Sarah Smail
Ascot Vale,Vic
Summary
Experienced registered nurse, educator, and leader with 30+ years of expertise in clinical and corporate roles. Passionate about ensuring safety and best practices while delivering patient-focused care. As the Undergraduate Nursing Coordinator at Epworth Healthcare Group, successfully led a team of 15 nurse educators through a strong and transparent management approach focused on active listening and empowerment. Primary focus on promoting public health and safety by educating undergraduate nurses and equipping them with skills for quality care and exceptional customer service. Proactively foster industry partnerships and organizational relationships to drive workforce development and continuous quality improvement within Epworth and the broader healthcare industry.
Overview
38
38
years of professional experience
Work History
Group Undergraduate Nursing Coordinator
Epworth Health Care
01.2016 - Current
- Company Overview: Corporate healthcare organization providing various medical services
- Lead development of undergraduate programs demonstrating 465% increase at Epworth since 2016
- Liaise with multiple stakeholders to provide clinical placements for Bachelor, Diploma, midwifery and paramedicine undergraduates whilst promoting patient safety and workforce opportunities in the organisation
- Developing fellowship programs to strengthen industry relationships and recruitment
- Coordinate up to 29,000 student days p/a equivalent to $2.4mil income managing invoicing and budget
- Manage a team of qualified clinical facilitators to provide expert facilitation of undergraduate and postgraduate students on placement across 8 Epworth sites including a casual workforce, payroll, staff KPIs, PDP
- Delivery of organisational safety training
- Commitment to continuous quality improvement
- Deliver induction and BLS training and assessment
- Adjunct lecturer position – Holmesglen Institute
- Corporate healthcare organization providing various medical services
Clinical Nurse Facilitator/Educator
Epworth Health Care
01.2012 - 01.2016
- Company Overview: Corporate healthcare organization providing various medical services
- Clinical education, assessment and support of undergraduate Division 1 and Enrolled Nurses and staff at all Epworth campuses
- Development and delivery of ‘inhouse’ training courses for Clinical Supervision
- Deliver induction and BLS training and assessment
- Support of other functions of the department ie
- Simulation training, assisting Medical students on placement
- Acting Group Undergraduate Nursing Coordinator during times of leave
- Corporate healthcare organization providing various medical services
Liaison Nurse
Epworth Health Care
01.2012 - 01.2016
- Company Overview: Corporate healthcare organization providing various medical services
- Liaison nurse - ACU Flexible Model of clinical placement
- Communicate with ACU, represent Epworth at ACU clinical school meetings
- Support clinical facilitators with ACU student cohorts
- Orientation, rostering, support of ward staff, clinical support, education and assessment
- Corporate healthcare organization providing various medical services
Registered Nurse
Epworth Health Care
01.2000 - 01.2012
- Company Overview: Corporate healthcare organization providing various medical services
- Senior staff member on 42 bed cardiac unit, caring for patients with various cardiac conditions from Bypass surgery to chronic illness, delivering safe effective patient centred care
- Corporate healthcare organization providing various medical services
Casual Clinical Educator
First Call Health
01.2011 - 12.2011
- Masters of Nursing students in the clinical setting delivering classroom style education and clinical education
- Performing formative and summative assessments
Registered Nurse
Monash Medical Centre
01.2000 - 12.2001
- Agency Nursing in Emergency Department, Dandenong Emergency Department, Jessie MacPherson Cardiac ward
Registered Cardiac Nurse
The Heart Hospital
01.1998 - 12.2000
- Company Overview: Hospital in London specializing in cardiac care
- Caring for patients with various cardiac conditions from Bypass surgery to chronic illness, delivering safe effective patient centered care
