catering and Therapy meetings to ensure continuous improvement was identified and documented
• Oversight of the Palliative Care Project which ran over 2 sites which included the introduction of PACOP assessments, telehealth and Vision flex carts for ease of online consults
• Oversite, from November 2023, of the 15 Transitional Care Placements beds introduced to Hayloft with the new Reablement model
• This included checking or new residents and their suitability, overseeing new staff and their specific training and ensuring that all staff embraced the change as the new program was introduced
• Monitoring TCP residents for smooth transition into residential beds across the company or transitioning home with the assistance of the Community Allied health team and Social Worker
• At present there are 100 residents and 179 staff employed specifically at Hayloft

• Preparing for Accreditation in 2022 with self-assessment and review of site
• Oversaw primary care, case management and medication management.
• Evaluated performance of staff nurses, contributing to professional development.
• Assisting the residential manager with investigations of SIRS incidents, allocation of staff and interviewing for open shifts in all categories of staff
• Looking at potential new residents and placement with our current resident mix
• Audits relevant to the organisation including National Quality Indicators and anti psychotropics register maintainance
• Liaising closely with all staff around change and change management as Hayloft steers in a new direction with a fresh vision

• Transferred from St. Andrews afternoon shifts to night shifts in a new facility.
• Educating patients and families on health care needs, conditions, and options.
• Ensured compliance with standards of professional practice, as well as following current legislation related to health care delivery services.
• Oversaw four staff members on night duty, currently multi-skilled care workers.
• Main responsibilities include full oversight of the facility after hours, including emergency response and clinical decision-making.
• Attend to dressings and medications where necessary.
• Complete documentation and assessments as required.
• Ensure the following shifts are allocated appropriately, and the shifts are covered by an appropriate skill mix.
• Assisting care staff in residents' care needs.
• De-escalating challenging behaviors where necessary to ensure a harmonious shift, with good outcomes for residents.
• Ensuring a good sleep pattern, which enabled residents to fully embrace the day.
• The night shift was also responsible for preparing for the day shift, ensuring the facility was stocked, organized, and tidy.
• This included handover sheets were up to date, and the kitchen ordering sheets were printed, ready for completion.
• Paperwork was scanned and attached to the resident's file in Icare, and, if necessary, filed as a hard copy.
• Diaries were checked, and the staff had the appropriate handover.

• I was asked to assist on a part-time basis as a Care Coordinator to help bring The Italian Village out of sanction, along with the new Director of Nursing.
• Acted as the administrator at the facility level, as required by the accreditors, and successfully brought the Italian Village out of sanction by February 2019.
• Continued to work part-time as a Care Coordinator to assist the facility in transitioning to the new standards and to accreditation.
• This was successful, and a year’s accreditation was achieved in September 2019.
• Assisted with the transition of a new FM and Care Coordinator in May 2020, before leaving to achieve a family balance.
• During this time, the facility upgraded to a new version of ICare and archived every care plan.
• All care plans had to be redone from scratch in one month, ready for accreditation, and to ensure staff were aware of care needs.
• Responsible for upskilling Care staff and Qualified staff, Including Orientation and Medication competency

• Registered Nurse working agency shifts in residential setting
• Working as Nurse in Charge at various facilities in Perth
• Days and nights and on a casual basis

• Registered Nurse working as a permanent RN in a residential facility.
• I worked as the Clinical Nurse on a Monday and as an RN on other shifts.
• Generally, worked three morning shifts a week, but covered leave and sickness on other shifts.
• Oversaw the care of 75 residents, including residents with a dementia diagnosis.
• Main duties include overseeing the clinical care provided in the facility.
• Provided guidance for new staff, including RNs, as well as the CNM and FM, since they previously worked in a low-care setting.
• Overseeing the work of care staff and ENs, and liaising with management regarding any issues arising with residents, relatives, and staff.
• Ensuring assessments are completed, ready for evaluation, and then the completion of care plans.
• ACFI is completed by care staff and ENs, and it can be validated when audited.
• Ensuring all documentation was completed, as Amaroo was paper-based and had no computer-based health records.
• Ordering and maintaining the medication system and medication administration, including Schedule 8.
• Held the portfolio for wound care and audited these monthly, this information was then presented to the Board by the manager

