Kym Wade
Greensborough,Victoria
Summary
Dedicated and experienced healthcare professional seeking the Assistant Director of Nursing position to contribute my strong leadership, clinical expertise, and passion for patient care, ensuring the delivery of high-quality nursing services and fostering a collaborative healthcare environment.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Nurse Unit Manager - Ambulatory Care Centre
Austin Health
11.2020 - Current
- Supervised, directed, and motivated high-quality performance from nursing staff.
- Led staff meetings to keep team informed of departmental changes and provide opportunities for nurses to share ideas and concerns.
- Led teams in driving successful patient outcomes by prioritising standard of care and best practices.
- Investigated and independently resolved complaints from staff, physicians, and patients by leveraging clinical judgment and unit management expertise.
- Fostered improvement in staff development, personnel training, and standards of patient care.
- Developed and implemented quality improvement initiatives to provide best possible patient care and identify and address areas of concern.
Nurse Unit Manger- COVID Screening Service
Austin Health
03.2020 - 11.2020
- Assisted in development and implementation of policies, procedures, and regulations for unit operations.
- Handled complaints from patients and families and immediately took steps for quick resolution and to prevent reoccurrence.
- Coordinated nursing with other services to promote continuity of total regimen of care.
- Met with nursing staff and support personnel to plan services, programs and activities.
- Establishing and managing an innovated Screening service, comprising of 113 EFT across 3 areas Call centre, Front Door Screening and COVID 19 Clinic.
- Implementing DHHS guidelines, managing high performing positive team on a daily basis, mitigating risk, driving change and striving for continuous service improvements.
- Strong leadership and an excellent communication framework guiding, directing and supporting theteam involved.
Bed Resource Manager
St Vincent's Public Hospital
04.2019 - 04.2020
- Centralised bed management coordination via the access unit at ST Vincent’s.
- Ensuring safe timely access to care to multiple statewide demanding priorities.
Surgical Flow Coordinator
Austin Health
04.2012 - 04.2020
- Management of elective surgical coordination daily, reduction of Hospital Initiated Postponement (HIP) rate, coordination of daily surgical bed meeting, bed substitution models, leveling of surgical capacity across multiple campuses to ensure maximization of removals and patient care.
After Hours Site Manager
Austin Health
04.2009 - 04.2020
- After Hours Site coordinator involved in managing the Black Saturday incident & Thunderstorm Asthma event. Coordination of the Hospital site and senior nurse in charge.
- Implementation of protocols to support after hours management of bed assignment and patient flow, including escalation policies and incident management.
- Strong focus on consumer and staff safety
Bed Manager
Austin Health
05.2004 - 04.2020
- Centralised bed management coordination via the Access Unit at Austin Health.
- Ensuring safe timely access to care to multiple statewide demanding priorities.
- Excellent understanding of patient flow principles, complex health system funding models and access target’s set via DHHS and the value of centralised Access Unit.
- Use of predictive models of activity (Patient Arrival Prediction Tool) and daily forward planning priorities to deal with current growth and demand.
Access and Care Coordination Manager
Austin Health
12.2018 - 02.2019
- Coordination of access across Austin Health including direct triaging of subacute transfers, assessment and managing international repatriations & complex discharge requirements.
- Role included managing 11 EFT, aged care assessment services and Continuing care flow coordination.
- Role designed to maximize utilisation of subacute capacity and ensure timely access to care, managing KPIs in triage, assessment, coordination of NPT ambulance transfer coordination and movement of patients between 3 campuses for delivery of care.
Project Lead for DHHS Timely Access
Austin Health
05.2013 - 11.2013
- Lead and developed the ‘Planned Patient Arrival PPA’ project which was an organisational change project across all clinical ward areas
Associate Nurse Unit Manager PACU
Austin Health
01.2000 - 05.2004
Clinical Nurse Consultant Pain Management
Austin Health
04.2000 - 04.2002
Clinical Nurse Specialist ICU
Austin Health
01.1996 - 04.2000
Education
Certificate - Nurse Immunisation
Latrobe University
Bundoora, VIC12.2008
Graduate Diploma - Critical Care Nursing
RMIT University
Bundoora, VIC1997
Bachelor of Science - Health Science in Nursing
Victoria University
Melbourne, VIC1992
Skills
- Ability to motivate and influence staff
- Proven leadership and management experience
- Effective negotiator with a large range of stakeholders
- Incident management experience
- Adaptive leadership proficient with change management
- Critical thinker
- Work well autonomously and within a multidisciplinary team
- Approachable, Flexible & Adaptable
- Effective and confident communication skills
- Excellent conflict resolution skills and the ability to have difficult conversations
- Excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritise
- Empathetic
- Always open and professional
- Positive role model to my peers
- Lead by example
References
Leanne Mills
Chief Nursing Officer
Mercy Health
Mobile: 0414853129
Laura Nitsou
General Manager
Mercy Health
Mobile: 0425746661
Timeline
Nurse Unit Manager - Ambulatory Care Centre
Austin Health
11.2020 - Current
Nurse Unit Manger- COVID Screening Service
Austin Health
03.2020 - 11.2020
Bed Resource Manager
St Vincent's Public Hospital
04.2019 - 04.2020
Access and Care Coordination Manager
Austin Health
12.2018 - 02.2019
Project Lead for DHHS Timely Access
Austin Health
05.2013 - 11.2013
Surgical Flow Coordinator
Austin Health
04.2012 - 04.2020
After Hours Site Manager
Austin Health
04.2009 - 04.2020
Bed Manager
Austin Health
05.2004 - 04.2020
Clinical Nurse Consultant Pain Management
Austin Health
04.2000 - 04.2002
Associate Nurse Unit Manager PACU
Austin Health
01.2000 - 05.2004
Clinical Nurse Specialist ICU
Austin Health
01.1996 - 04.2000
Certificate - Nurse Immunisation
Latrobe University
Graduate Diploma - Critical Care Nursing
RMIT University
Bachelor of Science - Health Science in Nursing
Victoria University
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