Suzy Johnson
Sydney
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse - Care Coordinator
Sydney District Nursing (NSW Health)
02.2023 - Current
- Develop and implement personalised comprehensive care plans for community-based clients, focusing on their goals of care.
- Provide comprehensive clinical care, including urinary catheter management (IDC and SPC), monitoring health conditions, and performing simple to complex wound care.
- Organising and coordinating allied health services such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy and exercise physiology to support holistic patient care.
- Collaborate with patient's family and carers, offering necessary training to ensure high-quality care delivery.
- Promote a client-focused culture, ensuring all care decisions align with the needs and preferences of clients.
- Ensure all documentation, procedures, and reporting comply with relevant healthcare guidelines and legislation, maintaining up-to-date care plans and accurate records.
- Hospital in the home- Intravenous management
- Palliative and end-of-life care
- Admitting and discharging consumers from the service
- Liaising with GP's and other medical specialists
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
NSW Health
10.2017 - 06.2021
- Completing various daily assessments within my scope of practice such as monitoring vital signs, performing electrocardiograms, administering medications (oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular, topical and sublingual), completing risk assessments to ensure consumer safety, creating care plans to achieve optimal client outcomes, admissions and discharges, documentation in accordance within set guidelines
- Following hospital policies and medical care plans to ensure consumers physical health is not further compromised: diabetes management, incontinence and bowel management, managing wounds by following wound care plans, caring for consumers with nasogastric tubes by following manufacturers instructions in combination with hospital policies and medical team care plans
- Seizure management: ensuring client is safe, placing client on their side, cushioning of head, checking vital signs, administering appropriate medication (injections if doctor prescribes), escalating to medical team, timing and documenting events, staying with client until seizure stops, informing their next of kin
- Collaborating with the multidisciplinary team including, but not limited to: Psychiatrists, Registrars, Medical Officers, Social and Welfare workers, Pharmacists, Occupational Therapists, Senior Management and Nursing coworkers to ensure progression of effective treatment plans and smooth clinical transition in care
- Maintaining a safe and clean working environment for consumers, staff and visitors by following hospital policies, procedures and protocols
- Administering emergency intramuscular psychiatric medications during an acute phase of a consumer's psychosis and monitoring for potential side effects then escalating to medical team for review if necessary
- Working with challenging behaviours in various psychiatric conditions by utilizing effective verbal de-escalation skills
- Evaluating consumers responses to interventions and revising nursing care plans as needed.
Assistant Community Nurse
Centennial Community Care
06.2016 - 09.2017
- Performed direct client care aimed at increasing comfort, psychological and social well-being by providing assistance with activities of daily living such as personal hygiene, physical comfort, meal/nutrition assistance, continence management
- Observed clients to detect symptoms that may require medical attention such as bruises, open wounds or blood in urine
- Assisted clients with medication orders or reminded clients to take their medication or nutritional supplements
- Maintained professionalism and calmness at all times, such as when clients were suffering high levels of anxiety
- Effectively worked with challenging behaviours such as dementia, delirium and schizophrenia by following individualized care plans
- Maintained a positive, caring, patient and friendly demeanour at all times
- Completed documentation/progress notes on a daily basis
- Assisted with mobility and hoist equipment when required.
Team Leader
Toll Logistics
01.2009 - 06.2016
- Planning inbound/outbound duties for a team of up to 20 people
- Use of warehouse management systems
- Quality assurance
- Inventory control
- Training and inducting new employees
- Corresponding with clients
- Start-up meetings
- Conducting toolboxes
- Ensuring a clean, safe and positive working environment
- Reporting to senior management
- Managing team performance and progress.
Education
Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care -
Flinders University
10.2024
Bachelor of Nursing -
University of Technology
(Distinction)07.2022
Diploma of Endorsed Enrolled Nursing -
South West Sydney Tafe
07.2017
Certificate III - Assistant in Nursing -
South West Sydney Tafe
07.2016
Timeline
Registered Nurse - Care Coordinator
Sydney District Nursing (NSW Health)
02.2023 - Current
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
NSW Health
10.2017 - 06.2021
Assistant Community Nurse
Centennial Community Care
06.2016 - 09.2017
Team Leader
Toll Logistics
01.2009 - 06.2016
Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care -
Flinders University
Bachelor of Nursing -
University of Technology
Diploma of Endorsed Enrolled Nursing -
South West Sydney Tafe
Certificate III - Assistant in Nursing -
South West Sydney Tafe
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