• Registered Nurse working as a permanent RN in a residential facility
• Worked pm shifts over the Friday and Saturday and also provided cover for leave and sickness
• Oversaw the care of 75 residents, including residents with Dementia diagnosis
• My main duties included, overseeing the clinical care provided in the facility and ensuring assessments are completed ready for evaluation and then completion of care plans
• ACFI is completed by care staff and can be validated when audited
• Ensuring the care staff have a clear understanding of the ACFI process, the care needs of the residents and care assessments.
• Providing guidance for new staff including RNs
• Overseeing the work of Care staff and ENs and liaising with management regarding any issues arising with residents, relatives and staff
• Ordering and maintaining the medication system and medication administration, including schedule 8.
• Liasing with outside stakeholders as required

• Registered Nurse working agency shifts in residential setting
• Working as Nurse in Charge at various facilities in Perth
• Days and nights and on a casual basis

• Responsible for approx 140 staff, 105 residents
• Overall responsibility for the clinical care at the site level.
• The facility has a secure Dementia unit with 23 residents and the remaining residents reside in High care general nursing
• Main duties include auditing the facility medications, ensuring care plans are completed, ACFI is completed within legal framework and can be validated when audited
• Liaise with outside agency’s where appropriate
• Arrange family conferences to discuss care needs and goals for residents
• I was responsible for appraisals of staff and performance management
• I liaise with the facility manager regarding new admissions
• Responsibility for Standard 2 is the Clinical Managers responsibility
• Creation of Continuous improvement plans and following through with these plans to implementation and evaluation is an integral part of the role
• Extensive Auditing role as part of my position including Medication and Clinical Indicators
• Represented Baptistcare at the Perth Aged Care Focus Group, led by Carol Douglas, RCL. They met every month to discuss Aged care issues and interventions that could be used to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital
• Worked as part of the Pilot group in the National Quality Indicators, from initial planning to roll out across all the facilities at Baptistcare. This entailed a monthly audit with a 3-monthly reporting responsibility
• Responsibility for training and education falls under the Clinical Managers role
• Acting Facility Manager when the manager was on leave or off site
• There was a 24 hour on call commitment as a Clinical Nurse Manager in Baptiste care

• Registered Nurse at Oxford Gardens.
• Responsible for three staff members, 61 residents.
• Primarily worked the night shift, but had periods of working during the day when the facility required it.
• This is a high-care, additional-needs, and secure dementia site.
• My main duties include drug administration, attending to clients' care needs, and maintaining the safety of staff and residents.
• Held the additional responsibility of continence aid allocation after assessment.
• Trained new staff on the computer program used in Brightwater Icare, as an Icare super user.
• Responsible for auditing care plans and the taxi voucher program.
• Member of the palliative care core team met to discuss palliative needs on-site and concerning residents. This was a new project that had been developed to improve palliative care on-site for residents, families, and staff.
• Manual handling champion, and the flu vaccination nurse on-site.
• Assisted with the compiling of the Aged Care Funding Instrument packages, which go to the health department and dictate our clients' funding levels.
• While at Oxford Gardens, I reformulated the care plan format and presentation, and formulated the training package for care workers in our PEG feeds.
• Devised the system of Schedule 8 drugs being legally administered by care workers on-site.
• Between April 2011 and October 2011, I was the Acting Clinical Nurse.
• Acting as Care Manager while my Care Manager was on annual leave.
• Responsible for mentoring the new clinical nurse from September to October 2011.

• Registered Nurse on Nights.
• Responsible for three staff members, 64 residents.
• This was a high-care, dementia-specific site.
• Main duties include drug administration and ordering, attending to clients' care needs, and maintaining the safety of staff and residents.
• Provided and evaluated care, and contributed to RCS assessments for funding from the Commonwealth, now ACFI assessments.