Ambitious Board Certified Registered Nurse with exceptional background of performance. Expert in all aspects of patient care with success in working with multidisciplinary teams to create care plans focused on patient-centered care. Accomplished in leading unit-based groups to improve delivery of care and patient satisfaction.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Nurse Unit Manager
Baptcare Hedley Sutton
10.2023 - Current
Ensure clinical care is delivered to all consumers as per scope of each staff member’s practice & AHPRA guidelines
Ensures care reflects current best practice guidelines & respects the individual consumer’s needs & preferences with dignity.
Ensure staff has appropriate equipment & training to provide care
Attend site meetings & mandatory staff training as required or directed by site Manager. Encourage & facilitate educational development of the team
Liaise with both internal & external customers (consumers, families, contractors & visitors) in a compassionate, helpful manner
Ensures all required reporting (risk, audits, reviews) are completed as per schedules & ensures appropriate reporting & action if results under expected limits.
Associate Nurse Unit
Manager
Kyabram District Health Services, Sheridan Aged Care
08.2022 - 12.2023
Assisting NUM in effective and efficient management of clinical division, acting as NUM in their absence
Collaboratively creating nursing care plans and evaluating or modifying them using a range of assessment techniques
Demonstrating good communication skills with residents, their families and staff
Monitoring, evaluation and review of goals of care with residents
Auditing and identifying areas of nursing practice where improvement can be made
Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy
Following up and booking appointment of residents
Managing behaviors and escalating issues as required.
Nursing Unit Manager
Lutheran Aged Care
06.2023 - 08.2023
Enforced nursing practice standards and recommended unit and institution policies and procedures to boost medical care quality.
Coordinated nursing activities and staffing with health-related, therapeutic and support services to streamline service delivery.
Created, implemented and evaluated programs that promoted staff recruitment, retention and development.
Evaluated and monitored care and services throughout shift to improve quality levels.
Communicated with patients, ensuring that medical information was kept private.
Registered Nurse
Harmony Village
11.2021 - 05.2023
Managed care from admission to discharge
Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses
Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action
Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep recordscurrent and support accurate treatments
Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans
Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions
Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring and specimen collection.
After Hours Clinical Care Coordinator
Shepparton Villages
01.2022 - 04.2023
Ensuring appropriate care of residents as documented in clinical care plans.
Actively manage and participate in service provision to residents with complex clinical are with particular focus on wound management, behavioural management and medication management.
Consultation with medical professionals to ensure best practice outcomes of each resident.
Working with clinical staff to facilitate, support and coordinate a comprehensive approach to resident care. Promote a culture of staff undertaking responsibility for completing documentation accurately in required timeframes.
Managing short staffing across the facilities and support clinical staff where required.
Registered Nurse
Nagambie Health Care
07.2021 - 01.2022
Provided direct patient care, stabilised patients and determined next
course of action
Led successful team comprised of RNs, ENs and PCA
Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records
current and support accurate treatments
Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management,
discharge plan objectives, safe medication use and disease management
Managed care from admission to discharge
Administered medications
via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
Registered Nurse
Mercy Healthcare
03.2021 - 09.2021
Managed care from admission to discharge
Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses
Provided direct patient care, stabilised patients and determined next course of action
Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy
Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments
Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
Registered Nurse
Alpha Medical Clinic
02.2021 - 08.2021
Obtaining Blood samples
Electrocardiogram
Minor and complex wound management
Adult and children immunisations
Covid-19 vaccines
Collaborate with team to plan for patient's care plans.
Education
Bachelors of Nursing -
Western Sydney University
Sydney, NSW
12.2020
Skills
Specialized Healthcare
Referrals
Care Coordination
Nursing Consultation
Procedure Assistance
Critical Thinking
Patient Examination
Medication Administration
Medical Record keeping
Creative Problem Solving
Immunizations and
Vaccinations
Compassionate and Caring
Accurate Documentation
Decision Making
Equipment Sterilization
Clear Patient
Communication
Monitoring Vital Signs
Patient Care Assessment
Microsoft Office
Direct Patient Care
Routine Examinations
Hiring and Terminations
Staff Supervision
Unit Administration
Case Review
Care Monitoring
Case Management
Staff Leadership
Quality Improvement
Clinical Leadership
Staff Coaching and Mentoring
Timeline
Nurse Unit Manager
Baptcare Hedley Sutton
10.2023 - Current
Nursing Unit Manager
Lutheran Aged Care
06.2023 - 08.2023
Associate Nurse Unit
Manager
Kyabram District Health Services, Sheridan Aged Care