Compassionate and responsive community services and healthcare professional with eight years of experience as a Rehabilitation Consultant, Registered Nurse and Disability Support Worker. Adept at building strong partnerships and collaborating with community stakeholders. Strong analytical and leadership capabilities. An interest in applying my client focused service whilst ensuring best practice outcomes.
Collaborate with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment. Administer medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans. Educate patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
Assessed, planned, implemented, and evaluated patient and resident care. Collaborated as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions. Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, and disease process.
Accomplishments: developed a strong management skills-set for effectively supervising care staff and overseeing the daily function of facilities.
Identified and solved problems to address biomedical and psychosocial risk factors, conducted specialised assessments, developed individualised return to work and injury management plans, assisted with training and suitable job placement, case management, injury prevention in a variety of workplace settings, planned and coordinated services, and developed professional relationships with a variety of stakeholders involved in the management of workers compensation insurance claims.
Evaluated and prepared patients for the operating theatre, provided education about the procedure and recovery, and discussed the possible side effects of anaesthesia. Assisted the Anaesthetist to administer anaesthesia, intubate and exubate the patient's airway, monitor their vital signs during the procedure, and prepare them for the post anaesthetic care unit.
Assessed, planned, implemented, and evaluated patient and resident care. Collaborated as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions. Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, and disease process.
Accomplishments: developed a strong management skills-set for effectively supervising care staff and overseeing the daily function of facilities.
Effectively managed six patients in a fast-paced medical unit where patients had been admitted directly from the Emergency Department for further triage and assessment. Provided direct patient care, stabilised patients, and determined next course of action. Managed care from admission to discharge.
Accomplishments: completed the New Graduate Transition Program at John Hunter Hospital in 2019 with three month clinical rotations in Orthopaedic Trauma, Neurology/Neurosurgery, ENT/Special Surgery, and Rehabilitation.
Contributed as part of the multidisciplinary team in hospitals and aged care facilities across the Newcastle region. Conducted vital sign observations, attended to personal care needs of patients, and escalated signs of patient deterioration to the multidisciplinary team.
Provided physical support with personal care needs and household tasks, provided emotional support to clients and families/guardians, encouraged and supported the development of personal/life skills, assisted in linking clients with meaningful employment, assisted clients to access community services, and developed care plans in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
Provided support to vulnerable young people to deliver effective responses and interventions to reduce risk, harm or homelessness. Reduced the welfare reliance of clients, strengthened family communication and relationships, linked young people to meaningful employment and educational opportunities, and mentored young people to gain the necessary life skills to live independently.
Working With Vulnerable People