Shanae Lewis
Hamilton Hill,WA
Summary
Proven expertise in clinical settings and documentation, ensuring accurate and compliant medical records to support optimal patient care. Leverages critical thinking and attention to detail to enhance healthcare delivery while effectively collaborating with diverse medical and multidisciplinary teams. Demonstrated adaptability in dynamic environments, fostering strong interpersonal relationships that drive successful teamwork and positive patient outcomes. Committed to advancing patient care through precise documentation and seamless collaboration with healthcare professionals. Committed to quality improvement in the hospital and wider setting and supporting organisational goals.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Development Nurse
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
02.2025 - Current
- Providing ongoing support and mentorship to nursing staff members.
- Evaluated program effectiveness through regular feedback collection and data analysis, refining strategies as needed for optimal results.
- Established partnerships with external organisations such as universities, professional associations, equiptment representatives and healthcare institutions to enhance the overall quality of staff development offerings.
- Delivered targeted coaching sessions to underperforming staff members, enabling them to meet performance expectations within set time frames.
- Organised ongoing professional development opportunities such as seminars and guest lectures to expose staff members to emerging trends in healthcare practice.
- Contributed to the creation of departmental policies and procedures by collaborating with leadership teams, ensuring consistency across all nursing units.
- Coordinated and supervised clinical rotations for student nurses, ensuring that they receive comprehensive exposure to diverse patient care settings.
- Served as a resource for clinical information updates related to best practices, regulatory changes, or advancements in nursing techniques.
- Facilitated a collaborative work environment through team-building exercises and group trainings, fostering strong nurse-to-nurse relationships.
- Recognised and celebrated individual achievements in the nursing team, fostering an atmosphere of motivation and engagement towards excellence in patient care.
- Implemented evidence-based practices in staff development initiatives, promoting a culture of continuous improvement in patient care standards.
- Streamlined onboarding process for new hires, ensuring efficient integration into the clinical setting.
- Built positive rapport with interdisciplinary teams, encouraging open communication channels among nursing staff, physicians, and other healthcare professionals.
- Strengthened nurses'' critical thinking skills through interactive workshops and case study discussions, enhancing their ability to make informed decisions in complex situations.
- Promoted a culture of safety by incorporating risk management principles into training materials and addressing potential hazards through proactive education measures.
- Assessed employees'' skill levels and developed targeted education plans for continuous professional growth.
- Enhanced staff performance by designing and implementing comprehensive training programs tailored to individual needs.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety to ensure crisis prevention interventions and to control and de-escalate situations.
- Conducted ongoing monitoring and evaluations of behaviours and conditions, and updated clinical supervisors with current information.
- Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities.
- Led teams in driving successful patient outcomes by prioritising standard of care and best practices.
- Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
- Participated in evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities.
- Conducting orientation programs, ensuring staff are well equipped and supported to receive their PACU program 6 week certificate and ongoing support through out their 3 month PACU pathway program. As well as, ongoing for future career development.
- Marking staff worksheets and workbooks and providing on the spot education sessions or one to one workshops in areas that require improvement or further education.
- Proficient in written and verbal communication, as well as excellent skills in Microsoft Office Suites, MS Teams, Outllok, PowerPoint and hospital specific databases
Clinical Nurse
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
12.2020 - Current
- Main duties inclusive of substantive RN duties
- Shift coordination, responsible for the coordination of patients and staff within the PACU environment
- Advanced planning skills to enable the safety of patients and staff through allocation of an appropriate skill mix on the floor, ensuring timely breaks, facilitating education sessions and ensuring staff are well supported on the floor
- Working as the shift coordinator and the LEAD nurse to provide support to the floor coordinator as well as the CNS and floor staff in both main and satellite recovery
- Working together with management to positively implement and support change.
