Therese Decent
Leumeah,NSW
Summary
To provide compassionate and culturally responsive care in a health care setting
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Enrolled Nurse
Pulse Staffing
Sydney, New South Wales
06.2023 - Current
Enrolled Nurse
Sustain Health
Sydney, New South Wales
02.2022 - 02.2023
Clinical Call Handler
Fullerton Health
Adelaide, South Australia
11.2021 - 02.2022
- Contact COVID positive patients, to assess and document their symptoms, health history and social and economic concerns for referral.
Enrolled Nurse
ACM Healthcare
Sydney, New South Wales
09.2021 - 09.2021
- Worked with a registered nurse to administer medication
- Checked and documented the residents vital signs and wrote progress notes
- Attended to resident’s wound care and assisted other nurses in the care of the resident.
Enrolled Nurse
KE Select
Sydney , New Sourh Wales
07.2021 - 07.2021
- Conducted Covid-19 swabs on consumers at a drive thru clinic.
Enrolled Nurse
Career Building
Sydney, New South Wales
07.2021 - 07.2021
- Worked with registered nurses and personal care attendants from other agencies, to provide care to residents
- Administered medications, checked and recorded vital signs
- Documented the resident’s progress and reported any changes to the registered nurse.
Liverpool Hospital
06.2020 - 02.2021
- Working as a casual assistant in nursing (AIN)
- Conducting COVID screening of all visitors and staff who come in to the hospital
- Communicating with visitors and staff in asking about symptoms related to COVID-19, checking their temperature and recording visitors details for contact tracing purposes.
Liverpool Hospital
06.2020 - 02.2021
- Working as an AIN alongside Registered Nurses, (RNs), Enrolled Nurses (ENs) and other AINs, I would don personal protective equipment, (PPE) such as gown, gloves, N95 mask and face shield, prior to performing a Covid swab on the consumer
- Checking the pathology request and the label with the consumer prior to the test
- Explaining the procedure and gaining their consent
- Performing the Covid-19 swab test on the throat and nasal passages as per policy
- Doff all PPE as per policy and procedure to ensure my health and safety and of others in the clinic.
Enrolled Nurse
Histopath
Macquarie Fields, New South Wales
07.2021 - 09.2021
- Conducted Covid-19 swabs on consumers, checking and recording their name, date of birth and identification number
- Conducted COVID Antigen tests on contractors, prior to the commencement of their shift
- Instructing, overseeing the test, checking the result, documenting and escalating positive results to team leader.
Liverpool hospital
02.2021 - 04.2021
- Worked as a newly graduated Enrolled nurse
- Working under the direction of a registered nurse
- Administering medication to patients, performing and requesting checks as per medication administration policy
- Monitoring and recording patients vital signs, noting and reporting on patients outside the flags to the RN
- Escalating to the medical team, when a patient is deteriorating, a yellow zone or met call
- Providing personal care to patients as required, ensuring their independence
- The importance of keeping fluid balance charts up to date
- Monitoring the patient electrolytes and blood results
- Encouraging the patient to maintain their stoma, and assisting when needed
- Assessing the patient’s risk of falling and pressure injuries.
Bankstown Hospital
04.2017 - 01.2021
- Working as a casual assistant in nursing
- Providing person centred care to patients
- Taking vital signs such as blood pressure, heart rate; respiration rate; and temperature
- Assisting patients, when required, with activities of daily living such as showering; dressing; transferring from the bed to the chair; and continence pad changes
- Engaging with patients and their families to provide the necessary support during their admission, and support to the other nursing and allied health professionals
- Entering patient data in to an electronic medical record, writing progress notes; conducting admissions; attending handover and providing handover to nursing staff and allied health professionals.
