Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Registration
References
Qualifications
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Theresa Beirne

Melbourne

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Registered Nurse

Life Blood
11.2023 - Current
  • Performed phlebotomy procedures accurately, minimizing discomfort for donors during collection sessions.
  • Adhered to strict labeling practices to guarantee proper identification and traceability of all collected samples throughout the testing process.
  • Streamlined the donation process for a better donor experience and increased successful donations.

Paediatric Nurse- Casual

Royal Children's Hospital
05.2024 - Current
  • Working across all wards at the Royal Children's including short stay medical and surgical wards, oncology and rehabilitation and neurosurgical wards.
  • Demonstrated excellent time management skills by prioritizing tasks and efficiently delegating responsibilities, ensuring all patients received timely care.
  • Developed strong rapport with patients and families, fostering trust and confidence in the nursing team''s abilities.

Team Leader VPS 5 in COVID Co-ordination Unit

Department of Health & Human Services
03.2020 - 10.2021
  • Managing the day to day inbound phone lines from the public and dealing with public health officer escalations
  • Maintain data and information standards in line with update public health guidelines
  • Providing operation support to the Deputy Chief Health Officer and creating reports and excel spreadsheets to capture COVID outbreak contacts and data in real time
  • Supervise and coordinate a large team of staff to provide COVID-19 case and contact response Support staff and manage escalations to provide adjustments to case and contact workflows.

Agency Nurse

Your Nursing Agency
01.2020 - 03.2020
  • Working in different paediatric and special care nursery ward settings in Melbourne hospitals including Royal Women's Hospital, Epworth Richmond, Werribee Mercy and Monash Hospital Clayton.

Staff nurse

Temple Street Children's Hospital
02.2018 - 08.2019
  • Working on Top Flat ward, Temple Street Children's Hospital, Dublin 1, comprising of a 22 bedded Paediatric mixed medical/surgical ward
  • Ward specialities include general medicine, neurology, dermatology, respiratory medicine and infectious illness, general surgery, ENT surgery, plastic surgery, ophthalmic surgery and orthopaedic surgery
  • Undertook nursing duties such as admissions and discharges
  • Caseload management family centred care, pre and postoperative care
  • Tracheostomy care/management
  • Medication management, IV fluid & medication administration
  • End of life care for patient & family
  • Providing training/education for both undergraduate & postgraduate students in a paediatric nursing environment.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Paediatric & General Nursing

Dublin City University
01.2018

Skills

  • Infection Control
  • Care Plan Development
  • Vital data collection
  • Child welfare management
  • Direct Patient Care
  • Medication and IV administration
  • Clinical Documentation
  • Clinical judgment

Registration

  • Ireland, 143029
  • APHRA Australia, NMW0002329393

References

Upon request

Qualifications

  • Understanding Vaccines and the National Immunisation Programme (September 2021)
  • Eight weeks of intensive Blood Donor training with Lifeblood (January 2024)

Timeline

Paediatric Nurse- Casual

Royal Children's Hospital
05.2024 - Current

Registered Nurse

Life Blood
11.2023 - Current

Team Leader VPS 5 in COVID Co-ordination Unit

Department of Health & Human Services
03.2020 - 10.2021

Agency Nurse

Your Nursing Agency
01.2020 - 03.2020

Staff nurse

Temple Street Children's Hospital
02.2018 - 08.2019

Bachelor of Science - Paediatric & General Nursing

Dublin City University
Theresa Beirne