- Acting as a clinical resource on the floor for management, fellow staff members and the multitude of persons that make up the multidisciplinary team
- Empowering staff members on the floor through on the spot education, advanced knowledge, QI presentations and advanced clinical support
- Facilitating the professional development of staff members
- Engaging in QI’s, developing surveys and audit tools to enhance the safety and productivity of PACU and where possible the surgical division
- Liaising and working closely with management to ensure the safety of both patients, staff and visitors
- When coordinating being accountable for all patient’s, staff and visitors in the department and following the hospitals emergency procedures when required
- Advanced critical care skills, looking after ICU, GHDU, 52 HDU, NIISWA and many other complex cohorts of patients
- Providing advanced care based on best practise, hospital based policies/ guidelines and the NSQHS standards
- Advanced A – E assessment skills, efficient identification, management and escalation of potential or actual patient deterioration
- Advanced leadership, decision making and risk assessment skills
- Appropriate dissemination of the latest changes within the department as well as information on up to date, evidenced based clinical care
- Demonstrating and promoting above the line behaviours and the hospitals values of; Care, Respect, Innovation, Teamwork and Integrity
- Performing continuous risk assessments of the department and participating in the maintenance of a safe working environment
- Working collaboratively with the surgical department and the multitude of hospital persons and divisions to ensure safe and efficient patient flow throughout the department and the hospital alike
- Undertaking the clinical supervision and training of new, graduate and or nurses whom are up skilling in the department
- Engaging in activities that support and encourage the wellbeing of all staff
- Conducting staff debriefs following complex and sensitive areas of patient care. As well as organising external hospital wellbeing teams, or multidisciplinary team leaders to outsource the conduction of debriefs for staff.
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
07.2025 - 08.2025
- Provide clinical leadership and consultancy to medical and nursing staff to support patient care and safety, patient flow throughout the perioperative area and for appropriate patient flow from the recovery unit onwards onwards.
- Provide leadership with advanced interpersonal, communication, negotiation and problem solving skills to motivate staff and support the multidisciplinary team.
- Oversaw and provided clinical leadership to, expert education and evidence based guidance to over 60 staff across all recovery units
- Mentored nursing staff through professional development opportunities, enhancing their skill sets and competencies.
- Maintained professional development by attending relevant conferences, workshops, and seminars, staying informed on emerging trends and best practices within the nursing field.
- Served as a clinical expert resource for fellow nurses and medical officers, fostering a collaborative work environment focused on ongoing learning and growth.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to provide the highest standard of patient centred care and improved patient satisfaction.
- Managed two recovery units, a radiology recovery unit and outside areas such as gastroenterology, interventional radiology and NIISWA (neurointerventional and advanced neuroimaging service of Wester Australia)
- Provide specialised knowledge and education in the tertiary, critical care unit of recovery. Looking after complex patient's who have undertake major surgery and whom may have life threatening comorbidities
- Provide advanced, complex problem solving and process improvement with in the department and the wider hospital.
- Maintains open and collaborative communication skills with key stakeholders, demonstrating advanced written and verbal skills
- Contribute to the development and implementation of business plans and strategies to facilitate effective usage of resources both physical and financial that promote organisational and departmental goals.
- Contribute to and conduct performance management processes which support ongoing staff development and satisfaction
- Excellent skills in using Microsoft Suite, Outlook, MS Teams and hospital specific databases.
