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Sarah McGrath

Burleigh Heads

Summary

• Continue to display a high level of skill in clinical decision making

• To consistently practice nursing and midwifery at an advanced level

• Continue to develop my leadership skills and support the education of undergraduate students and new staff

• Constant exposure with new and challenging professional experiences

• Continue to expand my nursing and midwifery scope of practice

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Registered Midwife

Gold Coast University Hospital
12.2024 - Current
  • Experience in Birth Suite, Maternity Assessment Centre, Maternity Inpatient Unit and Newborn Care Unit
  • Preceptorship course - completed 2025. Mentoring student midwives by sharing clinical knowledge and modelling excellence, providing constructive feedback and empowering learning

Clinical Nurse

Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus
08.2024 - Current
  • Working independently within the clinical setting
  • Ensuring students and staff have met their vaccination and serological requirements to prepare for health placements and/or work
  • Promotion of vaccine uptake and health screening. Assisting with the promotion and implementation of free HPV vaccinations for international students and cervical screening.
  • Assistance with the development of clinical policy and procedures
  • Developed strong rapport with patients and families, promoting open communication channels for effective collaboration in treatment plans.

Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife

Royal Darwin Hospital
06.2024 - 07.2024

Agency contract with Health Care Australia

  • Care women after gynaecological procedures
  • Providing culturally safe, trauma informed care to Australian First Nation women and their families


Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife

Royal Women's Hospital
05.2022 - 05.2024
  • Maternity Graduate Program (May 2022-May 2024)
  • Rotating position, working within antenatal clinic, complex antenatal ward, birth suite and postnatal ward.
  • Preceptorship course - 2024. Supporting graduate nurses and midwives and new staff as they transition into practice.
  • Assisted in the implementation of the Postnatal Improvement Project (2024), aimed at improving care experiences for women and their families

Education

Master of Midwifery Studies -

Univeristy of Newcastle
Newcastle, NSW
05-2028

Nurse Immuniser -

Benchmarque Group
09-2025

Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery -

Deakin University
Melbourne, VIC
10-2021

Victorian Certificate of Education -

Christian College
Geelong, VIC
11-2017

Skills

  • FSEP level 3 - 2024
  • Intrapartum care - including vaginal examination, artifical rupture of membranes, fetal scalp electrode placement
  • Venepuncture and intravenous cannulation
  • Examination of the Newborn
  • Labour assessment and management
  • Speculum examination
  • Management of the preterm and low birth weight newborn, immediately post birth and in Special Care Nursery settings
  • Breastfeeding establishment and assistance
  • Adult and neonatal basic life support

Timeline

Registered Midwife

Gold Coast University Hospital
12.2024 - Current

Clinical Nurse

Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus
08.2024 - Current

Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife

Royal Darwin Hospital
06.2024 - 07.2024

Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife

Royal Women's Hospital
05.2022 - 05.2024

Master of Midwifery Studies -

Univeristy of Newcastle

Nurse Immuniser -

Benchmarque Group

Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery -

Deakin University

Victorian Certificate of Education -

Christian College
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