Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Roles And Responsibilities
Areas of clinical expertise
Registration boards and history
Given name
Working rights visa
Language spoken
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Lois Elizabeth Kane

Perth

Summary

Registered nurse with 5 years’ experience. Originally registered in the UK with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in 2020. Throughout my time nursing in the UK, I have mostly specialised in Emergency nursing; however, I have also worked on several medical and surgical wards whilst undertaking agency shifts to enhance my knowledge of different areas of nursing; these include diabetes, renal, vascular, frailty, stroke, cardiology and palliative care. Since arrival to Australia in February 2023, I have completed numerous rural nursing contracts which I have enjoyed and equally learnt a lot.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Registered Nurse

Halls Creek Hospital
05.2025 - Current

Halls Creek is a small hospital situated in the Kimberly region. This hospital consists of a 3 bed ED and 8 bed ward. On this contract I have vastly developed my leadership skills , ensuring seamless continuity of care and staff coverage. I feel I exercised strong leadership and decision- making under pressure in this fast-paced healthcare environment.


Registered Nurse

Derby Hospital
11.2024 - 05.2025

Derby hospital is a small hospital based in the Kimberly region. On this contract I have conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary. Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. Assisted in the training and mentorship of new nursing staff members, contributing to a positive work environment and high-quality patient care. On this contract it was a requirement to attend ambulance call outs, this was an area I enjoyed particularly as it developed my first responder skills.

Registered Nurse

Northbridge Medical Centre
03.2024 - 10.2024

Summary of Facility: Northbridge medical centre is a busy general practice in Perth CBD. The general practice offers a wide variety of services, therefore my role as the practice nurse is diverse. some of my key responsibilities include travel vaccinations, childhood immunisations, assisting with skin biopsy or lesions, wound management and developing holistic care plans for chronic conditions.

I work closely with government organisations such as WA public health to prevent disease progression, this includes contact tracing infections, monitoring patient conditions and following up with patients to ensure compliancy with correct treatment.

I have particularly enjoyed educating patients about their chronic conditions with the goal to prevent deterioration and reduce admissions to hospital, I have found this aspect of primary health rewarding.

Northbridge medical centre is devoted to childhood development, therefore a key role of mine at the centre is to ensure childhood immunizations are kept up to date and educate parents on the importance of the immunisation programme, I feel whilst working here my parent teaching skills have developed significantly.


Registered Nurse

Mullewa
02.2024 - 03.2024

Mullewa is a small town in the mid-west region of Western Australia, the population is currently approximately 300 people

The small hospital offers a 24/7 emergency room which can see a variable number of presentations each day.

Mullewa hospital has no on-site doctor and often runs on one registered, this can often be challenging with limited resources and staffing.

I feel on this contract I have been able to utilise my communication skills greatly as liaising with the medical staff on the ETS system is a crucial aspect of my role here.

Mullewa has a 90% aboriginal population and is currently facing many challenges with domestic violence, alcohol and drug misuse. I feel since I have been here, I have progressed in my management with dealing with these issues and increased my knowledge on the services available for support throughout Western Australia.

Registered Nurse

Rockhampton Hospital
02.2023 - 12.2023

Rockhampton hospital is the main referral hospital for Central Queensland, the emergency department typically encounters an abundance of inter-hospital transfers from surrounding facilities. Rockhampton hospital has a particularly high level of acuity, seeing a multitude of resus and trauma situations including MVAS and farming accidents

I often worked with paediatrics and neonates while at Rockhampton, occasionally caring for these patients within the resuscitation unit, who where critically unwell, often having to transfer these patients up to the intensive care wards for further specialised treatment.

With Rockhampton offering many specialities, the emergency department also seen a variety of related presentations such as maternity and ophthalmology.

Registered Nurse

Tweed Heads Hospital
08.2023 - 10.2023

The Tweed heads hospital emergency department provides specialist services in Emergency Medicine and trauma care for all patients

The Emergency Department works closely with other Northern NSW Local Health District hospitals and facilities in the Gold Coast and Brisbane

This emergency department based in a busy and popular spot on the coastline makes this a busy department often seeing high acuity.

Registered Nurse

Cairns Hospital
08.2023 - 09.2023

Cairns Base hospital is the largest major hospital and major referral centre in far north Queensland, making it arguably one of the busiest emergency departments in Queensland

With Cairns tropical environment typically, this hospital was exposed to injuries such as snake bites, marine stingers and surfing/ diving incidents.