- Assist in the hospitals transition to Digital Medical Records and transitioning patient records and documentation to be online
- Expert data analysis. Investigating CIMS (Clinical Incident Management Systems). Entailing liaising with staff to determine their account, review patient health records to ensure that the clinical documentation is complete, accurate, and specific and then recognising the gaps in which led to the clinical incident occuring. Utilising the findings to conduct quality improvement processes, collating the data to present at meetings and initiating targeted education programs to increase staff performance and improve overall systems leading to improved patient outcomes
Registered Nurse
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
08.2019 - 03.2020
- Providing comprehensive, safe and competent holistic nursing care
- Practising in accordance with hospital policies, guidelines and relevant legislation
- Advanced communication, critical thinking, decision making and problem solving skills
- Demonstrating and encouraging others to demonstrate above the line behaviours
- Shift coordinator to cover breaks and or meetings
- Advanced time management skills and efficient prioritisation of care
- Advanced Critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Acting as a resource and educator for colleagues and the multidisciplinary team
- Advanced Risk assessment skills
- Advanced life support interventions and A-E assessments
- Advanced airway and breathing assessment and management
- Postoperative care of 1-2 patients in a critical care environment of varying specialties i.e ICU, GHDU, 52 HDU, NIISWA, ENT, ophthalmology, urology, neurology, gastroenterology, vascular, plastics and orthopaedics
- Early recognition, management and escalation of the deteriorating patient
- Adapting promptly to change and working in a fast paced environment
- Providing effective multimodal pain management inclusive of but not limited to IV opioid administration, patient controlled analgesia, regional analgesia and epidural management
- Providing effective post operative nausea and vomiting treatment
- Advanced assessment of vital signs and treatments including Invasive monitoring, ECG monitoring, fluid resuscitation, blood gases and many more
- Management of patient’s requiring inotropic/vasopressor support
- Arterial line set up, management and removal
- Preparing equipment for and assisting in the insertion of invasive lines (PICC, CVC and Vascath’s)
- Caring for high acuity patient’s that are either awaiting a planned or unplanned General High Dependency Unit and the Intensive Care Unit review or bed space
- Providing care for post op neurosurgery patients inclusive of drain care, EVD care, neurological observations, femoral puncture site observations and use of FEMSTOP equipment
- Caring for and managing confused, aggressive and vulnerable patients from all backgrounds
- ISOBAR handovers and sound documentation skills
- Working with the multidisciplinary team to achieve common goals and best patient outcomes
- Responsible for maintaining own professional development and mandatory training
- Preoperative check ins in holding bay or after hours, inclusive of life of limb consent’s
- Empowering and acting as an advocate for patients and their families
- Educating patients and their families
- Effective communication with colleagues, patients and their families/carers
Graduate Registered Nurse
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
02.2018 - 08.2019
- Providing comprehensive, safe and competent holistic nursing care
- Practising in accordance with hospital policies, guidelines and relevant legislation
- Advanced A-E assessment skills
- Advanced airway and breathing assessment and management, inclusive of the removal of LMA’s and insertion of appropriate airway adjuncts
- Postoperative care of 1-2 patients in a critical care environment of varying specialties
- Managing and recognising the deteriorating patient
- Adapting promptly to change and working in a fast paced environment
- Providing effective multimodal pain management inclusive of but not limited to IV opioid administration, patient controlled analgesia, regional analgesia and epidural management
- Providing effective post operative nausea and vomiting treatment
- Circulation and vital sign assessment including 3 lead and 12 lead ECG monitoring
- Management of patient’s requiring inotropic/vasopressor support
- Arterial line management and removal
- Preparing equipment for and assisting in the insertion of invasive lines (PICC, CVC and Vascath’s)
- Caring for high acuity patient’s that are awaiting the General High Dependency Unit and the Intensive Care Unit
- Providing care for post op neurosurgery patients inclusive of drain care, EVD care, neurological observations, femoral puncture site observations and use of FEMSTOP equipment
- Caring for and managing confused, aggressive and vulnerable patients from all backgrounds
- Time management and prioritisation of care
- Critical thinking and problem solving skills
- ISOBAR handovers and sound documentation skills
- Working with the multidisciplinary team to achieve goals and patient outcomes
- Professional development, completing SDLP’s and mandatory training
- Preoperative check ins in holding bay or after hours
- Providing education for patients and their loved ones
- Acting as a resource for colleagues and the multidisciplinary team
Private carer/home support worker for a young girl with cerebral Palsy
Identity WA
05.2017 - 06.2017
- Assisting with activities of daily living including mobilising, showering, attending to personal hygiene
- Assisting with physiotherapy practises
- Maintaining a safe and fun environment
- Help to improve quality of life and assist in achieving set goals
- Aid in improving communication skills by assisting with homework, through reading and through games
- Assisting the whole family to achieve their goals for the children and providing support and relief time to assist the parent’s with managing employment and family life
Assistant in Nursing
St John of God Mt Lawley
03.2016 - 05.2017
- Participating as a valued team member promoting and contributing to a supportive team environment
- Contributing to and implementing quality improvement and risk management
- The conduction, assessment and recording of, general/neurological observations, blood sugar levels and other situation specific requirements such as bladder scans, UA’s and patient information for example, daily weights.
