Nicole Soon
North Ryde,NSW
Summary
Registered Nurse with four years’ perioperative experience and current practice in an interventional procedure centre supporting interventional cardiology and radiology procedures. Experienced in scrub/scout, procedural support, and post-procedure recovery roles within fast-paced, high-acuity environments. Committed to safe, patient-centred care and effective multidisciplinary teamwork.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Interventional Procedure Centre, North Shore Private Hospital
03.2025 - Current
- Perform scrub/scout roles for coronary angiography, angioplasty, cardiac device implantation, and a broad range of interventional radiology procedures.
- Maintain sterile technique while undertaking continuous haemodynamic monitoring and timely escalation of clinical changes.
- Support conscious sedation during procedures, providing continuous patient monitoring, airway awareness, and safe post-sedation recovery.
- Provide post-procedural recovery care for interventional cardiac and radiology procedures, including TAVI, ablation, pacemaker insertion, coronary angiography, and TACE, with continuous clinical assessment, haemodynamic monitoring, and timely escalation of care.
- Participate in clinical audits, contributing to quality improvement and compliance with safety and practice standards.
- Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team to support safe, efficient and patient-centred care.
- Provide compassionate, patient-centred communication, offering reassurance, education, and emotional support to patients and families.
Perioperative Registered Nurse
St George Hospital
03.2025 - Current
- Adapt quickly to varying surgeon preferences, instrumentation, and theatre workflows.
- Perform scrub/scout duties in a casual capacity, adhering to ACORN standards while working across unfamiliar teams and surgical lists.
- Apply strong situational awareness to anticipate case requirements and maintain patient safety throughout procedures.
- Communicate with the Nurse Unit Manager and nurse in charge regarding competencies and allocations to support safe practice in a casual role.
Perioperative Registered Nurse
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
04.2023 - 02.2025
- Practised as a scrub/scout nurse in a large teaching hospital with 18 operating theatres, assisting across multiple specialties including emergency, general, orthopaedics, robotics, plastics, vascular, neurosurgery, ENT, and maxillofacial.
- Maintain efficient theatre setup to support high case turnover and time-critical emergency procedures.
- Maintain strict aseptic technique and adhere to infection prevention protocols to support safe surgical outcomes.
- Continuously develop perioperative skills in line with current evidence-based practice.
- Uphold ACORN standards across all aspects of perioperative nursing to deliver safe, high-quality patient care.
- Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to support safe, patient-centred perioperative care.
Education
Master of Nursing -
University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD12-2022
Bachelor of Biomedical Science -
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, QLD12-2020
Skills
- Efficient theatre workflow management
- Clinical judgement and problem solving
- High turnover theatre environments
- Situational awareness
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Interventional Procedure Centre, North Shore Private Hospital
03.2025 - Current
Perioperative Registered Nurse
St George Hospital
03.2025 - Current
Perioperative Registered Nurse
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
04.2023 - 02.2025
Master of Nursing -
University of Queensland
Bachelor of Biomedical Science -
Queensland University of Technology
Qualifications & certifications
- AHPRA Registration
- Advanced Life Support
- First aid & CPR
- PIVC competency
Referees
- Michael Rey Enriquez
Nurse Unit Manager of Intervention Procedure Centre, North Shore Private Hospital
P: 0410507473
E: EnriquezM@ramsayhealth.com.au
- Altrius Norona
2nd Registered Nurse in charge at Intervention Procedure Centre
P: 0415140414
E: altriusnoronarn@gmail.com