Vanessa Hardy

• Receptionist

*Support all people living with blood cancer by using social work and nursing skills.

*Providing emotional and practical support including counselling, financial assistance, transport and accommodation.

*Advocating for patients and assisting them to navigate their way around the health service.

*Regional and remote outreach specialist travelling and assisting those living with blood cancer to access treatment options not offered in regional areas.

*Maintain all admin requirements and reporting.

*Maintaining regional budget.

*Replace team leader in her absence.

*Liaise with health care professionals at hospitals and clinics to ensure their knowledge around what the Leukaemia Foundation offer patients.

*Presenting at conferences pertaining to cancer and Aboriginal Health.

• Delivering services to clients and their families to ensure a safe discharge
• Assessing risk and ensuring this is mitigated prior to discharge
• Prioritising urgent work and advocating for clients while participating in early discharge planning
• Developing collaborative relationships with the multi-disciplinary team and contributing to multi-disciplinary team meetings
• Ensuring that nursing and medical teams understand social work policies and work collaboratively.

• All facets of recruitment including taking orders from clients, resume screening, placing appropriate candidates, OHS inspections
• Follow up with current temp staff during assignments including calls and onsite visits to monitor progress
• Account management of Government Clients
• Performance management as required
• Working on national projects screening volume applications, reference checking and attending assessment centres interstate
• All administration duties as required including reception.

• Coordinating The Smith Family programs for partner primary schools
• Programs include Homework Clubs, Reading Programs, Counting Programs, activities in conjunction with community groups
• Liaising with school contacts and organising activities for students
• Administration of all programs
• Marketing to schools in regards to what The Smith Family can offer their students.

• Rostering Assistant

• Managing Canberra Branch of DFP Recruitment, recruitment of staff for branch and managing all facets of branch
• Meeting branch KPIs and mentoring staff members to meet theirs
• Business development, client liaison, performance management
• Participating in national management meetings
• Completing budgets and business plans for the branch.

• Working with branch manager to re-open Canberra Branch after it had been closed for a number of months
• Re-establishing contact with clients and candidates, creating new leads and filling roles
• All facets of recruitment including taking orders from clients, resume screening, placing appropriate candidates, OHS inspections
• Follow up with current temp staff during assignments including calls and onsite visits to monitor progress
• Performance management
• Working on national projects screening volume applications, reference checking, attending assessment centres interstate.

• Managing Sydney office under direction of Branch Manager
• Managing 7 staff members in varying roles in the branch including Nursing Clinical Placements, Homecare and Administration
• Meeting monthly KPIs for the branch
• Meeting with new clients to gain new business opportunities as well as speaking with current clients to increase business
• Sourcing candidates in a timely manner and placing them into roles that are suitable to them, performance management as required
• Arranging marketing when needed
• Attending 3 weeks of expos in the UK and interviewing Nurses in New Zealand to place to work in Australia as part of our international campaign
• Completing budgets and business plans.

• Interviewing nurses and carers for both hospital placements and homecare clients
• Putting teams together of between 5 and 20 people to look after clients in their home
• Managed large national program recruiting 450 nurses for a 2 week project
• Managing national accounts supplying nurses in all areas of Australia for one off shifts at short notice
• Recruiting staff for permanent roles in hospitals, clinics and management roles
• Organising training of all staff in their yearly competencies.

• Working in a variety of hospitals in London
• Working in clinics in London including private clinics in Harley Street
• Community Nursing.

• Running clinics with a variety of surgeons diagnosing breast cancer
• Primary nurse for head surgeon, attending consultations, pre-op visits to clients, post op follow up
• Organizing follow up for all clients diagnosed with breast cancer
• Counselling of clients after diagnoses of breast cancer
• Discussing treatment options with clients and looking after them pre and post mastectomy
• Assisting with procedures in day surgery and assisting the plastic surgeon in consultations.

• All Nursing duties in endoscopy unit including assisting in endoscopic procedures, recovering patients after sedation, team leadership and teaching of new staff.

• Agency nurse in a variety of hospitals throughout Sydney.

• Three month contract working mainly with the aboriginal population in the infectious diseases ward
• Completed course on aboriginal lifestyle and language.

• Nursing critically ill patients with Leukaemia, Myeloma, Hodgkin's disease, Haemophilia and other haematological diseases
• Nursing patients undergoing Stem Cell transplants
• Administering chemotherapy
• Teaching New Graduate nurses
• Acting as in charge and replacing NUM in her absence
• Running the day stay clinic
• Organising EQUIP program for the ward.