Larissa Sarich

• Evaluate healthcare needs, goals and available resources of each client and refer when necessary.
• Teach and educate clients how to improve lifestyle choices.
• Advise clients of proper wound management, safe medication use and chronic disease management.
• Education for Chronic health care conditions.
• Mental health care support and counselling.
• Education and support around homelessness, alcohol and drug use, domestic violence, complex trauma and mental health issues.
• Simple first aid and wound care.

• Providing hospital level acute nursing care at home and in clinic for patients age 16 years and over.
• Treatments include but not limited to - Administration of IV Antibiotics and medications, IV hydration for pregnant patients with Hyperemis, Iron Infusions, Management of coagulation therapy, woundcare including complex Vac Dressings, Catheter management, drain care including IPC drainage, PICC line care and dressings.
• Priority Response Assessment providing advanced clinical assessments.
• Patient and family education.
• Collected blood and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
• Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and liaised with medical governance for each patient.

• Agency RN/RM working in a variety of different healthcare settings including Surgical, Plastics, Day surgery, Neurosurgery, Emergency, Discharge Clinic, Medical, Mental Health, Maternity.
• Managed care from admission to discharge using evidence based nursing practices within my scope of practice.
• Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Pre and post operative care including education, woundcare, pain management, drain care.
• Maternity care postnatal wards.

• Holistic nursing and midwifery care and assessment of mothers experiencing mental health difficulties in the perinatal period aswell as caring for their babies and families.
• Coordination of ward and orientation of new staff required on a regular basis.
• Liaising with nursing agencies to book staff as required.
• Responsible for admission and discharge of mothers and babies.
• Conducted daily group activities including mindfulness, attachment, baby massage, self-care.

• Casual RN/RM employed in various wards throughout the hospital including surgical, medical, rehabilitation, maternity, emergency, day procedure unit, discharge lounge.

• Provide Primary Triage response to all referrals.
• Identify the nature and appropriateness for referrals and set priorities for management.
• Collate information for presentation to the team.
• Conduct emergency assessment and brief intervention as required.
• Liaise with other healthcare departments and government agencies to obtain consent and required documentation for team to perform Neuropsychological assessments.

• Provided midwifery care in all areas of maternity unit including antenatal clinic, special care nursery, labour and birth suite, antenatal and postnatal wards, visiting midwife service.

Midwifery care in all areas of maternity unit.

Post graduate training in Midwifery