Sonia Sharma
Sunshine West,VIC
Summary
Self-driven Registered Nurse with a background in different areas of Nursing, involving excellent communication and time management skills with a focus on client-centered care and develop positive relationships with clients and multi-disciplinary team. Registered Nurse with total 9 years of experience in direct patient care and 2 years of nursing management positions in hospital settings. Active listener with direct communication style and compassionate, non-judgmental approach to build patient trust and rapport. Outside-the-box thinker with strong crisis resolution skills.
Main goal: To always represent the Employer with a friendly and professional demeanor.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Nurse Specialist / Acting Associate Nurse Unit Manager Surgical Admissions and Recovery
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
01.2023 - Current
- Facilitating culture of safety within unit by educating and supporting interprofessional staff to provide optimal care through evidence-based practices and actively pursuing one’s own professional development.
- Taking active role in teaching and enabling others to achieve their goals and serve as informal educator to staff while providing direct care activities.
- Contribute to development of educational resources.
- Participate in audits to monitor and improve patient care and actively contribute to unit quality-improvement initiatives.
- Serve as resource to groups within unit or organization.
- Comply with all relevant clinical standards and National Safety & Quality Health Service Standards
- Acknowledge customer feedback and escalate issues of concern and safety as soon as practicable with appropriate team leaders.
Acting Associate Nurse Unit Manager-Surgical Admissions and Recovery
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
04.2022 - 01.2023
- Responsible for delivery of high-quality patient care or patients under the direction of the Nurse Unit Manager
- Support and assist Nurse Unit Manager in achieving specific Key Performance Indicators as developed for the Unit
- Providing Leadership and mentoring to the Nursing Team, including new graduates and Student nurse
- Act as a clinical role model by providing the highest standard of direct patient care
- Supervise, direct, and support the nursing staff in clinical practice
- Assist the Nurse Unit Manager in achieving the agreed activity targets by managing different Quality Improvement Projects
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient/ client care with and in collaboration with other members of the health team by involving patients in their care
- Participate in the leadership of risk assessment and opportunity identification, to contribute towards organisational wide improvement processes including compliance and improvement initiatives
- To comply with provisions of Occupational Health and Safety Act by taking reasonable precautions to ensure the health and safety of self and others.
Acting Associate Nurse Unit Manager- Sterile Processing Services
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
04.2022 - 01.2023
- .To work in partnership with Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) to provide clinical leadership and support to all staff members and to ensure that patient-centered care is planned, implemented, evaluated, and maintained at high standard as per National Standards and quality KPI’s.
- Primary responsibility is to ensure day-to-day liaising within RVEEH and with External Stakeholders for cleaning, disinfection and sterilization services of instruments and consumables is facilitate at highest level and meets all National Standards
- Manage requests for fast-track items, instrument or equipment lending or urgent requests to ensure efficient flow in all operating suites and minimize any surgical delays due to hold ups in instrument availability. Assume responsibility for search for instruments which may be missing or required emergency and Oversee Elective and Emergency Theatre Booking System instrument and consumable picks to ensure completeness.
- Foster collaborative working relationships, employee relations and professional behaviors to ensure Operating Suite functions effectively as multidisciplinary team and as integral part of RVEEH
- Investigate appropriate procedures, reporting and documentation in case of diverse event.
- Recognize and manage risk, ensuring that actions are taken to prevent and minimize harm to consumers and healthcare workforce.
- Participate and cooperate in consultative process to improve health and safety and reduce risk to safety and wellbeing of staff members.
- Be aware of limitations in own knowledge and seek appropriate training as required and actively reflect on own professional performance and competence, seek feedback, and participate in ongoing professional development of self and others.
- Participate in staff performance management and staff appraisals and provide mentorship, peer support and counselling to staff authorizes accordingly
- Respond promptly to conflict resolution adopting a consultative approach to problems solving
- Assume the roles and responsibilities of the Nurse Unit Manager when he/she is absent from the department
- Participate in the process of recruitment, selection, appointment, and retention of nursing and ancillary staff
- Ensure the department is adequately and appropriately staffed on a shift-to-shift basis
- Maintaining all the Monthly Audits; proper documentation of the Audits and link of folders of any repair, test or tag of equipment in the computer system
- Maintaining day-to-day supply of all the consumables
- Maintaining healthy relationship with all the clients and placing order for required instruments/ consumables on E- procurement as per annual budget requirements.
Registered Nurse (Div- 1)- Surgical Admissions and Recovery
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
02.2017 - 04.2022
- Dedicated and Compassionate Registered Nurse with proven ability to provide direct patient care in a fast-paced environment
- Calm and level-headed with ability to handle difficult patients and high-stress situations
- Use strong verbal communication skills and to develop strong relationships with patients and their families
- Charge Nurse-Responsible for the smooth and efficient patient flow within the clinic
- Delegation of the work to the staff in accordance with their level of training and patient’s acuity
- Prioritizing the assignments as per according to the changing situation
- Efficiently manage the admission, recovery, and discharge of the patients
- Assessed, Planned, implemented, and evaluated patient care plan
- Monitored, recorded, and communicated the patients’ records and the patients’ condition as necessary using computerized documentation system
- Administered medications and treatment to the patients and monitored responses while working with the health care teams to adjust care plans
- Cared for at-risk individuals, including homeless and disabled
- Instilled a culture of open communication with the vulnerable patient population to dispel fear and anxiety
- Communicated care instructions to patients per assessment and care plan in a clear and empathetic way
- Portfolio: National Standard 5: Falls Risk, Pressure Injury, Nutrition and Hydration
- Management of Quality Board.
