Tara Fabris
Ballarat,VIC
Summary
Passionate Nurse Manager dedicated to maintaining high-performance and quality-driven healthcare. Experienced in the development of innovative change to support evidence based care and enhance the patient experience. Strong communicator and leader with a transformational leadership style.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Nurse Unit Manager
Grampians Health
04.2023 - Current
- Special Care Nursery
- Permanent 1.0 EFT
- Management of staff and patient flow for the shift.
- Leading quality improvement projects to support best practice, evidence-based care.
- Contributing to the cultural change committee and leading education on building a psychologically safe workplace.
- Writing and reviewing clinical practice guidelines, and consumer information documents.
- Providing leadership and mentorship to staff, with a strong emphasis on staff well-being.
Acting Nurse Unit Manager
Grampians Health
Ballarat, Vic
12.2023 - 04.2025
- Seventeen weeks in total acting in the Special Care Nursery Nurse Unit Manager role in 2- to 6-week blocks.
- Leading quality improvement projects in areas such as hand hygiene compliance and handover practices.
- Contributing to cultural improvement projects, leading education on values-based leadership, and using the concept of flipping the narrative to improve unit culture.
- Receiving and responding to consumer feedback.
- Creating and reviewing clinical guidelines, and consumer information documents.
- Managing the transition of Special Care Nursery clinical guidelines and consumer documentation into the PROMPT platform.
- Managing the recruitment and rostering of staff.
- Developing monthly accountability reports for the operational director on staffing, the unit budget, and KPIs.
- Managing staff performance and the completion of professional development reviews.
Associate Nurse Unit Manager
Grampians Health
03.2022 - 04.2023
- Paediatrics
- Permanent 0.9 EFT
- Using strategic relationships from a previous workplace to develop and deliver education on basic pediatric care in Ballarat, Stawell, and Nhill.
- Developed and collated a staff wellbeing survey identifying staff burnout and support gaps.
- Collated survey results and implemented a staff wellbeing program with initiatives such as end-of-shift huddles, wellbeing workshops, and team-building exercises.
- Acting in the Nurse Unit Manager role to cover leave.
- Identified the need for point-of-care ultrasound for pediatric cannulation, sourcing quotes, and applying for foundation funding to meet the need.
Registered Nurse
Royal Children's Hospital
11.2019 - 03.2022
- Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Permanent 0.9 EFT
- Providing evidence-based and best practice care to the state's most acutely unwell pediatric patients.
- Palliative and end-of-life care with a strong focus on family-centered practices.
- Managing pandemic-related protocol changes.
- Contributing to the hazardous drug special interest group to assist with the implementation of occupational health and safety protocols in relation to hazardous and cytotoxic drugs.
- Managing ventilation, hemodynamic support, and monitoring.
- Facilitating and mentoring new staff.
Belmore Nursing Agency
11.2018 - 03.2022
- Paediatrics and Special Care Nursery
- Casual
Registered Nurse
Royal Children's Hospital
11.2018 - 11.2019
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (HDU)
- Permanent 0.6 EFT
Registered Nurse
Royal Children's Hospital
03.2018 - 11.2019
- Nursing Resource Team
- Working across the following clinical areas: Kookaburra - Oncology, Cockatoo - Neurology, Gastroenterology and Metabolic, Sugar Glider - Respiratory Medicine and General Medicine, Possum - Surgical Short Stay, Platypus - Surgical, Trauma, and Burns, Kelpie - Adolescent, Dolphin - Medical Short Stay, Emergency Department, and Hospital in the Home.
- Demonstrating a high level of adaptability and diverse clinical skills.
Graduate Registered Nurse
Barwon Health
02.2017 - 02.2018
- 1st Rotation- Heath Wing 3 (Paediatrics)
- 2nd Rotation - Baxter Wing 7 (Adult General Medicine and Palliative Care)
Assistant in Nursing
Fullarton Lutheran Homes
Adelaide , SA
10.2014 - 10.2016
Education
Post Graduate Certificate Paediatric Intensive Care -
University of Melbourne
11.2021
Applied Pathophysiology -
University of Melbourne
08.2020
Advancing Competency in Paediatric Intensive Care Program -
01.2020
Bachelor of Nursing -
University of Adelaide
01.2016
Skills
- Strong leadership skills
- Embracing and creating change
- Respectful to all
- Passionate advocate for staff wellness
- Excellent communication skills
- Great time management
- Innovative and proactive
- Use of clinical applications such as Roster, IBA, BOSSNet, and VHIMS
- Clinical Practice Guideline Reviewing and Writing Training
- Leading with inquiry to achieve collaborative outcomes
- Utalising and developing strong professional relationships
References
Available upon request.
Leadership And Professional Development
- Grampians Health Leadership Program
- Nursing and Midwifery Health Program Champion Training
- Ballarat Commerce- Developing Workplace Psychological Safety Session
Timeline
Acting Nurse Unit Manager
Grampians Health
12.2023 - 04.2025
Associate Nurse Unit Manager
Grampians Health
04.2023 - Current
Associate Nurse Unit Manager
Grampians Health
03.2022 - 04.2023
Registered Nurse
Royal Children's Hospital
11.2019 - 03.2022
Belmore Nursing Agency
11.2018 - 03.2022
Registered Nurse
Royal Children's Hospital
11.2018 - 11.2019
Registered Nurse
Royal Children's Hospital
03.2018 - 11.2019
Graduate Registered Nurse
Barwon Health
02.2017 - 02.2018
Assistant in Nursing
Fullarton Lutheran Homes
10.2014 - 10.2016
Post Graduate Certificate Paediatric Intensive Care -
University of Melbourne
Applied Pathophysiology -
University of Melbourne
Advancing Competency in Paediatric Intensive Care Program -
Bachelor of Nursing -
University of Adelaide