Saneesh Thomas
Norville,Australia
Summary
As a proactive, passionate, flexible, and meticulous individual, I have a track record of success in caring for a culturally diverse patient load and vulnerable individuals, presenting with emergency medical issues, chronic health care problems, mental health problems and sexual health education and treatment. Possessed a specialisation of clinical team leadership and management of a primary health care unit in a NT correctional facility including Alice Springs juvenile detention centre, I pride myself on my teamwork, exceptional clinical knowledge, professionalism under pressure, and empathetic patient care and integrity, which are transferrable attributes that would prove useful to any employer. Easy going but patient-focused, with hands-on clinical expertise across a wide range of machines, equipment, and advanced nursing procedures, I enjoy challenges and can adapt well to any circumstance. I commit to strategic goals and consistently adhere to compliance, procedures, legislation, safety, and efficiency. Recently I started working in Mental Health Inpatient Unit Bundaberg where I can challenge myself. Also, during my time I covered the Clinical Manger position multiple times. Skilled in many advanced nursing procedures, including managing mental health care plans, facilitating drug substitute programs, STI treatment, Tuberculosis treatment and monitoring and leading emergency medical situations and responding to Code Blue requirements, I have proven my ability to cope under pressure, maintain exceptionally high nursing standards and work competently within my scope of practice. I excel in developing collaborative stakeholder relationships, possessing the professionalism, medical capability, and courage to deal effectively with patients and relatives in highly stressful and sensitive situations. This is a key attribute that has enabled me to add value and contribute positively to a unique 650 inmate prison, where up to 90% of patients are Indigenous. I have the experience and confidence to provide modern, efficient, high-quality, and optimal healthcare to all patients and apply my broad-ranging clinical knowledge with empathy and integrity. With over eight years of Registered Nurse (RN), Clinical Team Leader and Prison Health Care Manager (PHCM) experience, I have the necessary drive and determination to succeed in any role that requires the ability to work autonomously, innovatively, and professionally.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Bundaberg Hospital Mental Health Inpatient Unit
10.2023 - Current
- Caring for patients with acute conditions - building relationships and responding to their physical and emotional needs, while delivering effective care. Administering patients' medications and treatments - and monitoring results. Dealing with the specific symptoms of mental illness, de-escalating stressful situations, and helping patients overcome challenges. Interacting with patients' families and other care staff - offering advice and information on patients' conditions. Preparing and maintaining patients’ records, producing care plans and risk assessments. Organizing group therapy sessions, including social and artistic events, aimed at promoting patients' mental recovery. Entering progressive notes and essential documentation in CIMHA including admission and discharge data. Assist consumers in their journey with build therapeutic relationships by applying specialized communication skills to form connections and promote wellbeing.
- RESPONSIBILITIES AS RN INPATIENT UNIT.
- Patient assessment, treatment plan development, medication administration, and providing therapeutic support.
- Play a crucial role in patient safety, advocacy, and education for patients and their families.
- Collaborating with the interdisciplinary team (including psychiatrists, therapists, and other healthcare professionals) to develop and implement individualized treatment plans that address the patient's specific needs.
- Maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient records, documenting assessments, treatments, and progress.
- Responding to acute mental health crises, de-escalating tense situations, and providing immediate support.
- Organizing social activities and events to help patients develop social skills, reduce isolation, and promote well-being.
Clinical Team Leaders RN4
Alice Springs Correctional Centre / Juvenile Centre
05.2013 - 09.2023
- Now considered a senior member of a very professional and high-performing nursing team within a primary health care unit, as Clinical Team Leader, I provide team supervision and coordinate the daily clinic operations, which is a mix of emergency care, a semi acute unit and long-term management of a range of chronic health care conditions. As a leader, I take responsibility for patient care, patient management, clinic administration and nursing decision making in a pressurised and demanding health care environment. Working closely with the Prison Health Care Manager, I am central to all communication channels involving visiting allied health care providers or correctional facility staff and ensure that any risk, health and safety and prison procedures are properly adhered to. Since 2015 I have regularly deputised as Acting Prison Health Care Manager in formal acting secondments, where I have managed the entire primary health care unit, with human resource coordination, compliant management, collaborating with the mental health care team, mediating interdepartmental conflict, assessing patient management risks, formal communications, and reporting administration. As a decision-maker and motivational leader, I have excelled in this position, ensuring that the quality of patient care and nursing delivery is maintained.
- RESPONSIBILITIES AS ACTING PRISON HEALTH CARE MANAGER
- Participating in meetings with correctional staff, mental health, education, and NT health care officials
- Coordination, administration management and delivery of safe and risk-free effective clinical practice
- Overseeing the assessment of clinical risk regarding suicide prevention, self-harm, and risk to others
- Driving best practice client referrals based on clinical needs and availability of allied health services.