Registered Nurse (Division- 1)- Bank and Agency Nurse
01.2018 - 09.2019
- Experience working with acute and critical patients in different areas, Orthopaedics and trauma unit, cardiothoracic unit, rehabilitation ward, medical, ED Short Stay, Oncology, GEM, sub-acute and surgical units of different hospitals, such as, Epworth, Western health, Barwon Health, Alfred Health, St
- Vincent’s, The Royal Women’s hospital, Northern Health, and Werribee Mercy hospital.
Graduate Registered Nurse- Respiratory and Infectious Unit
Western Health (Footscray Hospital)
09.2016 - 01.2017
- Seeking to become a skilled and Empathetic Nurse at Western Health by following protocols and promoting efficiency
- Provide nursing care to patients with colorectal diseases, upper GI diseases, lung disease, including those with tuberculosis, lung cancer or asthma
- Providing care to the patients- pre and postoperative procedures- Gastroscopy, Colonoscopy, Bronchoscopy, blood and albumin transfusion
- Assist with pain management and provision of medical treatment for improvement of breathing
- Advocating the patients and their families about the prevention and treatment of the lung disease
- Assisting the palliative patients with their pain and other concerns
- Provision and management of different modes of oxygen therapy- CPAP, Bi-PAP, high flow nasal prongs, ventilators, and oxygen, when required
- Monitored the changing needs of patients in timely manner and respond accordingly.
Graduate Registered Nurse- Cardio- Thoracic Unit
Western Health (Footscray Hospital)
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Provide evidence-based nursing care to patients, implementing and managing care plans in a fast-paced, high acuity, and demanding environment
- Handle emergency medical needs without compromising the ability to care for other acute patients and balancing priorities
- Understand the knowledge of the consumer’s diagnosis and be able to look after the patients in a safe, efficient and timely manner
- Manage the patients with different diagnosis from head to neck such as, thyroidectomy, pancreatitis, lobectomy, pleural effusion, tonsillitis, Bowel obstruction, cholecystectomy, breast transplants, etc
- Care for the patients with Intercostal catheter and underwater seal drainage, different drain tubes, Central venous access devices, different feeding regime with the kangaroo pumps, TPNs, and Bodyguard pumps used for pain management
- Perform medication administration as per policies and procedures
- Manage and take care of critical patients and act responsibly accordingly for the appropriate care of the patients.
Education
Leading with Impact (Leadership Course) -
Royal Eye and Ear Hospital
Certificate IV in Training and Assessment -
Chisholm Institute
04.2024
Bachelors in nursing -
Latrobe University
01.2015
Master of Education (Aust. Equivalent) -
Jammu University (Aust. Equivalent)
01.2007
Master of Chemistry (Aust. Equivalent) -
Barkatullah University
01.2005
Skills
- Leadership
- Teamwork
- Quality Assurance
- Administrative and Management
- Social Perceptiveness
- Critical Thinking
- Time Management
- Judgement and Decision Making
- Coordination
- Active Listening
Accomplishments
- Patient Experience Award (RVEEH)- 2022
- Worked as Acting ANUM and Acting NUM in CSSD department (2022)
- Working as Acting ANUM/ CNS in Surgical Admissions and Recovery (2023 till present)
References
Will be provided on request.
Hobbies and Interests
- Improvising by undertaking Quality Improvement Projects
- Undertaking further leadership opportunities
- Educational development of self and others
Projects
- Survey analysis of new SAR-2 Model.
- Attire change posters in Surgical admissions area
- Hybrid Model Project of Re-Usable Instruments and Single-Use Instruments Audit of the Re- sight Trays
- Conversion of Paper-based Theoretical Endoscopy Competency to Online version
- Expiry status update of Instruments in Insta-count
Timeline
Clinical Nurse Specialist / Acting Associate Nurse Unit Manager Surgical Admissions and Recovery
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
01.2023 - Current
Acting Associate Nurse Unit Manager-Surgical Admissions and Recovery
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
04.2022 - 01.2023
Acting Associate Nurse Unit Manager- Sterile Processing Services
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
04.2022 - 01.2023
Registered Nurse (Division- 1)- Bank and Agency Nurse
01.2018 - 09.2019
Registered Nurse (Div- 1)- Surgical Admissions and Recovery
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
02.2017 - 04.2022
Graduate Registered Nurse- Respiratory and Infectious Unit
Western Health (Footscray Hospital)
09.2016 - 01.2017
Graduate Registered Nurse- Cardio- Thoracic Unit
Western Health (Footscray Hospital)
01.2016 - 01.2017
Leading with Impact (Leadership Course) -
Royal Eye and Ear Hospital
Certificate IV in Training and Assessment -
Chisholm Institute
Bachelors in nursing -
Latrobe University
Master of Education (Aust. Equivalent) -
Jammu University (Aust. Equivalent)
Master of Chemistry (Aust. Equivalent) -
Barkatullah University
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