- Assisting patients to complete their activities of daily living; showering, washing, toileting and assisting in grooming and hygiene routines
- Assisting with feeding and dietary requirements and contribute to an efficient and timely patient admission, transfer and discharge process.
- Maintaining the confidentiality, privacy and dignity of all patients and demonstrating empathy and sensitivity towards patients and relatives.
- Maintaining a safe environment for the patient/s contributing to their comfort needs and participating in emergency situations.
- Maintaining a safe, clean unit environment in accordance with the duty list that contribute to patient/ caregiver comfort needs. I also maintain the tidiness and cleanliness of the area including Nurses station, treatment rooms, pan rooms, and storage areas
- Restocking of supplies and linen.
Disability support worker
Identity WA
03.2016 - 03.2017
- Assisting clients, who are living with various mental and/or physical disabilities, in their day-to-day lives
- Assisting with activities of daily living including showering and personal hygiene duties, dressing, meal preparation and dining assistance, dispensing and recording medication, mobility assistance, wound management/first aid and report writing
- Assisted clients in achieving their goals, aiding them to be involved in the community and to achieve the highest quality of life
- Upholding my clients dignity and confidentiality
- Gained valuable skills and insight into an area of health that I previously didn’t know much about i.e different physical and mental disabilities and diagnoses
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Edith Cowan University
06.2017
Certificate 2, 3 and 4 - Business
Australian Institute of Management
01.2013
Skills
- Clinical expertise
- Accurate clinical documentation
- Data analysis
- Health promotion
- Quality improvement
- Training tools and techniques
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Attention to detail
- Advanced Life Support
- Critical thinking
- Strong clinical judgment
Affiliations
2017 – 2019 Australian Nursing Federation member
Timeline
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
07.2025 - 08.2025
Staff Development Nurse
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
02.2025 - Current
Clinical Nurse
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
12.2020 - Current
Registered Nurse
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
08.2019 - 03.2020
Graduate Registered Nurse
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
02.2018 - 08.2019
Private carer/home support worker for a young girl with cerebral Palsy
Identity WA
05.2017 - 06.2017
Assistant in Nursing
St John of God Mt Lawley
03.2016 - 05.2017
Disability support worker
Identity WA
03.2016 - 03.2017
Certificate 2, 3 and 4 - Business
Australian Institute of Management
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Edith Cowan University
Training
- As a Registered Nurse I complete professional development and exceed the requirements of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. I participate in an annual performance development review and attend education sessions, study days, stay up to date with mandatory learning and have completed self-directed learning packages (SDLP’s).
- Study Programs
- Pandemic Up skilling Program (PUP) – Two weeks in SCGH ICU up skilling and becoming ventilator safe. Proceeded by working in ICU once a fortnight to maintain the skills.
- Study Days/Programs
- A day in SCGH NIISWA
- A Day in SCGH ICU
- A day with the Acute Pain Services team
- A day in the life of a SCGH theatre nurse
- A day in ED
- Surviving Sepsis
- Crisis management simulation followed by a night with the after hours CNS
- Management of Post Operative Complications (Anaes Assist)
- MEDCAST SURGE high dependency unit online course
- Leadership in action November 5th 2020-09-10
- Leadership in action day 2 – on the waitlist for November 2020
- SDLP’s
- Airway management
- Epidural care
- Postoperative nausea and vomiting
- Pain management
- Cardiac Output
- Tracheostomy
- Adult neurological examination
- Introductory to anatomy and physiology of the nervous system
- Anatomy, pathophysiology and management of a subarachnoid hemorrhage
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