Cairns Emergency department was organised and seen patients in a timely manner accordingly to triage score

Team working was a crucial aspect whilst working in this hospital.

Cairns also had its own dedicated paediatrics section to the ED, and I would often work within the paediatrics area, this allowed me to care for children of all ages up to 16, and also allowed me to develop my holistic skills ensuring that both child and parents were well looked after and understood what was happening while in hospital.

Registered Nurse

Julia Creek MPHS
05.2023 - 07.2023

Julia Creek MPHS is a six-bed level one facility under the rural and remote clinical services capability framework compromising four aged care beds and two acute beds.

The facility provides low risk ambulatory care clinical services predominantly delivered by registered nurses

Julia Creek had a small population of 500 people, however the Emergency department is often busy due to events and festivals occurring in the local town

Julia Creek is a nurse led hospital, with 2 registered nurses rostered per shift.Often there is no doctor on site so careful triage and thorough assessment is crucially important, telehealth consultations with doctors from another facility were used if necessary to assess patients for RFDS transfer to another facility if required.

Registered Nurse

Mannum MPHS
03.2023 - 04.2023

Mannum District Hospital is a 24-bed facility; consisting of 9 acute beds and 15 Aged care beds.

The hospital offers many services such as accident and emergency, general medicine and residential aged care.

With Mannum having a larger population of 3,283 the Emergency department was busy with often all beds being full. Mannum hospital had one registered nurse on every shift, it was through this contract I vastly developed my leadership and management skills as when on shift I oversaw the Emergency department, acute admissions and aged care facility.

This also included dealing with staff sickness/ rota issues, inducting students and dealing with complaints.

Registered Nurse

Royal Liverpool University Hospital
05.2021 - 01.2023
  • The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is one of the largest and busiest hospital trusts in the North of England seeing almost one million patients every year
  • The facility currently has around 40 wards and has the main emergency department for the city of Liverpool, the largest of its kind in the country with the ability to treat major, complex trauma as well as minor injuries
  • It was here I gained a vast amount of experience, with the emergency department seeing up to 400 people a day I was exposed to a wide range of patients and conditions
  • Within my 2 years here I often worked in resus and at times took charge of the area, with the department often seeing a significant amount of trauma I developed a wide range of clinical skills and knowledge.

Education

Bachelor of Science with Honours in Nursing with Registered Nurse Status (Adult) -

Liverpool John Moore’s University

Skills

  • National immunisation certificate
  • ALS
  • PALS
  • Neonatal Resus
  • BLS
  • Triage
  • In charge/ shift coordinator Experience
  • Ambulance experience

Roles And Responsibilities

  • Personal care for patients
  • Pressure area care for patients
  • Diet and nutrition needs
  • Monitoring Fluid Balance
  • Administering oral medications
  • Administering IV antibiotics and IV fluids
  • Recording medical notes and vital signs

Areas of clinical expertise

Emergency department,Renal, vascular, frailty, stroke, cardiology and palliative care. whilst in Australia I have also worked in multiple rural and remote settings. 

Registration boards and history

  • AHPRA, Nursing registration, NMW0002708066
  • Nursing and Midwifery Council (UK), Nursing registration (Adult), 20E1258E, 09/3/2025

Given name

Lois Elizabeth Kane

Working rights visa

417 Working holiday visa

Language spoken

English

Attributes

  • Hardworking
  • Leadership
  • Assertive
  • Good Communication
  • Kind
  • Friendly
  • Caring
  • Compassionate
  • Punctual
  • Proactive

Disclaimer

I Lois Kane hereby declare that the information given above is true and correct to the best of my knowledge as at 5/6/2025

Timeline

Registered Nurse

Halls Creek Hospital
05.2025 - Current

Registered Nurse

Derby Hospital
11.2024 - 05.2025

Registered Nurse

Northbridge Medical Centre
03.2024 - 10.2024

Registered Nurse

Mullewa
02.2024 - 03.2024

Registered Nurse

Cairns Hospital
08.2023 - 09.2023

Registered Nurse

Tweed Heads Hospital
08.2023 - 10.2023

Registered Nurse

Julia Creek MPHS
05.2023 - 07.2023

Registered Nurse

Mannum MPHS
03.2023 - 04.2023

Registered Nurse

Rockhampton Hospital
02.2023 - 12.2023

Registered Nurse

Royal Liverpool University Hospital
05.2021 - 01.2023

Bachelor of Science with Honours in Nursing with Registered Nurse Status (Adult) -

Liverpool John Moore’s University
Lois Elizabeth Kane