LANA PLEWS
Goulburn,NSW
Summary
Committed Extended Care Paramedic offering proven history of exercising strong judgment in high-pressure situations. Skilled in patient needs assessment and critical care. Detail-oriented and compassionate with expansive knowledge. Dependable ECP that is effective in managing operations. Successful in encouraging team members to work efficiently and meet production targets. Well-organized, self-motivated and knowledgeable about successful strategies for managing fast-paced work.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Extended Care Paramedic
New South Wales Ambulance
2022.03 - Current
- Work with Local Health Districts (LHD) to assist patients in navigating the health service to ensure appropriateness and continuity of care
- Mentor and educate staff on utilisation of referral pathways and destination of patients, this included running CPD events to empower staff knowledge of services
- Source feedback from staff and patients to apply changes to resources to increase utilisation of appropriate resource management
- Work independently, responding to jobs as a single clinician and managing a range of patients appropriately
Paramedic
LANA PLEWS
2020.03 - Current
- Displayed excellent communication and interpersonal skills in a variety of settings
- Educated patients and family members on medical treatments and therapies for informed support.
- Delivered high quality clinical care in a variety of situations adhering to CORE values, protocols and operating procedures
- Exhibited strong analytical and decision-making skills in providing care in complex and time critical situations
- Continued professional development of myself and colleagues by organising PDP activities- this included multi-disciplinary events inclusion of ED staff, CTO’s and Doctor’s
- Assisted with on road training of colleagues, return to work staff, students, community first responders and probationers- inclusive of discussing reflective practice and leading debriefs of staff
- Managed complex scenes as the lead clinician
- Actively reflective practice to assist in improving performance, as well as requesting feedback from colleagues to improve clinical performance
- Delivered advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), basic life support (BLS), and paediatric advanced life support (PALS) under pressure.
- Developed and maintained rapport with coworkers and local hospital staff to facilitate efficient patient care.
Probationary Paramedic
NSW Ambulance, South
2019.03 - 2020.03
Operations Manager
The Kelso Hotel
2015.05 - 2017.06
Duty Manager
Goulburn Workers Club
2014.01 - 2015.05
Education
Bachelor of Science - Paramedicine
Charles Sturt University
Bathurst, NSW10.2018
Graduate Diploma - Critical Care Paramedicine
Charles Sturt University
Bathurst, NSW12.2022
Master of Science - Critical Care Paramedicine
Charles Sturt University
Bathurst, NSW12.2025
Bachelor of Clinical Practice (Paramedicine) - undefined
2018
Skills
- Emergency Management
- Patient Management
- Supporting Daily Living Needs
- Logical Reasoning
- Direct Patient Care
Accomplishments
- Current Certificate to Practice
- Current NSW Driver’s license
- Completed all Mandatory My Health Learning Online Courses including Forward Commanders Course, Janison & CSA/CSN’s on MyShift and current PDP
- Completed 4x4 Driver Training course with NSW Ambulance
- ECP qualified course 22-20
- PGdip Critical Care Paramedic
- Registered through AHPRA current until November 2023
Timeline
Extended Care Paramedic
New South Wales Ambulance
2022.03 - Current
Paramedic
LANA PLEWS
2020.03 - Current
Probationary Paramedic
NSW Ambulance, South
2019.03 - 2020.03
Operations Manager
The Kelso Hotel
2015.05 - 2017.06
Duty Manager
Goulburn Workers Club
2014.01 - 2015.05
Bachelor of Science - Paramedicine
Charles Sturt University
Graduate Diploma - Critical Care Paramedicine
Charles Sturt University
Master of Science - Critical Care Paramedicine
Charles Sturt University
Bachelor of Clinical Practice (Paramedicine) - undefined
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