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Bridging Programs
Clinical Procedural Skills
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Mari-Anne Ovaskainen

Newcastle West,Australia

Summary

Dynamic Paediatric Registrar with extensive experience at John Hunter Hospital, excelling in critical care and advanced airway management. Proven ability to teach and mentor medical students while effectively managing complex cases. Passionate about improving patient outcomes through compassionate care and teamwork.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Paediatric Registrar - Emergency

John Hunter Hosptial
Newcastle
05.2025 - 08.2025
  • Treatment of critically unwell adults and children, including active resuscitation
  • Trauma
  • Management mental health conditions
  • Subacute presentations
  • Management of ED overnight
  • Teaching of residents
  • Teaching of medical students

Paediatric Registrar - Oncology

John Hunter Children's Hospital
Newcastle, Australia
02.2022 - 04.2025
  • Acute presentations complications
  • Management patients in day unit
  • Twice weekly theatre sessions for lumbar punctures and intrathecal chemotherapy
  • Assist in the diagnosis and management of new presentations of malignancies and associated family meetings regarding the same. Consult surgical and pediatric specialties.
  • Consult surgical and paediatric specialties
  • Follow-up of patients post discharge
  • Teaching of residents
  • Teaching of medical students

Paediatric Registrar

Maitland Hospital
Maitland
08.2024 - 02.2025
  • Treatment of children - neonate to age 17 - critically unwell, including active resuscitation
  • Management mental health conditions
  • Management medically unstable eating disorders
  • Subacute presentations various illnesses
  • Attend deliveries in birthsuite and theatre
  • Neonatal resuscitation
  • Clinic reviews of patient and dictation of letters
  • Consult surgical and paediatric specialties
  • Management paediatric patients overnight
  • Teaching of residents
  • Teaching of medical students

Paediatric Registrar

John Hunter Hospital
Newcastle
05.2024 - 08.2024
  • Endocrine registrar April - August 2024
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit registrar February- April 2024

Paediatric Registrar

Gosford Hospital
Gosford
08.2023 - 02.2024
  • Treatment of children - neonate to age 17 - critically unwell, including active resuscitation
  • Management mental health conditions
  • Management medically unstable eating disorders
  • Subacute presentations various illnesses
  • Attend deliveries in birthsuite and theatre
  • Neonatal resuscitation
  • Clinic reviews of patient and dictation of letters
  • Consult surgical and paediatric specialties
  • Management paediatric patients overnight
  • Teaching of residents
  • Teaching of medical students

Paediatric Registrar

John Hunter Children's Hospital
Newcastle, Australia
02.2023 - 08.2023
  • Emergency registrar February - May 2023
  • Gastroenterology registrar May - August 2023

Paediatric Registrar

Lismore Hospital
Lismore, Australia
08.2022 - 02.2023
  • Treatment of children - neonate to age 17 - critically unwell, including active resuscitation
  • Management mental health conditions
  • Subacute presentations
  • Management of paediatric patients overnight
  • Attend births in birth suite and theatre
  • Special care nursery
  • Neonatal resuscitation
  • Teaching of residents
  • Teaching of medical students

Paediatric Registrar

John Hunter Children's Hospital
Newcastle, Australia
11.2021 - 08.2022
  • General Paediatric registrar February - August 2021
  • Oncology and Haematology registrar November 2021 - February 2022
  • General Paediatric registrar February - August 2022

Paediatric SRMO

Gosford Hospital and Wyong Hospital
Gosford, Australia
09.2020 - 01.2021
  • Treatment of children in Emergency Department and Acute Clinic situations - critically unwell, including active resuscitation
  • Trauma and subacute presentations
  • Management mental health conditions
  • Management neonatal patients in special care unit
  • Attendance and neonatal management of birth in theatre and birth suite
  • Teaching of residents - formal teaching situation
  • Teaching of medical students

Paediatric SRMO

John Hunter Hospital
Newcastle, Australia
02.2020 - 08.2020
  • Treatment of children - critically unwell, including active resuscitation
  • Trauma
  • Management mental health conditions
  • Subacute presentations
  • Management of ED overnight
  • Teaching of residents
  • Teaching of medical students