- Manage, coach, develop and support the team, whilst advocating for enhancing workplace culture
- Coordination and administration of allied health teams, including dentists, audiology, and radiology.
- Continually reviewing and addressing the balance between patient care delivery and personal risk
- Demonstrating clear and accountable clinical decisions within the scope of professional practice
- Reacting positively and quickly to interdepartmental conflict, ensuring rapid and fair resolution
- Assessing cultural and language-based needs of patients to ensure an equitable client service.
- Using data-led evidence-based decision making to improve patient care and clinical practice.
- Administration management, investigation, and reporting on health commission complaints
- Ongoing review and improvement of primary health care delivery and service to patients
- Day to day performance, discipline, and grievance management of the nursing team
- Organising and facilitating relevant in-service training for all staff, including doctors
- RESPONSIBILITIES AS CLINICAL TEAM LEADER RN4
- Providing leadership for safe use, storage and administration of medication and vaccines, including COVID-19
- Overseeing best practice health assessments in line with the professional and primary health care standards
- Inducting, mentoring, and guiding new staff members ensuring a supportive and inclusive workplace culture.
- Responding to and contributing to ‘Code Blue’ incidents and facilitating the medical evacuation of inmates
- Undertaking minor surgical procedures including suturing, back slab plasterwork and injury management
- Ordering, administrating and stock management of medications, medical equipment and clinical supplies.
- Responding to acute medical situations and providing emergency leadership and treatment for inmates
- Contributing to the development of management plans and initiatives for the “health at risk” prisoners
- New inmate health care screening, assessing any chronic conditions and developing a health care plan.
- Providing quality primary health care to patient inmates as part of a primary health care nursing team
- Contributing to staff meetings, discussing continual health service improvements and resolving issues
- Planning, administrating and coordinating inmate patient discharges following correctional protocols.
- Extensive communication and coordination with correctional officers, Doctors, RNs and allied health
- Following Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association (CARPA) patient treatment standards
- Utilising Patient Care Information System (PCIS) software to document all patient health records.
- Assessment and treatment within the scope of nursing practice with allied health care referrals
- Planning, coordinating, administrating, and delivering quarterly cardio-vascular assessments.
- Reassessing health care plans, especially for patients with chronic health conditions
Registered Nurse - Pool
Alice Springs Hospital
11.2012 - 04.2013
- As an NT Health pool RN at this 180-bed hospital, I worked within multiple wards before establishing myself as a regular in the Medical and Surgical Ward, where I worked effectively as part of a dedicated team, attending to patients, and facilitating a range of health care plans. Additionally, I spend time in the Continue Care Ward and rapidly developed my Australian nursing skills in patient assessment, medication administration, disease prevention, infection control and restorative measures.
Personal Care Assistant
Old Timers Nursing Home
04.2009 - 08.2012
- As part of a multidisciplined personal care team, I worked closely under the direction of an RN to provide Activities of Daily Living (ADL) to over 68 clients in this high care facility. My ability to communicate effectively and build positive professional relationships with staff, stakeholders, clients, and their families was highly regarded and contributed to improving the standard and quality of life for many of my clients. My prior nursing experience allowed me to become an active contributor in case conferences and participate in the continual improvement process for the organisation.
Overseas Qualified Nursing Program
Mercy Hospital WA
05.2012 - 06.2012
- In addition to attending ongoing classroom training, I worked full-time for six weeks as a student nurse across multiple hospital departments. My experiences within the Surgical and Medical Ward and Restorative Unit enhanced my ability to provide best practice patient care for patients with acute and chronic medical needs, following hospital patient treatment standards.
Registered Nurse Medical and Surgical
Puthiyedom Hospital
11.2006 - 12.2007
- Working in busy medical/surgical ward rapidly developed my skills in nursing patients with acute medical conditions, as well as enhancing my capabilities to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary health care team dedicated to providing nursing care for critically ill patients. Also, provide care to patients pre and post-surgical procedures.
Registered Nurse Intensive Care Unit
Amrita Institute of Medical Science
05.2005 - 10.2006
- As an RN in this busy hospital, I worked primarily in ICU and cared for critically ill patients requiring mechanical ventilation, titration of critical drips, hemodynamic monitoring, and computer charting, which required dedication and expertise. Many clients were in ICU because of acute stroke, haemorrhagic bleeds, myocardial infarction, dissecting aortic aneurysms, pulmonary emboli, respiratory failure, acute respiratory distress syndrome, GI bleeds and cardiac arrest. I took responsibility for total patient care, including medication administration, tracheostomy care, stoma care and epidural analgesia etc.
