Lorraine Morris
Kununurra,WA
Summary
Dedicated professional with experience delivering nursing care to propel desired patient outcomes. Expert at patient care planning, colleague communication and administering direct patient care. Compassionate patient advocate and quick-thinking problem solver with excellent judgment.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Nurse Level 2
Kununurra District Hospital
07.2022 - Current
- Managed and supervised ward teams in various shifts as a team coordinator.
- Provided comprehensive support to the entire team, with a special focus on guiding junior nurses.
- Assess patients care needs and updating plan of care accordingly
- Consulting with Doctors as regards changing patient needs
- Cannulate and phlebotomy requirements
- Interpret ECG recordings and general blood results and act accordingly to the results
- Can work independently or within team environment, to acknowledge and involve multi disciplinary team as and when required
- To be cost effective
- Built strong relationships with patients and their families, quickly alleviating anxiety and stress
- Educated patients and family members about their healthcare needs.
Owner operator of Occupational Health Service business
Kimberley Occupational Health Services
05.2022 - Current
- Offering all aspects of Occupational Health including Pre-employment medicals conducted via telehealth
- Audiology testing, spirometry testing and Drug and Alcohol testing.
Clinical Coordinator/Practice Nurse
Kununurra Medical
05.2015 - 05.2022
- Ensure the smooth operation of the day to day running of a very busy medical Centre
- Overseeing nursing and Aboriginal health workers
- Be cost effective in running the clinic
- Ensure correct Medicare and private billings are being processed
- Ensuring recalls are sent in a timely manner
- Ensuring adequate staffing levels
- Senior management team member
- Staff appraisals
- Maintaining equipment register
- AGPAL accreditation leader – I have led the clinic through 2 successful accreditations
- Funding applications- both local and federal to achieve funding for new medical Centre
- Planning, implantation and evaluation of programs
- Plan, implement and run Covid-19 vaccination clinics, including all aspects of required reporting.
Clinical Nurse
Kununurra Community Health
09.2013 - 05.2015
- Employed as Community generalist Nurse
- Duties included Disease control, STI Coordinator, Organize and run Immunization clinics.
Clinical Nurse
Emergency Department, Kununurra District Hospital
01.2013 - 09.2013
- Shift Co coordinator
- Triage patients on arrival
- Administer medications under doctor orders
- Resuscitation
- Wound Care
- Suturing
- Plastering under supervision of doctor.
Registered Nurse
Swan Districts Hospital, Emergency Department
10.2012 - 12.2012
- 12 week contract in Emergency department.
Registered Nurse/Safety Officer
Navigator Resources, Bronzewing Gold Project
03.2012 - 10.2012
- Initial emergency response, resuscitation and stabilization
- Diagnosis and treatment of non-emergency medical conditions as per treatment protocols
- Drug administration, including vaccinations
- IV cannulation and venepuncture
- Liaise with all parties in the injury management of clients
- Liaise with medical assistance via phone, including RFDS
- Organizing medical evacuations
- Contribute to the development of standards, policies and procedures for the management of the health and well being of clients
- Developing policies and protocols relevant to the site poison permit
- Management and administration including initial audit of all clinical and emergency equipment
- Management of medical equipment and supplies including maintenance of minimum stock levels for pharmacy items and consumables, ordering and identification
- Maintaining clear and concise documentation and establishing confidential filing system
- Housekeeping in order to maintain medical centre in an orderly clean state
- Drug and alcohol testing
- Provide first aid training to the emergency response team
- Emergency response team member.
Registered Nurse
West Australian Nursing Agency - Rural and Remote Nursing assignments
05.2011 - 03.2012
- Emergency / triage
- General ward
- Liaising with Royal Flying Doctors when required
- Providing excellent medical care and junior support
- Work independently of Doctors.
Registered Nurse
Mining Industrial Health & Medical Solutions
05.2010 - 03.2012
- Contracting to various mine sites as relief medic.
