Teresa Alo
Woodbury,Australia
Summary
Dynamic healthcare professional with extensive experience in diverse environments, fostering a versatile skill set tailored to support various healthcare settings. Committed to exceeding customer expectations through proactive communication and meticulous attention to detail, significantly contributing to organizational success and ensuring a collaborative, efficient workplace. Proven clinical knowledge, interpersonal strengths, and technical abilities enhance patient care through effective charting, medication administration, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Recognized for leadership in guiding teams and managing complex projects while driving continuous improvement and technological advancements to optimize processes and achieve strategic objectives.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
DETOX Nurse - AOD - Mental health
Lives Lived Well
06.2024 - Current
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities.
- Led teams in driving successful patient outcomes by prioritizing standard of care and best practices.
- Conducted ongoing monitoring and evaluations of behaviors and conditions, and updated clinical supervisors with current information.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Conveyed treatment options, diagnosis information and home care techniques to patients and caregivers to continue care consistency.
- Recorded details regarding therapies to keep patient charts updated.
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
- Equipped patients with tools and knowledge needed for speedy and sustained recovery.
- Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
ENROLLED NURSE
Health Predictions
01.2009 - Current
- Scope: My role focuses on delivering high-quality nursing and personal care to patients through safe and effective work practices. Key to the role is maintaining a flexible approach and being detail-oriented. Some of my duties include assisting in basic nursing procedures such as wound care, collection of specimens and vital sign monitoring, ECGs and Spirometry.
- Duties include:
- Demonstrating computer skills necessary to organise data for essential care delivery
- Ensuring that own nursing practice and conduct meet the standards of the professional, ethical and relevant legislated requirements
NATUROPATH
Yeppoon Naturopathic & Rocky Health Foods
01.2000 - Current
- Company Overview: Own Business
- Scope: My role focuses on WOMENS HEALTH from menstruation to menopause and beyond.
- Key to the role is practising effective decision-making and complex problem-solving skills. My duties include meeting with patients, examining patients, performing tests, following up and monitoring patients and discussing treatment options. My passion is ASSISTING WOMEN IN HEALTH & WELLNESS, and assisting women with perinatal nutrition and infertility. I have recently completed a Master’s Certification in the Women’s Health Expert Program.
- Duties include:
- Diagnosing health conditions based on patients’ symptoms and health histories, laboratory and diagnostic radiology test results, or other physiological measurements
- Conducting physical examinations and physiological function tests for diagnostic purposes
- Interviewing patients to document symptoms and health histories
- Administering treatments or therapies, such as homeopathy, herbal medicine, aromatherapy, remedial massage, iridology, pathology and nutrition advice, meridian therapy and laser.
- Administering, dispensing, and prescribing natural medicines such as food or botanical extracts, herbs, dietary supplements, vitamins and minerals
Enrolled Nurse
Just Better Care
11.2023 - 05.2024
- Clinical Nurse and House Facilitator
ENROLLED NURSE
Queensland Health Rockhampton
12.2018 - 09.2021
- PERM PART TIME DEC 2018 – SEPT 2021 MATERNITY AND ANTENATAL /COMMUNITY CARE MENTAL HEALTH
- Scope: My role focuses on providing a high standard of effective patient care in line with the Nursing and Midwifery philosophy under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. Key to the role is practising reliability and maintaining a strong commitment towards teamwork. Some of my duties include undertaking assessment of clients, delivering care to patients/consumers in line with the care plan and monitoring, evaluating and reviewing goals of care for the patients/consumers and efficiently administering prescribed medications. Monitoring Mind State and assessment of mind state in Mental Health Settings.
- Duties include:
- Ensuring that nursing care provided to clients is within the scope of practice and their own level of competence
- Ensuring documentation is current, accurate, timely and maintains confidentiality within a legal and ethical framework
- Assisting Doctors and Registered Nurses, and Midwives as requested
- Contributing to nursing assessments by collecting and reporting information to the Registered Nurse
- Practising in a manner which supports best health outcomes for clients by recognising and reporting changes in health and functional status to the Registered Nurse
- Contributing to the health education of clients to maintain and promote health, and evaluation of client care. Administering medications, attending to wound care, treatments and care plans.
ENROLLED NURSE
Carinity Shalom
07.2018 - 11.2018
- AGED CARE
NATUROPATH
Malouf’s Pharmacy
01.2015
- Scope: My role focused on providing natural health products to consumers and ensuring the safety monitoring of NHP medicines. Key to the role was maintaining a high degree of attention to detail and practising good communication skills. Some of my duties included counselling consumers about NHP and taking into account patients’ medical/medication history or regulatory authority advisories when advising consumers.
NATUROPATH
Coral Coast Pharmacy
01.2012 - 01.2013
- Scope: My role focused on managing everyday pharmacy practice in relation to legal concerns associated with NHPs. Key to the role was maintaining awareness of NHP policy and practising high standards of attention to detail. Some of my duties included counselling, pharmacist education and ensuring compliance to safety and policy.
