Megan Farquhar

• Lead clinical change optimisation to implement new or enhance existing functionality within ieMR
• Complete full change initiative process for ieMR enhancement. Including completion of needs assessment and suitability of change request, prioritisation and DMT scoring, collaboration with DHS regarding technical feasibility and extract requests, compose a DCW, submit ACCC through governance channels, testing, validation and implementation into various ieMR domains, provide communication and education to the business (including training, education materials an phone support)
• Systems integration - led the initial digital investigation into suitability of diet and food allergy integration from food service management system into ieMR at QCH. Including extensive technical investigation and liaison with ieMR DHS, collaboration with digital architect and project delivery specialists.
• Project delivery - involvement in Task Management project delivery (2023). Transitioned all nursing and medical staff to using Medical Review tasks and Consult orders within ieMR. Significant workflow change piece requiring extensive collaboration with leadership, clinicians and other stakeholders.
• Establish partnerships and high functioning stakeholder consultation within CHQ and eHealth digital hospital teams to enable to provision of clinical support, engagement, consultation, negotiation and communication to ensure safe and effective use of the clinical systems and improve patient safety.
• Enable a culture of supporting professional learning, growth, research and commitment to leading and driving delivery of excellence in the use of clinical systems specific to the digital hospital program throughout CHQ.

Clinical Practice:

• Independently manage and deliver high level, evidence based clinical dietetic services across the continuum of care to paediatric patients across multiple clinical caseloads.
• Provide regular clinical cover to caseloads across the medical, surgical and rehab streams.
• Provide out of hours on-call service
• Manage inpatient Multi Patient Task List and departmental consults
• Maintain clear and concise documentation in ieMR, PFM and CIMHA
• Provision of outreach dietetics services to regional centers
• Manage several complex ‘special' patients as allocated by the Director of Dietetics
• Credentialed to order parenteral nutrition in ieMR

Communication:

• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary and dietetic teams through combined consultations to provide complete, family centred care.
• Daily patient coordination and handover to local services
• Attendance to and participation in statewide Dietitian Nutrition Strategic Coalition group

Leadership:

• Invited member of multiple statewide groups (Dietetics Digital Health Group, Digital Allied Health Community of Practice, CF Dietetics Group Australia, Health and Wellbeing Network, Dietetics Dashboard Group and PaedSig)
• ieMR Change Group Coordinator and lead for ieMR enhancements for dietetics department
• Presentations at multiple national and international conferences and at DNSC planning days.
• Initiate and lead quality activity projects to improve paediatric dietetics at CHQ. Examples of leadership roles include ieMR Change Group Coordinator for dietetics, implementation of a new rapid refeeding protocol for eating disorder patients and several service improvement activities within the cystic fibrosis caseload. Provision of student and peer supervision.
• Regular involvement and presentations to department level in-service and professional development training sessions for ongoing upskilling of clinical knowledge
• Provide in-service education sessions to dietetic, medical and nursing staff.
• Lead departmental huddle, manage staff cover and movement through distribution of resources to priority inpatient/outpatient caseloads
• Management of sick leave and staff cover for formula room staff when providing weekend on call service