SONYA MIRU
Gympie,QLD
Summary
Dedicated Registered Nurse with over 30 years of comprehensive healthcare experience, specializing in Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine, nursing education, nursing management, surgical, community, and palliative care. Expertise in acute patient care, rapid assessment, and critical interventions developed through extensive hands-on practice. Committed to continuous improvement ensuring the delivery of compassionate, patient-centered care across all facets of nursing. Proven ability to collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary teams while maintaining high standards of care and adapting seamlessly to the dynamic demands of the healthcare environment. Consistently pursues enhanced nursing outcomes through advanced practices and evidence-based approaches.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Sunshine Coast Hospital Health Service
10.2017 - Current
- Provide direct clinical care to patients of all ages and demographic presenting to the emergency department,
- Collaborate with health teams to provide integrated quality nursing care and continuum of care in a timely fashion,
- Provide nursing care in accordance with quality safety standards, policies, and procedures of the health service; and the required Nursing and Midwifery standards and professional practice.
- Perform in the RN role of - Resuscitation, Triage, Acute, Short stay, Fastrack, and Preceptor as required.
Registered Nurse
Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service
10.2023 - 02.2025
- Triage patients and utilize critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Administered medications and monitor patient responses to ensure effective treatment outcomes.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement personalized care plans.
Clinical Facilitator
Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service
03.2020 - 07.2022
- Provided support and guidance to all undergraduate nursing students.
- Monitored and assessed students practice ensuring safety and competence to meet the necessary requirements during placement.
- Facilitated expectations of placement to students and staff in regard to scope of practice, professional, legal requirements, and escalation pathways.
- Ensured student hub and the education provider requirements were implemented.
- Managed student rosters, organised and managed daily allocation and shift concerns;
Registered Nurse
Ramsay Health – Noosa Hospital
11.2016 - 02.2019
Clinical Nurse
Little Haven Palliative Care
04.2014 - 11.2016
- Provide clinical leadership and expertise in palliative and clinical nursing care.
- Provide education, clinical supervision and practice development to all Registered Nurses and student nurses of the service, and other providers in palliative care.
- Quality improvement resource person for the organisation's accreditation preparedness.
Clinical Nurse
Blue Care – Gympie Community Centre
10.2012 - 04.2014
- Senior nurse and clinical educator of the clinical nursing team.
- Implement ‘Preceptor and orientation programme' of new staff and nursing students.
- Implement clinical support visits and ongoing professional development of nursing team.
- Clinical Wound, Manual Handling facilitator, Clinical support for Workplace health and safety, and Quality improvement and compliance resource person.
Registered Nurse - General ICU
The Prince Charles Hospital
01.1997 - 07.2012
Nurse Manager
Te Hauora O Te Hiku O Te Ika – Maori Health Provider Primary Care, Rural NZ
08.2005 - 08.2010
- Implement, manage, maintain, and report on ten Government funded primary health service contracts valued at over $2000000.
- Manage nine individual team services.
- Develop and implement education plan for all staff within team.
- Quality improvement responsibility for Nursing team in the organisation's accreditation preparedness.
Nursing Tutor
Northland Polytechnic
01.2002 - 06.2002
- Coordinate and implement the Professional Practice Module of the Undergraduate Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing).
- Plan, develop, and implement skill lessons, and theory practice as per the programme requirements.
- Facilitate, support, assess and mentor all students as required.
Clinical Nurse Teacher - General ICU
The Prince Charles Hospital
01.1999 - 01.2002
- Develop and implement the orientation and educational programmes within the ICU for all nursing staff, and students.
- Coordinate, facilitate, and implement the Queensland Health Transition to ICU education programme.
- Educator for Lung transplantation in the ICU.
- Provide teaching resource to the Confederation of Australia Critical Care Nurses group for Advanced Life Support.
- Part of the research team looking at the ‘benefits of early mobilisation in the ICU' and the ‘most effective central venous line cleaning solution'.
- Nominated for the award for ‘Excellence in Clinical Teaching' – The Prince Charles Hospital (2000).
Clinical Nurse - General ICU
The Prince Charles Hospital
01.1997 - 01.1999
- Promote and implement at an expert level advanced planning, coordination, and problem-solving skills in the management and implementation of high-quality patient care including clinical practice, clinical education.
- Facilitate, support, and implement organisational policies and procedures, and legal and ethical requirements of the Clinical Nurse role.
Registered Nurse - ICU
The Royal Perth Hospital
06.1995 - 01.1997
Education
Bachelor of Nursing Degree -
Griffith University
Brisbane, QLD12.1993
Graduate Certificate - Critical Care -
Central Queensland University
Brisbane, QLD01.2001
Certificate in Business Unit Management -
Massey University
Auckland, NZ01.2008
Certificate in computing - Level 3
Northland Polytechnic
Whangarei, NZ01.2010
Skills
- Critical thinking and complex problem-solving skills
- Advanced patient clinical assessment and management
- Clinical Facilitator
- Educator, preceptor, mentor
- Coaching in Practice
- Paediatric and adult advanced cardiac life support
- Resuscitation and Triage competent
- Nurse initiated x-ray competent
- Cannulation and venipuncture competent
- Current with SCHHS emergency requisite training, and Mandatory education requirements
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Team work skills
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service
10.2023 - 02.2025
Clinical Facilitator
Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service
03.2020 - 07.2022
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Sunshine Coast Hospital Health Service
10.2017 - Current
Registered Nurse
Ramsay Health – Noosa Hospital
11.2016 - 02.2019
Clinical Nurse
Little Haven Palliative Care
04.2014 - 11.2016
Clinical Nurse
Blue Care – Gympie Community Centre
10.2012 - 04.2014
Nurse Manager
Te Hauora O Te Hiku O Te Ika – Maori Health Provider Primary Care, Rural NZ
08.2005 - 08.2010
Nursing Tutor
Northland Polytechnic
01.2002 - 06.2002
Clinical Nurse Teacher - General ICU
The Prince Charles Hospital
01.1999 - 01.2002
Registered Nurse - General ICU
The Prince Charles Hospital
01.1997 - 07.2012
Clinical Nurse - General ICU
The Prince Charles Hospital
01.1997 - 01.1999
Registered Nurse - ICU
The Royal Perth Hospital
06.1995 - 01.1997
Bachelor of Nursing Degree -
Griffith University
Graduate Certificate - Critical Care -
Central Queensland University
Certificate in Business Unit Management -
Massey University
Certificate in computing - Level 3
Northland Polytechnic
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