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Sophia Nunez

Canberra,ACT

Summary

Demonstrated diverse employment background. I am seeking to strengthen my clinical and critical thinking skills whilst demonstrate impactful care and patient centred care. I want to promote my passion for professional and personal development and working with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Graduate Registered Nurse

Maternity 3S
08.2024 - Current
  • Patient Care: Providing care for postnats, gynaecological and surgical patients

For postnats

Post op obs and babys as per policy and ward

- Monitoring PPH and wound care

- IDC care with removal and documentation of TOV

- Hypertensive crisis management

- GDM checking BGLS for mum and baby

- administering analgesics (S8 and S4) and escalating if pain not tolerable


For Surgical and Gynaecological

- Post op obs as per policy

- Head to toe assessment on first sight

- Chest and abdominal drain management

- PCA monitoring and management + liaising with Pain team

- Periop checklist before surgery

- Administration of IV antis within an timely and safe matter

- Advocating for patient especially with chronic pain and providing mental health support and reassurance


  • Collaboration: Working closely with obstetricians, midwives, and other healthcare professionals to ensure comprehensive care.
  • Documentation: Accurately documenting patient assessments, care plans, and outcomes on EPIC

ABS Field Interviewer

Australian Bureau of Statistics
09.2021 - 02.2022
  • Building strong relationships with providers and the community through verbal communication as well as written such as telephone communication
  • Collecting data in both a confidential and professional manner via the survey instrument and allocated cases
  • Conducting face to face interviews due to the nature of FACes survey
  • Managing multiple workloads when organizing and preparing ADHOC tasks and going out to the field
  • Excellent communication skills when dealing with providers with diverse backgrounds either through phone communication or face to face
  • Adaptable and flexible when entering dwellings and conducting work health and safety IOBS
  • Working with PEGA and Confirmit simultaneously to complete surveys / HFH
  • Additionally complete the full cycle via PEGA (finalize back end of the FACEs survey procedure).

Care assistant

Westmead Hospital
05.2019 - 04.2021
  • Providing front line assistance on Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 wards with the companionship and patient care of patients
  • Assisting patients to make calls to their family and friends during Covid-19 isolation
  • Ensure patients are supported during meals and drinks (including meal ordering, setting up food products, and using appropriate feeding techniques)
  • Assist patients/residents with movement and positioning to ensure safety and reduce the risk of falls
  • Provide safe and clean environments in line with the NSW health safety guidelines and policies
  • Maintain professional, confidential, and sensitive patient relationships to deliver best practice care.

HR Administrative Assistant

Blacktown City Council
02.2019 - 04.2019
  • Main role was supporting the People and Culture Manager particularly during Staff Consultative Committee meetings /Manager and Executive events
  • Coordinating both HR and the Manager of People and Culture calendar
  • Including not limited to scheduling internal and external meetings and events
  • Preparing the Staff Consultative Committee and Manager and Executive training via email correspondence
  • Additionally, taking minutes as well as collating business items, policies, and agendas well in advance
  • Supporting recruitment and administrative functions in terms of scheduling interviews, gathering, and processing letters of offers with correct dates /paygrade and managing onboarding and offboarding stages
  • Setting up medical pre-employment checks for successful candidate as well as relevant Drug and Alcohol testing required
  • Processing accounts payable and procurement duties such as invoicing, purchase orders and cash petty money.

Human Resource Traineeship

Blacktown City Council
01.2018 - 09.2018
  • Administration of Fitness Passport and Blacktown City Council's Insite Learning and Development training events
  • Marking competencies on training attendance sheets and assisting set up for training events such Orientation day, Drug and Alcohol, HIRAC, First Aid and Workplace Inspections
  • Providing training confirmations via email and calendar invitations and booking dates and venues for meetings and training
  • Data entry for Drug and Alcohol roll out by extracting reports to track training attendance (Drug and Alcohol + Overall training courses)
  • Data entry for IT Testing new system software (CI HR) and for new organization structure on Ci Anywhere
  • Providing high level administrative support to the Council's recruitment function from the onboarding to the offboarding stages and liaising with external recruitment services as required
  • Scheduling interviews for potential candidates and preparing letters of offers to ensure start dates and salary grading and levels are aligned with EA.

Education

Master Nursing Science -

University of Melbourne
05-2024

Bachelor of Arts - Sociology And HR

University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW
02-2022

High School Diploma -

Catherine McAuley High School
Wentworthville, NSW
01-2017

Skills

  • Postnatal care
  • Manual Handling
  • Patient Centre Care
  • Mental Health Aid
  • Fluid administration
  • Intravenous therapy
  • Time management

Additional Information

Rural placement • June 2022 – July 2022 (4 weeks) Sub-acute – Creswick Health (Central highlands rural health)
• Worked with patients from aged care and remote areas
• Enhanced bedside and manual handling (ie use of assistive aids/machines) • Difficult wound care treatments and application

• Diabetes care and management of Hypo's
• Manual BP's and observation of Doppler Bp • Paper based documentation


Acute medical • August 2022 – October 2022 (6 weeks) 2b Cardiac – Royal Melbourne hospital
• Cardiac medication knowledge
• IV medication and fluid balance charting

• EMR and patient documentation online
• Post op/procedural observations and checklist


Acute specialist • May 2023 (4 weeks)Ward 8 – The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear hospital
• Safe administration of IV antibiotics and Eye/ Ear medications
• Taking blood with proper aseptic technique under RN supervision

• Assisting with complicated discharge process
• Building therapeutic relationships with a diverse range of individuals

• Children post op observations and documentation


Mental Health • September 2023 (5 weeks) Dual Diagnosis program – The Melbourne Clinic
• Medication administration of anti-psychotics, depressants and anti anxiety meds

• DD check of S4 medications with supervision of Nurse buddy and second RN • Post procedural observations for TMS and ECT procedures
• Assisting in PACU and recovery of patients undergoing the TMS procedure


Immunisation /GP clinic• November 2023 (2 weeks) – Better Health Network

• Safe administration of Sublocade and Buvidal under supervision of Lead RN
• Safe administration of vaccines in line with NIP/ AIR
• Community and disability services referral for patient's who are dealing with chronic illnesses and comorbidities

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Interests

- love hiking, trail running and enjoying nature

- Amateur photographer

- Books and films


Timeline

Graduate Registered Nurse

Maternity 3S
08.2024 - Current

ABS Field Interviewer

Australian Bureau of Statistics
09.2021 - 02.2022

Care assistant

Westmead Hospital
05.2019 - 04.2021

HR Administrative Assistant

Blacktown City Council
02.2019 - 04.2019

Human Resource Traineeship

Blacktown City Council
01.2018 - 09.2018

Master Nursing Science -

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Arts - Sociology And HR

University of Sydney

High School Diploma -

Catherine McAuley High School
Sophia Nunez