- Infection control representative
- Hospital in London specializing in cardiac care
Registered Nurse Bank
Lister Hospital
01.1998 - 12.2000
- Company Overview: Hospital in London providing general nursing services
- General Nursing in a variety of specialties, surgical, orthopaedic, plastics
- Hospital in London providing general nursing services
Registered Nurse
St John of God Hospital Ballarat
01.1996 - 12.1998
- Company Overview: Hospital providing various medical services
- Emergency Department, CCU and Advanced Surgical/ Medical ward 3 East
- Hospital providing various medical services
Associate Nurse Unit Manager
St John of God Hospital Ballarat
01.1993 - 12.1995
- Company Overview: Hospital providing various medical services
- 30 Orthopaedic ward and Short Stay Surgical Unit
- Hospital providing various medical services
Registered Nurse
St John of God Hospital Ballarat
01.1991 - 12.1993
- Company Overview: Hospital providing various medical services
- 30 bed Orthopaedic ward
- Hospital providing various medical services
Graduate Nurse
St John of God Hospital Ballarat
01.1990 - 12.1991
- Company Overview: Hospital providing various medical services
- Graduate Nurse Program
- Hospital providing various medical services
Student Nurse
St John of God Hospital Ballarat
01.1987 - 12.1989
- Company Overview: Hospital providing various medical services
- Diploma of Nursing
- Hospital providing various medical services
Skills
- Liaise effectively with stakeholders
- Team management
- Coordination
- Safety training
- Continuous quality improvement
- Difficult conversations
- Feedback
Academic and education history
- Graduate Diploma Business Management, Swinburne online, 2020
- Adjunct lecturer, Holmesglen institute, 2020
- ANZAHPE Conference- Presenter, TED-Style (10 min. present): Standardizing clinical placement expectations, resources and outcomes for Undergraduate Nursing Students and Clinical Facilitators Sarah Coat, Epworth Healthcare Australia, 2019
- Accredited Trainer, Speaking up for safety initiative- Cognitive institute and Epworth Healthcare, 2018
- Epworth Healthcare Frontline Leadership program, Swinburne University, 2017
- Cert IV Leadership, Swinburne University, 2017
- NHET Sim Program, Module 1 and 2, Monash University, 2014
- Teaching on the Run, Epworth Hospital, University of Western Australia, 2013
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, ANMF, Melbourne, 2011
- Certificate of Emergency Nursing, NSW Emergency Nurses Association, 1996
- Diploma of Management, St John of God Hospital, Ballarat, 1993
- Post Graduate Bachelor of Nursing, University of Ballarat, 1992
- Diploma of Nursing, St John of God Hospital, Ballarat, 1987-1989
- Floral Art Diploma, Australian Academy of Floral Art, Melbourne, 2002
Affiliations
- ANMF
Languages
French
Limited Working
Interests
- Hiking
- Yoga
- Pilates
- Swimming
- Passionate about balancing physical health with mental and emotional wellness
- I participate in low-impact exercises to strengthen core muscles
- Road Trips
- Train Travel
- Adventure Travel
- Backpacking and Hiking
- Participate in local theater productions, enhancing my public speaking and teamwork skills
- Acting and Theater
- Music
Timeline
Group Undergraduate Nursing Coordinator
Epworth Health Care
01.2016 - Current
Clinical Nurse Facilitator/Educator
Epworth Health Care
01.2012 - 01.2016
Liaison Nurse
Epworth Health Care
01.2012 - 01.2016
Casual Clinical Educator
First Call Health
01.2011 - 12.2011
Registered Nurse
Epworth Health Care
01.2000 - 01.2012
Registered Nurse
Monash Medical Centre
01.2000 - 12.2001
Registered Cardiac Nurse
The Heart Hospital
01.1998 - 12.2000
Registered Nurse Bank
Lister Hospital
01.1998 - 12.2000
Registered Nurse
St John of God Hospital Ballarat
01.1996 - 12.1998
Associate Nurse Unit Manager
St John of God Hospital Ballarat
01.1993 - 12.1995
Registered Nurse
St John of God Hospital Ballarat
01.1991 - 12.1993
Graduate Nurse
St John of God Hospital Ballarat
01.1990 - 12.1991
Student Nurse
St John of God Hospital Ballarat
01.1987 - 12.1989
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