Thulani Moyo
Gracemere
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with progressive career history in direct patient care, triage and care coordination in fast-paced environment. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude, and excellent customer service.
Proactive and goal-oriented professional with excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Known for reliability and adaptability, with swift capacity to learn and apply new skills. Committed to leveraging these qualities to drive team success and contribute to organizational growth.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Mount Morgan Multipurpose Hospital
Mount Morgan, QLD, Australia
10.2024 - Current
- Team leader
- Triage Nurse
- Resuscitation Nurse
- Assessment of clients and consumers
- Initiating first line emergency management
- Liaising with the medical team onsite and offsite.
Registered Nurse, Department of Emergency
Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Services (SCHHS)
Nambour, QLD, Australia
04.2024 - 10.2024
- Assessing patient condition immediately upon arrival head to toe rapid assessment using the HIRAID (Emergency Nursing Framework) which include:
- Extensive history taking from patient or relatives to come up with possible diagnoses and tailor their management according to their possible diagnoses.
- Identifying Red flags, which includes but not limited to decisively and confidently making clinical judgement on patient’s condition based on vital signs and presenting complaint.
- Comprehensive system assessment, primary and secondary assessment
- Intervention to save lives or promote health and relieve pain and prevent complications.
- Coming up the potential diagnoses and structure the care according to findings
- Identifying potentially life-threatening conditions/situations and escalating.
- Actively initiating the patient’s management prior to the arrival of the medical officer.
- Initiating patients’ management according to their presentation, for example obtaining ECG, IVC, VBG, SEPSIS management, Blood cultures, blood collection, urine, alcohol screening, assessing and managing bleeding and administering analgesia
- Analyses patients’ ISTAT results, urine, ECGs and escalate patients’ management accordingly.
- Collaborate with doctors in the assessment, planning and implementation of patient treatment to ensure optimal care is given in a timely manner.
- Working in collaboration with multi-disciplinary team in the assessment and management of patients
- Effective pain assessment and management, according to the department’s protocols.
- Effective management of respiratory distress, for example, nebulization, use of burst therapy, setting up and management of High flow/BI-PAP
- Fast-track department team leading
- Reacting effectively in emergency situations and demonstrating sound decision making to save lives and prevent injuries
- effectively working with multidisciplinary to achieve best outcome
- Nambour General Hospital. QLD Health
Registered Nurse
QLD Health (Nambour General Hospital)
Nambour, QLD, Australia
04.2013 - 04.2015
- Assessment and treatment of patients with acute strokes.
- Carrying out observation using stroke protocol guidelines.
- Variance management
- Setting up and monitoring insulin infusion
- Care planning according to patient’s needs and capabilities
- Implementing discharge planning care
- Managing patients post lysis taking note of any lysis side effects
- Parental feeds and supplements administration
- Collaboration with the interdisciplinary team in the management of complex discharge planning and family issues.
- Coordination of care with other disciplines, internal and external.
- Building a therapeutic relationship with patients and families
- Encouraging patients to be involved in the activities that promote their recovery
- Helping patients to safely participate in the execution of activities of daily living.
- Lobbying for human resources using correct tools such as trend care.
- Delegation of duties and supervision of staff
- Enforcing the ward and hospital policies.
- Teaching and supervising students.
- Appraising doctors and other disciplines with patient progress and liaising plan of care.
Medical Assessment Planning Unit (MAPU) and Patient Flow Unit
02.2014 - 08.2014
- Admitting patients for various procedures
- Stabilizing acutely ill surgical/medical patients
- Preparing for and managing patients having abdominal tap.
- Preparing for intercostal chest drain insertion and management of patients post intercostal chest drain insertion.
- Carrying out Infusions and transfusions. For example, insulin, heparin, and Iron infusion.
Ramsay Health Surgical Ward/Medical
01.2009 - 01.2013
- Managing patient with continuous bladder irrigation
- Premedication administration.
- Effective management of pain post op
- Bowel preparation
- Ortho preparation and post op management
- Liaising with the members of the interdisciplinary team assisting with rehabilitation planning.
Registered Nurse
Noosa Nursing Center
Noosa, Australia
01.2007 - 01.2009
- Mentored junior nursing staff, fostering professional development and clinical competency.
- Conducted comprehensive assessments to evaluate patient needs and coordinate appropriate interventions.
- Streamlined documentation processes to improve accuracy and compliance with regulatory standards.
- Implemented evidence-based practices to enhance clinical effectiveness in diverse patient populations.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
- Improved patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based nursing interventions and individualized care plans.
- Contributed to interdisciplinary team meetings by presenting relevant clinical data about patients'' progress toward reaching established goals of care.
- enforcing aged care health standards
- effective use of ACFI tool to maximise funding
United Bulawayo Hospitals
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
01.2002 - 01.2007
- Team leading staff delegating according to needs and scope of practice.
- Liaising with internal and external facilities in the management of care.
- Clinical teaching and supervision of student nurses.
- Appraisal report for staff.
- Ordering stores weekly.
- Doing doctors round (MCCC).
Education
RURAL AND REMOTE HEALTH PRACTICE (certificate) - Nursing Remote Health
Flinders University
Adelaide, SA06-2025
Skills
- Good team player
- Respect everyone’s contribution to the team
- Critical thinker
- Good communicator
- Sociable, tolerant and patient
- Emergency care
- Pediatric care
- Emergency triage
- Advanced cardiac life support
Accomplishments
- Research - Completed focused study on impacts of use and overuse of technology in society.
- case study - impacts of social determinants of health
- Supervised team of 5 staff members.
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Mount Morgan Multipurpose Hospital
10.2024 - Current
Registered Nurse, Department of Emergency
Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Services (SCHHS)
04.2024 - 10.2024
Medical Assessment Planning Unit (MAPU) and Patient Flow Unit
02.2014 - 08.2014
Registered Nurse
QLD Health (Nambour General Hospital)
04.2013 - 04.2015
Ramsay Health Surgical Ward/Medical
01.2009 - 01.2013
Registered Nurse
Noosa Nursing Center
01.2007 - 01.2009
United Bulawayo Hospitals
01.2002 - 01.2007
RURAL AND REMOTE HEALTH PRACTICE (certificate) - Nursing Remote Health
Flinders University
Professional Development
- 2nd year student MPH
- Resuscitation Days (2-day workshop), 2024-01-01
- Adult Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), 2023-01-01
- Paediatric Clinical Skills, 2017-01-01
- Graduate Certificate in Advanced Nursing (Aged Care), 2015-01-01
- Nursing Documentation and Accountability, 2012-01-01
- chronic disease management and Palliative Care, 2011-01-01
Qualifications
AHPRA, Registered Nurse Division 1, MNW0001468079,
Graduate Certificate in Rural and Remote Health
Graduate Certificate in Nursing(Aged care)
Diploma in General Nursing, United Bulawayo Hospitals, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 2002-05-01
Personal Information
- Title: Registered Nurse
- ID Type: AHPRA Registration
- ID Number: MNW0001468079