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Lara Hibbard

Kariong

Summary

Dedicated and experienced Registered Nurse with a progressive career in both critical and acute care. A strong focus on specialist skills and delivering a high standard of clinical cares. Friendly and approachable attitude in a reliable, quality focused and efficiency-driven nursing leader. Equipped with expertise in dynamic environments, clinical secondments and care co-ordination.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Rapid Response Team Registered Nurse

NSW Health
05.2025 - Current
  • Part-time role with concurrent part-time ICU shifts
  • Respond to clinical deterioration and medical emergencies
  • Provide advanced life support skills
  • Co-ordinate care of critically unwell patients

Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit

NSW Health
05.2021 - Current
  • General critical care experience with specialities including trauma, burns and spinal cord injuries
  • Frequent team leader, ACCESS nurse and providing clinical education to nursing colleagues
  • Precepting New Graduate and New Starter Registered Nurses
  • Infection Prevention and Control Chamption
  • Completion of formal Team Leader rotation in 2024
  • Completion of Foundation of Critical Care Nursing Course


Clinical Nurse Specialist - General Surgical

NSW Health
07.2019 - 05.2021
  • Specialist clinical knowledge and resource
  • Involvement in Quality Improvement Projects
  • Regular audits and audit analysis
  • Implementation of new policies and procedures
  • Provide staff education, mentorship and professional development

Registered Nurse - General Surgical

NSW Health
08.2017 - 07.2019
  • Medication administration, simple and complex wound dressings, surgical drain removal, tracheostomy and laryngectomy airway management
  • Specialities including Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT), plastic surgery, upper gastrointestinal surgery, colorectal surgery, endocrine surgery, breast surgeries, ophthalmology, dermatology and gynecology and the acute surgical unit

GradStart Registered Nurse

NSW Health
08.2016 - 08.2017
  • First rotation 8D General Surgical (6 months)
  • Second rotation 9E Aged Care (6 months)

Care Service Employee

Peninsula Villages
01.2015 - 06.2016
  • Assistant in Nursing equivalent
  • Caring for elderly residents and assisting with personal cares, meal times and enrichment activities

Education

Master of Clinical Nursing (Critical Care) -

University of Tasmania
Hobart, TAS
11-2024

Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Acute Care) -

University of Tasmania
Hobart, TAS
11-2020

Clinical Accreditation Program - Acute Care -

NSW Health
St Leonards, NSW
11-2018

Clinical Honours (Transition To Practice) -

University of Tasmania
Hobart, TAS
11-2017

Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Studies) -

University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW
11-2015

Skills

  • Advanced Life Support
  • Complex airway trained including tracheostomy and largynectomy patients
  • Invasive ventilation skills
  • CRRT competent
  • Transcutaneous pacing
  • Clinical assessor
  • Basic Life Support Trainer and Assessor
  • Team leader and mentor
  • Hand Hygiene Auditor
  • NSW Health Vaccination Compliant
  • Up to date with Mandatory My Health Learning
  • Professional communication

Secondments

Respiratory Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC Grade 3) 

  • 26/08/2024 - 04/10/2024 (6 weeks)
  • 07/07/2025 - 25/07/2025 (3 weeks)
  • Independent asthma clinic and patient education
  • Complex care co-ordination for non-invasive ventilation and home ventilator patients
  • Tracheostomy team key stakeholder and clinical resource to wards on tracheostomy or laryngectomy airways
  • Policy review and development


Acute Surgical Unit Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC Grade 1)

  • 28/08/2023 - 15/07/2023 (3 weeks)
  • Patient flow and care co-ordinator for ASU patients
  • Maintaining business rules of surgical team
  • Member of the 'Trauma Attend Team'
  • Patient education of surgeries and follow up plans


Clinical Nurse Educator Intensive Care Unit (CNE Grad 1)

  • 03/08/2023 - 11/08/2023 (2 weeks)
  • Formal and informal education to staff
  • Competency assessments


After Hours Clinical Support Nurse (CNS Grade 2) 

  • 17/08/2020 - 04/05/2021 (Ad Hoc relief)
  • Work alongside the After Hours Nurse Unit Manager to provide clinical assistance, education and advanced clinical skills to nurses and patients
  • Member of the Internal Response Team (IRT)

Timeline

Rapid Response Team Registered Nurse

NSW Health
05.2025 - Current

Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit

NSW Health
05.2021 - Current

Clinical Nurse Specialist - General Surgical

NSW Health
07.2019 - 05.2021

Registered Nurse - General Surgical

NSW Health
08.2017 - 07.2019

GradStart Registered Nurse

NSW Health
08.2016 - 08.2017

Care Service Employee

Peninsula Villages
01.2015 - 06.2016

Master of Clinical Nursing (Critical Care) -

University of Tasmania

Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Acute Care) -

University of Tasmania

Clinical Accreditation Program - Acute Care -

NSW Health

Clinical Honours (Transition To Practice) -

University of Tasmania

Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Studies) -

University of Sydney

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