Emergency Registrar

Ipswich Hospital, Emergency Department
Ipswich, Australia
02.2015 - 02.2020
  • Treatment of adults and children - critically unwell, including active resuscitation
  • Trauma
  • Management mental health conditions
  • Subacute presentations
  • Management of ED overnight
  • Teaching of residents
  • Teaching of medical students

Principal House Officer

Emergency Department, Queen Elizabeth 2 Hospital
Coopers Plains, Australia
02.2014 - 02.2015
  • Treatment of adults and children - critically unwell, including active resuscitation
  • Trauma
  • Management mental health conditions
  • Subacute presentations
  • Management of ED overnight
  • Teaching of residents
  • Teaching of medical students

Surgical Assisting with Gold Coast Assisting

Various
, Australia
01.2013 - 12.2013
  • Surgical assistant

Principal House Officer

Paediatric Department, Logan Hospital
Meadowbank, Australia
08.2012 - 02.2013
  • Treatment children in ward - critically unwell, including active resuscitation
  • Trauma
  • Subacute presentations
  • Review and admission patients from Emergency Department
  • Management of Special Care Nursery
  • Attendance birth at Elective and Emergency LSCS
  • Resuscitation of newborn
  • Attendance birth in birth suite
  • Teaching of residents
  • Teaching of medical students

Junior Registrar

Emergency Department, Royal Darwin Hospital
Darwin, Australia
03.2012 - 07.2012
  • Treatment of adults and children - critically unwell, including active resuscitation
  • Trauma
  • Management mental health conditions
  • Subacute presentations
  • Management of ED overnight
  • Teaching of residents
  • Teaching of medical students

Locum Resident

Emergency Department, Royal Darwin Hospital
Darwin, Australia
12.2011 - 01.2012
  • Treatment of adults and children - critically unwell, including active resuscitation
  • Trauma
  • Management mental health conditions
  • Subacute presentations
  • Teaching of medical students

Locum Surgical Registrar

General Surgery Department, Bundaberg General Hospital
Bundaberg, Australia
01.2011 - 01.2011
  • Treatment of adults and children - primary and assistant operator in surgical procedures
  • Critically unwell, including active resuscitation
  • Trauma
  • Subacute surgical presentations
  • Review and admission of emergency presentations
  • Ward management patients
  • Review patients in outpatients department
  • Teaching of residents
  • Teaching of medical students

Locum Urology Principal House Officer

Urology Department, Hervey Bay Hospital
Hervey Bay, Australia
01.2011 - 01.2011
  • Treatment of adults and children - primary and assistant operator in surgical procedures
  • Critically unwell, including active resuscitation
  • Trauma
  • Subacute surgical presentations
  • Review and admission of emergency presentations
  • Ward management patients
  • Review patients in outpatients department
  • Teaching of residents
  • Teaching of medical students

Locum Resident

Emergency Department, Port Macquarie Hospital
Port Macquarie, Australia
12.2010 - 12.2010
  • Treatment of adults and children - critically unwell, including active resuscitation
  • Trauma
  • Management mental health presentations
  • Subacute presentations
  • Teaching of medical students

Locum Surgical Registrar

General Surgery, Redcliffe Hospital
Redcliffe, Australia
12.2009 - 01.2010
  • Treatment of adults and children - primary and assistant operator in surgical procedures
  • Critically unwell, including active resuscitation
  • Trauma
  • Subacute surgical presentations
  • Review admission of emergency presentations
  • Ward management patients
  • Review patients in outpatients department
  • Teaching of residents
  • Teaching of medical students

Locum Surgical Registrar

General Surgery, Kalgoorlie Hospital
Kalgoorlie, Australia
03.2009 - 09.2009
  • Treatment of adults and children - primary and assistant operator in surgical procedures
  • Critically unwell, including active resuscitation
  • Trauma
  • Subacute surgical presentations
  • Review and admission of emergency presentations
  • Ward management patients
  • Review patients in outpatients department
  • Teaching of residents
  • Teaching of medical students

