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Stephen Andrews
Kangaroo point,QLD
Summary
Registered nurse with qualifications obtained in 2007, specializing in accident and emergency, medical orthopedics, and general surgical nursing in both Australia and the UK. Demonstrated leadership as nurse unit manager and after-hours nurse manager in high-acuity hospital settings. Experience as clinical nurse educator, focusing on staff development and patient care excellence. Strong organizational skills and a commitment to professional standards and patient satisfaction.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
6015
6015
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
After Hours Nurse Manager
Mater South Brisbane
Brisbane
06.2025 - 04.2026
- After hours responsibility for facility in absence of essential personnel in collaboration with hospital executive
- Advocating for patients’ rights and ethical considerations in all aspects of care delivery.
- WH&S Responsibilities
- Management Casual Pool.
- Communication between patients, families, and medical staff, resulting in more cohesive healthcare experience. Experience with navigating PACE calls
- Streamlined nursing operations for increased efficiency by optimizing staff rostering and resource allocation.
- Experience with applications such as copilot, office 365,kronos, cgov, edis, etc
Hospital Nurse Coordinator
St Vincent's Private Brisbane
Queensland
01.2024 - 04.2026
- After hours responsibility for facility in absence of essential personnel
After Hours Nurse Manager
Prince of Wales Hospital
Sydney, NSW
08.2019 - 12.2023
- Operational Responsibility for onsite management of major teaching hospital in absence of Executive
- Disaster Controller After hours in absence of Executive
- Managing and Monitoring Transfer of Care (TOC) escalating delays with plans to Ambulance NSW & Executive to offload safely.
- Team Leader & Management of Code Black Situations
- Ensuring Safe Staffing levels in line with NSW Nurses Award and Nursing Hours per Patient Day - Proficient in use of Health Rostering and use of Rostering Best Practice Guidelines
- Patient Flow Portal- Ensuring Patients are placed into appropriate specialties safely within appropriate time frame maintaining Emergency Target Performance
- Maintain Work Health and Safety Principles for Organization
- Designated Officer.
Nursing Unit Manager
Sydney Eye Hospital
Sydney
05.2017 - 08.2019
- Leading, Coordinating & Directing Patient Care ensuring smooth running of a 10 bedded inpatient surgical ward & Territory Referral Trauma Hand Clinic
- Ensuring safe staffing levels according to Rostering Guidelines and Nursing Hours per patient day reporting as per MOH Policy
- Maintaining Work Health and safety practices within ward
- Attending meetings relating to running of specialty.
- Ensuring auditing schedule in maintaining standards for National standards
- Maintain and adhere to NSW Policy and guidelines.
- Participated in NSQHS National Standards accreditation meetings with surveyors.
- Acting Afterhours Nurse Manager/ Bed Manager to relieve sick leave or annual leave vacancies.
Registered Nurse/Acting CNE & Acting NUM & Acting Afterhours Nurse Manager
Sydney Eye Hospital
Sydney
06.2012 - 05.2017
- Acting After Hours Nurse Manager
- Ensure smooth operational management of hospital.
- Monitor staffing levels and adjust care needs of patients based on occupancy and acuity based on Ensuring Nursing Hours per Patient Day are being met.
- Support clinical staff in the planning, delivery, and evaluation of clinical care.
- Maintaining a service within ministry and local policy and Business Rules
- Observing and addressing KPIs within patient flow through emergency and elective admissions E.g., Emergency Target Performance & Clinical Priority Criteria
- Assisting in maintaining Equip National Standards for accreditation.
- Assist in Work health and safety issues within Hospital.
Staff Nurse (Band 5)
Royal London - Accident and Emergency A&E
London , United kingdom
01.2009 - 11.2009
- Experience in working in a trauma unit in one of London's busiest A&E departments with links from Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS)
- Gained experience in managing multiple/major traumas, resuscitations, triage, and minor injuries/conditions.
- Planning and managing the care of patients in an emergency setting involves patient assessment and management of the acutely unwell patient whilst maintaining effective communication to patients/carers and the multi-disciplinary team to ensure safety of everyone in the department.
Staff Nurse (Band 5)
Inverclyde Royal Hospital
Greenock, K-North
02.2007 - 01.2008
- 24-hour nursing management of orthopedic elective and emergency trauma – nursing patients on traction and spinal protocol
- Duties include Medication Administration including intravenous, discharge planning, Pressure area Care.
- Also involved in nursing handover and ward rounds also able to supervise and support junior members of the nursing team and students.
Education
Master of Science - Health Service Management Sub Major: Leadership
University of Technology Sydney
Sydney, NSWDiploma of Higher Education - Adult nursing
University of Paisley
Paisley02-2007
Higher National Certificate - Healthcare
Clydebank College
GlasgowHigher National Certificate - Healthcare
James Watt College
GreenockSkills
- Empathetic care
- Clinical decision-making
- Infection prevention
- Care management
- Patient advocacy
- Advanced life-saving support 2
- Electronic medical records (EMR) and electronic health records (EHR)
- Writing skills
- Collaborative teamwork
- Effective communication
- Organizational abilities
- Team development
- Advanced life support certification
- Hospital accreditation knowledge
- Nursing management
- Venepuncture technique
- Patient support
- Infection control protocols
- Resilience under pressure
Certification
- Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority - Registered Nurse
- Australian Resuscitation Council - Advanced Life Support 1 - No: 23/221/0169
REFERENCES
Available on request
Affiliations
- Australian Practitioner Health Regulation Authority 2012 – present No: NMW0001752868
- Australian Nursing Federation 2012 - present
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Fundamentals of Financial management 2018
- Root Cause Analysis Training 2019
- Work Health and Safety for Managers
- Work Health and Safety training for committee members.
- Fundamentals of ophthalmology
- Diabetes Workshop
- Drug and alcohol workshop.
- My Health Learning Record Available on Request
- Major Incident Medical Management & Support Workshop 1 Day Workshop
- Incident Control Systems Workshop
- Fire Warden Training
- Advanced Life Support 1 2023
- Advanced life support 2 2025
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional Information available on request
VACCINATION STATUS
Fully Vaccinated inclusive of COVID19 – Report available on request
CREDENTIALS
- Australian college of nursing
- Queensland federation union
- Appra registered
PERSONAL INFORMATION
- Passport Number: 517971004
- Date of Birth: 1979-04-22
Timeline
After Hours Nurse Manager
Mater South Brisbane
06.2025 - 04.2026
Hospital Nurse Coordinator
St Vincent's Private Brisbane
01.2024 - 04.2026
After Hours Nurse Manager
Prince of Wales Hospital
08.2019 - 12.2023
Nursing Unit Manager
Sydney Eye Hospital
05.2017 - 08.2019
Registered Nurse/Acting CNE & Acting NUM & Acting Afterhours Nurse Manager
Sydney Eye Hospital
06.2012 - 05.2017
Staff Nurse (Band 5)
Royal London - Accident and Emergency A&E
01.2009 - 11.2009
Staff Nurse (Band 5)
Inverclyde Royal Hospital
02.2007 - 01.2008
Master of Science - Health Service Management Sub Major: Leadership
University of Technology Sydney
Diploma of Higher Education - Adult nursing
University of Paisley
Higher National Certificate - Healthcare
Clydebank College
Higher National Certificate - Healthcare
James Watt College