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Kristy Cole

Aveley

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Community Registered Nurse

Mable
10.2024 - Current
  • Wound care
  • Medication administration
  • Chronic disease management
  • Clinical assessments
  • Care planning
  • Health education
  • Scheduling

Community Registered Nurse

Brightwater Care Group
08.2022 - 10.2024
  • Working with HCP, CHSP, TCC and contractor clients within Aged Care Quality and Safety standards
  • Admission and annual clinical health assessments (including pressure injury, falls, malnutrition and pain assessments)
  • Wound care
  • IDC/SPC management
  • Continence assessment
  • Medication administration
  • PAS/RUDAS for dementia and cognition supplement for HCP clients
  • Stock ordering
  • Liaison with medical and allied health professionals to obtain medical information and raise concerns
  • Auditing and presentation of findings at team meetings
  • Quality improvement activities (development of client visit template, buddy booklet, bootstock tally spreadsheet, wound management documentation streamlining)

Registered Nurse

Fresenius Medical (Kidney) Care
11.2021 - 08.2022
  • Initiating, monitoring and concluding haemodialysis and haemodiafiltration sessions as per prescription
  • Checking and recording patient observations before, during and after dialysis treatment
  • Responding to adverse medical reactions and technical complications
  • Vascular access assessment and cannulation
  • Patient assessment of fluid overload to determine correct ideal body weight and ultrafiltration volume
  • Lining and stripping of dialysis machines
  • Administration of anticoagulation, local anaesthetic, Epo and iron
  • CVC dressings and tego changes
  • Ordering, collecting and evaluating patient monthly bloods including centrifuging samples
  • Liaising with Nephrologists, hospitals and other satellite sites to ensure continuity of care and best care outcomes
  • Meticulous infection control with sterile, non-touch technique, equipment decontamination and hand hygiene
  • Fostering therapeutic nurse-patient relationships

Registered Nurse

Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Morley & Edgewater
11.2016 - 10.2021
  • Assessment/eligibility of new, returned and regular blood and plasmapheresis donors
  • Blood, plasmapheresis and sample collection
  • Checking, consignment and packing of blood, plasma and samples
  • EN and DSNA clinical support for complex donor assessments and senior phlebotomy
  • Management of donor adverse reactions and completion of associated documentation
  • Clinical Resource Nurse
  • Skills Coach and Assessor
  • Sunday and leave relief Session Leader

Session Leader

Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Midland
06.2015 - 11.2016
  • Subject matter expert providing clinical support to all team members regarding donor registration, assessment/eligibility, difficult phlebotomy and collection trouble shooting
  • Update and present visual management board information during daily team 'huddle'
  • Co-ordination of collection floor
  • Team member duties allocation
  • Team member meal break allocation to ensure adequate skill mix
  • Rostering and leave approval ensuring compliance with Enterprise Agreement
  • Completion and supervision of collection centre documentation
  • Identifying and encouraging on the day conversions as per operational requirements
  • Encouraging re-booking and forward booking of appointments as per operational requirements
  • Conducting education sessions
  • Facilitation of clinical issue resolution
  • Completion of deviations
  • Running print pending test reports
  • Team member conflict resolution
  • External and internal audit preparation and co-ordination
  • Liaison with processing, quality, marketing and equipment departments
  • Co-ordinating equipment repair and maintenance
  • Co-ordination of relocation to new premises
  • Implementation of plateletpheresis collection
  • Regional excellence award winner in 2015 Annual Employee Awards Program

Registered Nurse

Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Perth & Midland
09.2012 - 01.2015
  • Registration and assessment/eligibility of new, returned and regular blood and plasmapheresis donors
  • Blood, plasmapheresis and sample collection
  • Checking, consignment and packing of blood and plasma
  • EN and DSNA clinical support for complex donor assessments and senior phlebotomy
  • Management of donor adverse reactions and completion of associated documentation
  • Quality Control sampling
  • Management of team communication files
  • Skills Coach and Assessor
  • Session Leader leave cover

Oncology Clinical Trial and Data Management Officer

St. John of God Hospital Subiaco
05.2012 - 08.2012
  • Adherence to Good Clinical Practice principles
  • Assessment of patient eligibility for proposed clinical trial
  • Patient education and support in the lead up to and during the trial
  • Collection, labelling, storage and shipment of body substance samples
  • Liaising with relevant health care professionals involved in the treatment of the patient to ensure transfer of information to ensure continuity of care and safe practice
  • Assisting in preparations for the commencement of new clinical trials

Senior Donor Liaison Officer

Perth Bone and Tissue Bank (Now PlusLife)
01.2009 - 05.2012
  • Management of Donor Liaison division
  • Staff rostering
  • Co-ordination and progression of the femoral head donation program
  • Establishment of the femoral head donation program at new hospitals
  • Ensuring compliance from referral agents
  • Surgeon and Operating Theatre liaison and trouble shooting
  • Provision of clinical education
  • Creation and amendments to standard operating procedures
  • Creation and amendments to education material and donor documentation
  • Compilation of donation statistics
  • Participation in Therapeutic Goods Administration audits
  • Post-operative donor visits, including physical assessment where indicated
  • Comprehensive documentation review to ensure accuracy and compliance with transplantation requirements
  • Active member of 'Friends' fundraising group

Donor Liaison Officer

Perth Bone and Tissue Bank (Now PlusLife)
05.2008 - 12.2008
  • Adherence to Good Manufacturing Practice principles
  • Extensive knowledge and application of stringent medical and social exclusion criteria
  • Interviewing potential donors to ensure suitability and accuracy of information supplied
  • Donor and family education
  • Obtaining and reviewing complex health information from varied medical sources
  • Notification of confirmed donors
  • Construction of patient information envelopes and theatre retrieval kits
  • Development of extensive skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint
  • Database management

Registered Nurse

Mercy Hospital (Now St. John of God Hospital Mount Lawley)
05.2007 - 05.2008
  • General surgery
  • Orthopaedics
  • Special nursing unit

Registered Nurse

St. John of God Hospital Subiaco
02.2005 - 05.2007
  • Gynaecology and general surgery
  • Cardiovascular
  • Neuroscience

Education

Diploma in International Tissue Banking -

University of Barcelona
06.2010

Bachelor of Nursing -

University of Notre Dame Australia
Fremantle
12-2004

Affiliations

  • Current registration with APHRA (restriction free)
  • Australian Nursing Federation (WA)

Timeline

Community Registered Nurse

Mable
10.2024 - Current

Community Registered Nurse

Brightwater Care Group
08.2022 - 10.2024

Registered Nurse

Fresenius Medical (Kidney) Care
11.2021 - 08.2022

Registered Nurse

Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Morley & Edgewater
11.2016 - 10.2021

Session Leader

Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Midland
06.2015 - 11.2016

Registered Nurse

Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Perth & Midland
09.2012 - 01.2015

Oncology Clinical Trial and Data Management Officer

St. John of God Hospital Subiaco
05.2012 - 08.2012

Senior Donor Liaison Officer

Perth Bone and Tissue Bank (Now PlusLife)
01.2009 - 05.2012

Donor Liaison Officer

Perth Bone and Tissue Bank (Now PlusLife)
05.2008 - 12.2008

Registered Nurse

Mercy Hospital (Now St. John of God Hospital Mount Lawley)
05.2007 - 05.2008

Registered Nurse

St. John of God Hospital Subiaco
02.2005 - 05.2007

Diploma in International Tissue Banking -

University of Barcelona

Bachelor of Nursing -

University of Notre Dame Australia

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