Surgical Principal House Officer

Cairns Base Hospital
Cairns, Australia
01.2008 - 12.2008
  • Treatment of adults and children - primary and assistant operator in surgical procedures
  • Critically unwell, including active resuscitation
  • Trauma
  • Subacute surgical presentations
  • Review and admission of emergency presentations
  • Ward management patients
  • Review patients in outpatients department
  • Teaching of residents
  • Teaching of medical students

Surgical Principal House Officer

Mackay Base Hospital
Mackay, Australia
01.2007 - 01.2008
  • Treatment of adults and children - primary and assistant operator in surgical procedures
  • Critically unwell, including active resuscitation
  • Trauma
  • Subacute surgical presentations
  • Review and admission of emergency presentations
  • Ward management patients
  • Review patients in outpatients department
  • Teaching of residents
  • Teaching of medical students

Surgical Principal House Officer

Mater Adult and Mater Children's Hospitals
South Brisbane, Australia
07.2006 - 01.2007
  • General Surgical Relieving Registrar
  • Treatment of adults and children - primary and assistant operator in surgical procedures
  • Critically unwell, including active resuscitation
  • Trauma
  • Subacute surgical presentations
  • Review and admission of emergency presentations
  • Ward management patients
  • Review patients in outpatients department
  • Teaching of residents
  • Teaching of medical students

General Surgery Principal House Officer

Bundaberg General Hospital
Bundaberg, Australia
01.2006 - 07.2006
  • Treatment of adults and children - primary and assistant operator in surgical procedures
  • Critically unwell, including active resuscitation
  • Trauma
  • Subacute surgical presentations
  • Review and admission of emergency presentations
  • Ward management patients
  • Review patients in outpatients department
  • Teaching of residents
  • Teaching of medical students

Surgical Resident

Royal Hobart Hospital
Hobart, Australia
01.2005 - 12.2005
  • Management of patients in General Surgery, Intensive Care, Emergency, Plastic Surgery Departments

Surgical Resident

Launceston General Hospital
Launceston, Australia
01.2004 - 12.2004
  • Management of patients in Urology

Surgical Resident

Royal Hobart Hospital
Hobart, Australia
01.2004 - 12.2004

Education

MBBS -

University of Queensland
Australia
01.2001

Bachelor of Nursing -

Queensland University of Technology
Australia
01.1995

Skills

  • PICC line insertion
  • CVL insertion
  • Intravenous cannulation
  • Central venous line insertion under ultrasound guidance
  • Arterial line insertion
  • Intubation neonate/child
  • Advanced airway management
  • Intraosseous cannulation
  • Procedural sedation
  • Local anaesthetic for procedures
  • Use of nitrous oxide and intranasal fentanyl for procedures
  • Reduction fractures limbs
  • Relocation dislocation shoulder and hip
  • Application plaster of paris casts
  • Application splints
  • Application sling, collar and cuff for clavicle/upper limb injuries
  • Use of eFAST in trauma
  • Repair simple and complex wounds
  • Dressings
  • Lumbar puncture adult
  • Management acute respiratory illness
  • Acute care eye injuries
  • Acute care burns
  • Suturing of lacerations
  • Laparoscopic and open appendicectomy
  • Incision and drainage abscess skin
  • Right hemicolectomy
  • Incision and drainage abscesses
  • Management of burns
  • Gastroscopy

Bridging Programs

APLS, 11/26/19 - 11/28/19, Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, PASS