Clinical Nurse – High Dependency Unit/ Critical Care
07.2007 - 05.2011
- Demonstrate advanced clinical skills in the care of the critically ill patient
- Coordinate the smooth running of the unit on a daily practice
- Promote and participate in quality improvement and risk management
- Excellent report writing and analytical skills
- Development, updating and implementation of policies and procedures
- Responsible for promoting excellent clinical practice within the unit, recognizing staff educational needs, rostering of staff
- Assist in the development of Self Learning Packages
- Orientating new staff, casual and agency staff and establishing their scope of practice
- Mentor to the new 2nd year graduate nurses
- Maintain leadership role within the unit
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Maintaining and analyzing my own educational need.
Project Officer
Redevelopment Office Joondalup Health Campus
11.2010 - 03.2011
- This was a secondment where I was responsible for the commissioning of two new wards that were in the process of being constructed
- I had to ensure that all the OHS Policies and Procedures were implemented and adhered to by staff and contractors on the site
- I was responsible for ordering all new equipment and all relevant training for staff
- I had to liaise with the building company to maintain deadlines
- Then finally co-coordinate the move of two very busy existing wards to their new location, this involved the transfer of over one hundred patients over a two day period
- This was done successfully and with minimum interruption to patient care.
Registered Nurse
Joondalup Health Campus
03.2007 - 07.2007
- Worked in all areas of the hospital including float nurse
- Medical
- Surgical
- Pediatrics.
Registered Nurse
Australian Red Cross Blood Service
01.2007 - 03.2007
- Trained in Apherisis unit
- Each donor is given an in-depth health interview prior to donation
- Phlebotomy skills
- Equipment set up and maintenance
- Customer service.
Registered Nurse
Nurse Specials Unit Joondalup Health Campus
10.2005 - 01.2007
- Assess patients care needs and updating plan of care accordingly
- Consulting with Doctors as regards changing patient needs
- Cannulate and phlebotomy requirements
- Interpret ECG recordings and general blood results and act accordingly to the results
- Can work independently or within team environment, to acknowledge and involve multi disciplinary team as and when required
- To be cost effective
- Build strong relationships with our patients and their families in a short period of time so to ease their anxiety and stress
- Educate patients and family on their health care needs.
Education
Post Graduate Certificate - Public Health Nursing
Flinders University
07-2015
Bachelor of Science - Nursing Science
Edith Cowan University
Perth, WA12-2002
Skills
- Advanced Life Support 2024
- Remote Emergency Care 2024
- Pharmacology 2019
- WACHS Triage
- Immunisation Provider
- IV cannulation competent
- Certified Drug and Alcohol collector
- Audiometric Officer
- Trauma Nursing Core Course
- Nursing Procedure Development
- Policy Development
Affiliations
Nursing Board of Western Australia
Member of CRANA
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Clinical Nurse Level 2
Kununurra District Hospital
07.2022 - Current
Owner operator of Occupational Health Service business
Kimberley Occupational Health Services
05.2022 - Current
Clinical Coordinator/Practice Nurse
Kununurra Medical
05.2015 - 05.2022
Clinical Nurse
Kununurra Community Health
09.2013 - 05.2015
Clinical Nurse
Emergency Department, Kununurra District Hospital
01.2013 - 09.2013
Registered Nurse
Swan Districts Hospital, Emergency Department
10.2012 - 12.2012
Registered Nurse/Safety Officer
Navigator Resources, Bronzewing Gold Project
03.2012 - 10.2012
Registered Nurse
West Australian Nursing Agency - Rural and Remote Nursing assignments
05.2011 - 03.2012
Project Officer
Redevelopment Office Joondalup Health Campus
11.2010 - 03.2011
Registered Nurse
Mining Industrial Health & Medical Solutions
05.2010 - 03.2012
Clinical Nurse – High Dependency Unit/ Critical Care
07.2007 - 05.2011
Registered Nurse
Joondalup Health Campus
03.2007 - 07.2007
Registered Nurse
Australian Red Cross Blood Service
01.2007 - 03.2007
Registered Nurse
Nurse Specials Unit Joondalup Health Campus
10.2005 - 01.2007
Post Graduate Certificate - Public Health Nursing
Flinders University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing Science
Edith Cowan University
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