CPAP NURSE TECHNICIAN
CPAP Central, Bundaberg Specialist Unit
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Scope: My role focused on providing direct care to patients and assisting with non-direct patient care unit coordination. Key to the role was maintaining strong technical ability and organisational skills. Some of my duties included assisting with patient instruction, maintenance and application of CPAP equipment. Computer data entry and other duties of a clerical nature.
PERMANENT PHLEBOTOMIST
Healthscope Pathology Laboratory
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Scope: My role involved assisting in specimen collection and report delivery under the direct supervision of the Chief Medical Technologist. Key to the role was practising strong interpersonal skills and maintaining the confidentiality of all medical and legal information. Some of my duties included performing venepunctures and fingerstick, processing medical laboratory tests, and documenting results for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.
- Earlier roles include Enrolled Nurse with Australian Red Cross Blood Donor Service, Naturopath (Self-employed), Enrolled Nurse/Phlebotomist with Cairns Base Hospital, Australia Red Cross Blood Donor Service and Aged Care Centre’s, Enrolled Nurse/Receptionist/Stock Control/Doctors Assistant with Southcoast Radiology, Enrolled Nurse with The Geelong Hospital and Hillcrest Nursing Home, Teller/Customer Service with The State Bank of Victoria | 1994 – 2010
Education
Masters of Counselling - Mental Health Pathway
University of New England
Professional Certificate - Mental Health
Griffith
07.2025
Professional Diploma - Medical Nutrition Management
Bond
09.2024
Master of Health Science - Physiotherapy
University of New England
01.2018
Bachelor of Natural Science (Hons) - undefined
University of Natural Medicine
01.2005
Advanced Diploma of Applied Science - Naturopathy
AIAS & YINS
01.2004
Diploma in Remedial Massage and Aromatherapy - undefined
AIAS
01.2003
Skills
- People Management
- Mental Health Counselling
- Staff Training
- Team Leading
- Leadership
- Conflict Resolution
- Emotional support
- Family support
- Therapeutic communication
- Clinical documentation
- Substance abuse counseling
- Holistic care
- Nursing ethics
- Behavioral interventions
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
- Vitals monitoring
- Documentation
- Trauma recovery
- Patient consultation
- Nursing consultation
- Clear patient communication
- Medication administration
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Care coordination
- Intake and discharge
- Collecting vitals
- Group and individual instruction
- Nursing performance assessment
- Self motivation
- Patient examination
- Crisis prevention intervention (CPI)
- Time management abilities
- Goal setting
- Safety protocols
- Administer medication
- Team building
- Problem-solving abilities
- Excellent communication
- Teamwork
- Patient education
- Patient assessment
- Strong clinical judgment
- Health promotion
- Active listening
- Adaptability
- Accurate documentation
- Professionalism
- Reliability
Websites
Affiliations
- AUSTRALIAN COUNSELLING ASSOCIATION
- AHPRA Nursing Registration
- FELLOW Member of the Australian Traditional Medicine Society Ltd
- International Natural Therapists Organisation
- Graduate Member Homeobotanical Institute
Certification
- EN Medication/IV Administration Upgrade
- Certificate in Mental Health & Nutrition
- Certificate of Nutrition for Stress Anxiety and Depression - Distinction
- Senior First Aid Certificate & CPR
- Enrolled Nurse Certificate – Distinction
Timeline
DETOX Nurse - AOD - Mental health
Lives Lived Well
06.2024 - Current
Enrolled Nurse
Just Better Care
11.2023 - 05.2024
ENROLLED NURSE
Queensland Health Rockhampton
12.2018 - 09.2021
ENROLLED NURSE
Carinity Shalom
07.2018 - 11.2018
NATUROPATH
Malouf’s Pharmacy
01.2015
NATUROPATH
Coral Coast Pharmacy
01.2012 - 01.2013
CPAP NURSE TECHNICIAN
CPAP Central, Bundaberg Specialist Unit
01.2010 - 01.2012
PERMANENT PHLEBOTOMIST
Healthscope Pathology Laboratory
01.2010 - 01.2012
ENROLLED NURSE
Health Predictions
01.2009 - Current
NATUROPATH
Yeppoon Naturopathic & Rocky Health Foods
01.2000 - Current
Professional Certificate - Mental Health
Griffith
Professional Diploma - Medical Nutrition Management
Bond
Master of Health Science - Physiotherapy
University of New England
Bachelor of Natural Science (Hons) - undefined
University of Natural Medicine
Advanced Diploma of Applied Science - Naturopathy
AIAS & YINS
Diploma in Remedial Massage and Aromatherapy - undefined
AIAS
Masters of Counselling - Mental Health Pathway
University of New England