Education
Graduate Certificate - Correctional Nursing
Central Queensland (CQ) University
01.2022
Overseas Nursing Program Australia - undefined
Institute of Health and Nursing Perth
01.2012
Bachelor of Nursing - undefined
Swamy Vivekananda School of Nursing
01.2004
Skills
- Fully committed to ongoing professional development, able to keep abreast of emerging nursing protocols
- Trained COVID -19 Vaccine Coordination Leader, with a background in delivering immunisation programs
- Exceptional interpersonal relationship development and communication skills, able to build patient trust
- Skilled in the leadership and delivery of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in high-pressure environments
- Proven PHCM with an ability to effectively manage unpredictable primary health care unit situations
- Medication administration, apply back slab, suturing and lance boils and prescribe nurse initiated medication
- Capable of working under extreme pressure and using evidence to make informed clinical decisions
- Advanced nursing skills in managing chronic health, mental health, STI management and alcohol/drug patient issues
- Over 15 years of primary and acute care nursing experience with proven team leading capabilities
- Outstanding patient administration, organisational, planning and hospital software skills
- Proven ability to make a difference in people’s lives and deliver exceptional health care
- Concern for quality, possessing patience, integrity, professionalism, and common sense
- Exceptional patient assessment, observation, administration, and documentation skills
- Highly regarded trainer, educator, coach and developer of stakeholders and patients
- Proven ability to deliver culturally appropriate health care to Indigenous patients
- Medication and IV administration
- Medication administration
- Direct patient care
- Patient assessments
- Documentation and charting
- Patient assessment
- Strong clinical judgment
- Patient education and counseling
- Patient and family advocacy
- Infection control measures
- Wound care
- Compassion and empathy
- Patient monitoring
- Care plan development
- Physical assessments
- Patient care planning
- Nursing staff leadership
- Intake and discharge
- Complex Problem-solving
- Emergency response
- Chronic disease management
- Procedure preparations
- Emergency procedures
- Treatment Planning
- Chest pain management
- Health screening
- Acute care expertise
- Case management
- Removing sutures
- Seizure management
- At-risk patient care
- [Software] use
- Setting up referrals
- Intake and discharge
- Complex Problem-solving
- Emergency response
- Chronic disease management
- Procedure preparations
- Emergency procedures
- Treatment Planning
- Chest pain management
- Health screening
- Acute care expertise
- Case management
- Removing sutures
- Seizure management
- At-risk patient care
- [Software] use
- Setting up referrals
Accomplishments
- A key contributor to 5 multi-agency meetings, offering process improvements ideas and solutions to problems.
- Trained and mentored multiple staff, reducing staff attrition rates in this unique and pressurised workplace.
- As COVID -19 Vaccine Coordination Leader implemented and led a highly successful immunisation program
- Completed a Remote Emergency Care course strengthening my capability to manage emergency situations.
- Led improvements in the delivery of culturally suitable health care for a high Aboriginal inmate population.
- Significantly improved my staff and primary health care management and decision making skills as PHCM
Training
- Graduation Certificate in Correctional Nursing 2022
- COVID -19 Vaccine Training Program 2021
- Annual Basic Life Support, Fire and Safety 2023
- 20 Hours Critical Care Nursing 2020
- Online ALS Course 2020
- I-stat Analyser 2019
- Prison Health Conference, Melbourne 2018
- Remote Emergency Care 2018
- Understanding Vaccines and National Immunisation Program, SA 2018
- Clinical Blood Transfusion Practice 2017
- Transition to Remote Area Nursing Program (TRAN) 2015
- About Giving Vaccines, NT 2015
- Aboriginal Culture 2015
- Pharmacotherapy 2015
- Suturing and Plastering 2015
- Medication Safety and Administration 2015
- Long-Acting Antipsychotic Medications 2014
- Emergency Evacuation 2013
- Infection Control Principles 2013
- Use of Infusion Pump 2013
- Palliative Care Nursing 2012
- Hydration and Nutrition 2011
- Dementia Behaviours 2010
Languages
English
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Bundaberg Hospital Mental Health Inpatient Unit
10.2023 - Current
Clinical Team Leaders RN4
Alice Springs Correctional Centre / Juvenile Centre
05.2013 - 09.2023
Registered Nurse - Pool
Alice Springs Hospital
11.2012 - 04.2013
Overseas Qualified Nursing Program
Mercy Hospital WA
05.2012 - 06.2012
Personal Care Assistant
Old Timers Nursing Home
04.2009 - 08.2012
Registered Nurse Medical and Surgical
Puthiyedom Hospital
11.2006 - 12.2007
Registered Nurse Intensive Care Unit
Amrita Institute of Medical Science
05.2005 - 10.2006
Overseas Nursing Program Australia - undefined
Institute of Health and Nursing Perth
Bachelor of Nursing - undefined
Swamy Vivekananda School of Nursing
Graduate Certificate - Correctional Nursing
Central Queensland (CQ) University
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