RFBI Lakemba Masonic Village
11.2016 - 04.2017
- Worked as a personal care attendant, providing person centred care for residents
- Assisting the resident with their personal hygiene, dressing and grooming; if required, with their meals
- Assisting other staff, in hoisting non ambulant residents in out of bed, and to be showered
- Taking vitals such as blood pressure, pulse and temperature when required, perform urine for analysis, report and record results
- Report changes in the resident’s condition to the registered nurse on duty
- Engaged with residents, hearing their stories and listening to their concerns.
Education
RSA & RCG -
10.2024
HLT54115 Diploma of Nursing -
12.2020
HLT37215 Certificate III Pathology collection -
12.2019
Bar Skills -
12.2019
CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support -
12.2016
HLT33115 Certificate III in Health Assistance, Acute care -
12.2016
CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing) -
12.2016
Skills
- Customer Service
- Creative Problem-Solving
Student Placements
- 08/01/2019, 10/31/2020, NSW Health, Liverpool, Student Enrolled nurse, Had various placements at Bankstown and Liverpool hospital.
- 09/30/2019, 11/01/2019, Pathology, St George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW, Student, Worked alongside pathology collectors who performed venipuncture on outpatients. I was trained in the technique of palpation and anchoring the vein. To use a winged, butterfly needle and straight needle, positioning the needle and assessing and troubleshooting difficult veins and when the blood flow stems. I was able to perform successful blood collections on outpatients. I was able to assist pathology collectors with children, infants. I had the ability to put the patient at ease, communicate the procedure and I gained consent.
- 2018/2019, 2019/2020, NSW Health, Liverpool and Bankstown Hospitals, Student Enrolled Nurse, Working with a registered nurse in attending to basic and complex wound dressings, removal of sutures, understanding the comorbidities of patients, understanding the escalation process of a deteriorating patient, the completion of online modules of advance life support.
- 2019/2020, 2019/2020, St George Hospital Pathology Clinic, Kogarah, Student, Venipuncture collection on adult patients, using the butterfly and straight needle with a vacutainer, with the supervision of a senior pathology collector. Ability to troubleshoot for difficult veins and put the patient at ease. The understanding of the various tests required and ensuring the correct tube is collected in the correct order, recording it and sending it for testing.
Registrations
- AHPRA, NMW0002467613
- Working with Children Check, WWC0294974E, 12/22/2021, 06/19/2021, P903917531
- Police Check, CCH10931153, 10/14/2024
References
- Robert Lorimer, After Hours Staffing manager, Bankstown Hospital, robert.lorimer@sswahs.nsw.gov.au, 9722 8788
- Naomi Ellis, Previous role, staffing manager at Bankstown hospital, naomi.ellis@health.nsw.gov.au, 0467 795 411
Timeline
Enrolled Nurse - Pulse Staffing
06.2023 - Current
Enrolled Nurse - Sustain Health
02.2022 - 02.2023
Clinical Call Handler - Fullerton Health
11.2021 - 02.2022
Enrolled Nurse - ACM Healthcare
09.2021 - 09.2021
Enrolled Nurse - KE Select
07.2021 - 07.2021
Enrolled Nurse - Career Building
07.2021 - 07.2021
Enrolled Nurse - Histopath
07.2021 - 09.2021
Liverpool hospital -
02.2021 - 04.2021
Liverpool Hospital -
06.2020 - 02.2021
Liverpool Hospital -
06.2020 - 02.2021
Bankstown Hospital -
04.2017 - 01.2021
RFBI Lakemba Masonic Village -
11.2016 - 04.2017
TCP Training, Sydney, NSW - RSA & RCG,
NSW Health Liverpool - HLT54115 Diploma of Nursing,
Granville TAFE - HLT37215 Certificate III Pathology collection,
Sydney Bar School, TCP Training, Sydney, NSW - Bar Skills,
The Sydney Institute, Ultimo, NSW - CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support,
The Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE, St Leonards, NSW - HLT33115 Certificate III in Health Assistance, Acute care,
The Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE, St Leonards, NSW - CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing),