VICKI ASHBY
Young,NSW
Summary
I am a Registered Nurse currently working as a community mental health clinician in Young, NSW. I have extensive community and mental health inpatient nursing experience in both New South Wales and Western Australia. I am passionate about the specialism of mental health nursing and continually seek learning and professional development opportunities to enhance my knowledge and skill base.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Community Mental Health Nurse, Adult mental health clinician
Murrumbidgee Local Health District
02.2023 - Current
- Specialist mental health assessment, care planning and case management for individuals aged 18 – 65
- Preform triage officer duties – triaging referrals to service
- Providing counselling/intervention to address clients individual needs
- Provision of specialist consultation and liaison service to internal and external service providers
- Facilitation of education and training activities with key services and carers
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary treatment team to revise goals, objectives and interventions based on patient status and needs.
Health Nurse, Youth mental health clinician
Community Mental, Murrumbidgee Local Health District
08.2020 - Current
- Specialist mental health assessment, care planning and case management for individuals aged 13 - 25
- Preform triage officer duties – triaging referrals to service
- Providing counselling/intervention to address clients individual needs
- Provision of specialist consultation and liaison service to internal and external service providers
- Facilitation of education and training activities with key services and carers
Drug and Alcohol Clinician
NSW Health – Young, Drug
08.2019 - 08.2020
- And Alcohol
- Case management for individuals receiving Opioid Substitute Therapy
- Drug and alcohol assessment and case planning
- Counselling: harm minimisation, brief intervention, cognitive behavioural therapy, relapse prevention
Mental health outreach clinician
Nyngan/Bourke/Cobar, NSW
01.2017 - 08.2019
- Health - Specialist mental health services for older people
- Specialist mental health assessment, care planning and case management for individuals aged 65 and over
- Provision of specialist consultation and liaison service to primary healthcare providers, residential aged care facilities and local GP’s
- Facilitation of education and training activities with key services and carers
Registered Nurse
Acute Psychiatric Inpatient, NSW
04.2016 - 01.2017
- Health – Bloomfield and Dubbo base hospital
- Delivery of a high standard of nursing care on a shift by shift basis
- Active participation in clinical reviews
- Implementation of evidenced based nursing practice and interventions in collaboration with multidisciplinary team
- Direction and delegation
- Ensure knowledge and skills are current by participating in education and professional development
- Patient advocacy
- Medication administration
Community Mental Health Nurse
Older Adult, Peel and Rockingham Kwinana Mental Health Service
07.2015 - 03.2016
- Worked in a seconded position as a case manager in the older adult community mental health team
- Responsible for providing individualised case management and care co- ordination for case load of clients
- Preform triage officer duties – triaging referrals to service
- Comprehensive assessment, initiating and managing identified interventions and care planning.
Registered Nurse
Rockingham General Hospital
02.2013 - 07.2015
- Acute psychiatric inpatient unit: Adult and Older Adult
- Delivery of a high standard of nursing care on a shift by shift basis
- Active participation in clinical reviews
- Implementation of evidenced based nursing practice and interventions in collaboration with multidisciplinary team
- Direction and delegation
- Ensure knowledge and skills are current by participating in education and professional development
- Patient advocacy
- Coordination of shift– acting CN when required
- Training and ELearning
- Accountable and ethical decision making
- Alcohol smoking and substance involvement screening tool
- Managing cultural diversity in health
- Mandatory reporting suspected child abuse/neglect lodging
- Safety skills clinical training
- Hand hygiene
- Compass – early recognition of the deteriorating patient
- Infection prevention and control
- Anaphylaxis training
- Bullying in the workplace
- ANF ifolio tutorials
Education
Masters - Mental Health Nursing
University of Newcastle
Newcastle, NSW11.2020
Bachelors - Nursing
Southern Institute of Technology
Southland, New Zealand12.2012
Diploma - Dementia Care
University of Tasmania
Launceston, TAS12.2017
Skills
Comprehensive mental health and risk assessment skills
Extensive experience working with individual's living with acute and chronic mental illness
Accredited mental health practitioner - NSW
Crisis intervention and de-escalation skills
Counselling experience
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Timeline
Community Mental Health Nurse, Adult mental health clinician
Murrumbidgee Local Health District
02.2023 - Current
Health Nurse, Youth mental health clinician
Community Mental, Murrumbidgee Local Health District
08.2020 - Current
Drug and Alcohol Clinician
NSW Health – Young, Drug
08.2019 - 08.2020
Mental health outreach clinician
Nyngan/Bourke/Cobar, NSW
01.2017 - 08.2019
Registered Nurse
Acute Psychiatric Inpatient, NSW
04.2016 - 01.2017
Community Mental Health Nurse
Older Adult, Peel and Rockingham Kwinana Mental Health Service
07.2015 - 03.2016
Registered Nurse
Rockingham General Hospital
02.2013 - 07.2015
Masters - Mental Health Nursing
University of Newcastle
Bachelors - Nursing
Southern Institute of Technology
Diploma - Dementia Care
University of Tasmania
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