Larna Woodyatt
Miners Rest,VIC
Summary
I am a passionate, dedicated and highly-functioning health professional with over 20 years nursing experience, specifically in the areas of Intensive Care, Governance and Risk Management and most recently Organ Donation.
I am a high achiever who is driven to make a difference and am at all times committed to choice and advocacy, particularly at end of life.
I am naturally curious and eager to learn everyday. I am open to any opportunity and provide myself on always being willing to take on any challenge available to me.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Acting Clinical Nurse Manager
DonateLife Victoria
07.2023 - 12.2023
- Manage a team of Donation Specialist Nurses throughout metropolitan and regional Victoria to achieve successful individual, hospital and organisational performance outcomes
- Along with the DonateLife leadership team, drive quality organ and tissue donation services within Victoria, being the first point of contact for escalation of nursing issues
- Participated in all aspects of recruitment of new staff
- Responsible for nursing and on-call roster for 25+ staff
Acting Manager on Call
DonateLife Victoria
11.2022 - Current
- Primary contact for Donation Specialist Nurses to manage the daily casework activity, escalate clinical nursing issues, organise staffing logistics and fatigue management
- Make decisions independently with the ability to recognise the need for escalation
- Navigate competing priorities and make sound logistical decisions
Nurse Donation Specialist
Grampians Health Ballarat / DonateLife Victoria
01.2016 - Current
- Contribute to the facilitation of organ and tissue donation for transplantation within a multidisciplinary team
- Influence and drive change at a local hospital level
- Maintenance of clinical, operational and governance based reporting and auditing
- Provide education on all components of organ and tissue donation
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Intensive Care
Alfred Health And Grampians Health Ballarat
Education
Specialist Certificate of Clinical Leadership -
University of Melbourne
2023
Post Graduate Diploma Advanced Clinical Nursing - Critical Care Stream
University of Melbourne
2006
Bachelor of Nursing -
University of Ballarat
Skills
- Leader
- Driven
- Calm under pressure
- Work autonomously
- Highly developed Communication and Interpersonal skills
- Empathy
- Teamwork
- Adaptable
- Friendly
Accomplishments
My career highlight has been supporting Australia's first organ and tissue donor after Voluntary Assisted Dying.
References
Provided upon request
Timeline
Acting Clinical Nurse Manager
DonateLife Victoria
07.2023 - 12.2023
Acting Manager on Call
DonateLife Victoria
11.2022 - Current
Nurse Donation Specialist
Grampians Health Ballarat / DonateLife Victoria
01.2016 - Current
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Intensive Care
Alfred Health And Grampians Health Ballarat
Specialist Certificate of Clinical Leadership -
University of Melbourne
Post Graduate Diploma Advanced Clinical Nursing - Critical Care Stream
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Nursing -
University of Ballarat
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