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Sandra Ryan

Brisbane,QLD

Summary

Motivated Registered Midwife providing expert primary care to mothers and their babies. I am skilled in caring for newborn infants and providing emotional support for mothers. Recent expert experience in providing education and support to students, new and current members of staff.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Clinical Facilitator, Midwifery

Mater Mother's Hospital
Brisbane, QLD
10.2022 - Current
  • Support Education Coordinator in the delivery of education strategies included in Mater Education's Strategic and operational plans.
  • Provide direct and indirect support and supervision to clinicians to promote and facilitate positive clinical outcomes and high value healthcare.
  • Support the professional development of the interprofessional team
  • Work in accordance with National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards initiatives.
  • Participates in the revision and implementation of new polices and models of care.
  • Deliver a variety of education activities which meet the needs of individuals, clinical workplace, and the organisation to support staff and increase workforce capacity and capability.

Registered Midwife

Mater Mother's Hospital
, QLD
07.2019 - 10.2022
  • Caring for woman with high and low risk pregnancies during the intrapartum period. This include women with preterm labour, PET and other health concerns that require close monitoring, and babies with cardiac anomalies.
  • Monitoring mother's health, comfort and emotional states before, during and after labour.
  • Care of term infants immediately post postpartum including those requiring blood sugar monitoring, IVAB's and babies requiring extra monitoring eg: phototherapy for Jaundice.
  • Supporting the woman with infant feeding.
  • Assessing and Triaging woman in the Pregnancy Assessment Centre.
  • Working in all areas of antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care in Mater Mothers' Hospital.

Registered Midwife

Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust
Worthing, West Sussex
2005 - 2014
  • Caring for women and their babies during the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period.
  • Managing the Triage, taking phonecalls, giving advice as required.
  • Escorting women with high risk pregnancies below 32 weeks gestation to a referral tertiary unit.

Registered Staff Nurse

Various
UK, Australia And New Zealand
1999 - 2004
  • I have a wide breadth of nursing experience having worked in various hospitals in London and the Southeast of England as well as Royal Hospital for Woman, St Vincents, RPA and RNSH in Sydney, and Tauranga Public Hospital in New Zealand
  • Gynaecology was my main focus but I also worked on general surgical and medical wards.

Education

Bachelor of Science - MIDWIFERY

University of Brighton
Brighton, England
08.2005

Diploma of Higher Education - NURSING

Thames Valley University
London England
10.1999

Leaving Certificates in Health Sciences & Maths - Health Sciences & Maths

Ashfield College
Dublin, Ireland
06.1996

Leaving Certificate - English, Maths, Irish, Geography, Biology, Art

Presentation Secondary School
Kilkenny, Ireland
06.1994

Certificate IV - Training & Assessment

TAFE Queensland
Queensland

Skills

  • Adult Resuscitation
  • Neonatal Resuscitation
  • Clinical Triage in PAC
  • IV cannulation & Venepuncture
  • Breastfeeding Champion Role
  • Care of Epidurals
  • Ultrasound scanning for Presentation
  • Care of woman requesting waterbirths
  • Examination of the Well Newborn

Timeline

Clinical Facilitator, Midwifery

Mater Mother's Hospital
10.2022 - Current

Registered Midwife

Mater Mother's Hospital
07.2019 - 10.2022

Registered Midwife

Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust
2005 - 2014

Registered Staff Nurse

Various
1999 - 2004

Bachelor of Science - MIDWIFERY

University of Brighton

Diploma of Higher Education - NURSING

Thames Valley University

Leaving Certificates in Health Sciences & Maths - Health Sciences & Maths

Ashfield College

Leaving Certificate - English, Maths, Irish, Geography, Biology, Art

Presentation Secondary School

Certificate IV - Training & Assessment

TAFE Queensland

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