Clinical Procedural Skills

History taking adult, Examination adult, PICC line insertion, CVL insertion, Intravenous cannulation, Arterial line insertion, Intubation, Procedural sedation, Local anaesthetic for procedures, Use of nitrous oxide and intranasal fentanyl for procedures, Reduction fractures limbs- humerus, ulna/radius, tibia/femur, Application plaster of paris casts, Application splints, slings, tubi-grip, Acute management trauma, Acute management critical care patients, Dressings, Acute management surgical patients, Acute management status epilepticus, Management acute respiratory illness including use of HiFlo, low flow O2, Acute care eye injuries, Acute care burns, Laparoscopic and open appendicectomy, Incision and drainage abscess skin, Right hemicolectomy, Incision and drainage abscesses, Cystoscopy, Gastroscopy, Laparotomy, Tracheostomy, History taking child and parent, Examination newborn/neonate, infant, child, Intravenous cannulation neonate/infant/child, Central venous line insertion under ultrasound guidance, Arterial line insertion under with and without ultrasound guidance, Intubation neonate/child, Advanced airway management, Intraosseous cannulation, Reduction dislocation shoulder and hip, Primary management acute fractures, Reduction fractures radius/ulna, Reduction fractures femur, Reduction fractures tibia/fibula, Application sling, collar and cuff for clavicle/upper limb injuries, Use of eFAST in trauma, Acute management limb sprains - examination, splints, tubigrip application, crutch use education, Repair simple and complex wounds, Acute management of child/adolescent mental health, and liaison with CYMHS, Acute management of Nonaccidental injury and liaison with Child Protection, Police. Reporting of NAI, Management, acute and chronic of burns, including analgesia, dressings, fluid resuscitation as needed., Suturing of lacerations to face, limbs, trunk, Lumber puncture of neonate, infant, child

Verification Statement

04/08/25, M.Ovaskainen, !

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 06/23/75

Medical Licensing Authorities

APHRA, Australia, MED0000951318

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Paediatric Registrar - Emergency

John Hunter Hosptial
05.2025 - 08.2025

Paediatric Registrar

Maitland Hospital
08.2024 - 02.2025

Paediatric Registrar

John Hunter Hospital
05.2024 - 08.2024

Paediatric Registrar

Gosford Hospital
08.2023 - 02.2024

Paediatric Registrar

John Hunter Children's Hospital
02.2023 - 08.2023

Paediatric Registrar

Lismore Hospital
08.2022 - 02.2023

Paediatric Registrar - Oncology

John Hunter Children's Hospital
02.2022 - 04.2025

Paediatric Registrar

John Hunter Children's Hospital
11.2021 - 08.2022

Paediatric SRMO

Gosford Hospital and Wyong Hospital
09.2020 - 01.2021

Paediatric SRMO

John Hunter Hospital
02.2020 - 08.2020

Emergency Registrar

Ipswich Hospital, Emergency Department
02.2015 - 02.2020

Principal House Officer

Emergency Department, Queen Elizabeth 2 Hospital
02.2014 - 02.2015

Surgical Assisting with Gold Coast Assisting

Various
01.2013 - 12.2013

Principal House Officer

Paediatric Department, Logan Hospital
08.2012 - 02.2013

Junior Registrar

Emergency Department, Royal Darwin Hospital
03.2012 - 07.2012

Locum Resident

Emergency Department, Royal Darwin Hospital
12.2011 - 01.2012

Locum Urology Principal House Officer

Urology Department, Hervey Bay Hospital
01.2011 - 01.2011

Locum Surgical Registrar

General Surgery Department, Bundaberg General Hospital
01.2011 - 01.2011

Locum Resident

Emergency Department, Port Macquarie Hospital
12.2010 - 12.2010

Locum Surgical Registrar

General Surgery, Redcliffe Hospital
12.2009 - 01.2010

Locum Surgical Registrar

General Surgery, Kalgoorlie Hospital
03.2009 - 09.2009

Surgical Principal House Officer

Cairns Base Hospital
01.2008 - 12.2008

Surgical Principal House Officer

Mackay Base Hospital
01.2007 - 01.2008

Surgical Principal House Officer

Mater Adult and Mater Children's Hospitals
07.2006 - 01.2007

General Surgery Principal House Officer

Bundaberg General Hospital
01.2006 - 07.2006

Surgical Resident

Royal Hobart Hospital
01.2005 - 12.2005

Surgical Resident

Launceston General Hospital
01.2004 - 12.2004

Surgical Resident

Royal Hobart Hospital
01.2004 - 12.2004

MBBS -

University of Queensland

Bachelor of Nursing -

Queensland University of Technology
Mari-Anne Ovaskainen