Organisation: West Moreton Hospital and Health Service
Job Title: Clinical Nurse – Age Care Assessment
Word Limit: 2 Page Statement of Claims
Location: Kingaroy
Possessing current registration as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), I also hold a Bachelor of Nursing and over 20 years of clinical experience caring for the aged, including significant care requirements. Additionally, I have been accountable for supervising, leading, and educating teams of nursing professionals to deliver exceptional care across a broad range of aged care environments throughout my career history. Performing as the Registered Nurse at Medical Surgical Ward Kingaroy Base Hospital, I demonstrated my nursing management ability to work within an acute setting providing patient-focused care. Working in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, I have developed and implemented program design and review of client centred nursing development. Accountable for best practice outcomes, I deliver management expertise in the coordination and delivery of quality care for geriatric and specialist support care.
Validate throughout my career, I have demonstrated my exceptional abilities in coordinating and delivering quality care and monitoring clinical services that meet the daily living and changing life needs of clients with geriatric based chronic conditions on a person centred approach and individual lifestyle plans and goals. As Registered Nurse at Wesley Hospital, I promoted and drove internal visions and strategies with operational understanding and focus. This role required me to possess extensive specialist clinical experience and demonstrate superior operational direction and leadership. Exhibiting solid time management skills, excellent communication and planning abilities, I successfully promoted and maintained a professional and collaborative working environment. Eager to increase whole-hospital knowledge in all areas of clinical achievements, I have actively participated in, and added value to, the quality of processes and procedures for patient care and presented as an integral member of the leadership team, driving learning frameworks and supporting the development and on-going evaluation of clinical practice and patient care.
With a passion for significant aged care assessments, I am driven by patient centred care that is underpinned by best practice and nursing accountabilities. Proven in my vast experience in community aged care facilities and health care, within government and private establishments, I performed as a Registered Nurse at Domain Aged Care. During this tenure, I dealt with varying degrees of geriatric health issues and provided a holistic approach to patient care within a risk management framework. Proficient in the review and interpretation of clinical observations relating to changes in clients’ health and implement appropriate service interventions, I am often referred to by peers for direction and leadership in completing reports and clinical direction. Ensuring documentation is completed in a correct and timely manager; I am instrumental in the reputation of the unit being upheld and sound information being provided to the wider multidisciplinary team. Within the position at Kingaroy Community Health, I will deliver on client and stakeholder expectations focusing on exculpatory skills in client daily care including those with dual diagnosis and respond proactively to challenging circumstances, adjust plans and schedules when necessary.
Demonstrating strong communication skills both written and verbal, I have successfully developed written reports of patient care and administrative tasks, along with the promotion of an atmosphere of open communication and inclusivity in all verbal interactions with stakeholders. Exhibiting a commitment to supporting constructive working relationships, I enhance stakeholder relations by valuing individual strengths and diversity, in addition to recognising the varying working styles of individuals and factoring this into the management of tasks. During communication with external and internal stakeholders, I treat everyone with respect and courtesy, thus verifying my ability to building long-lasting professional relationships. A confident communicator, I readily build therapeutic relationships with patients, liaise sensitively with family members, and communicate with multidisciplinary team members readily to drive positive patient outcomes. In my position at Kingaroy Base Hospital, I was involved in a range of meetings involving staff of all levels. These include monthly staff meetings, which involve all staff and are an opportunity to share feedback, issues, and discuss pertinent information. Actively contributing to the raising of leadership issues and the formulation of suitable solutions, I ensure the unit continues to function with professionalism and in accordance with professional standards of infection control, Nursing & Midwifery board of Australia, Codes & Competency Standards & legislations, which impact on nursing practice.
Throughout my nursing career, I have developed exceptional skills that enable me to work effectively with colleagues and as an integral member of multidisciplinary teams. Recognised as a strong team member, I work effectively through upholding respect for my colleagues, as well as ensuring that I appropriately acknowledge their role relating to the care of patients. This is demonstrated through my thorough understanding of each team member’s role, and my ability to identify when it is necessary to call on their assistance. Regardless of my colleague’s cultural or professional background, I ensure that when working within a team I foster an environment of mutual trust and respect. During my employment with Kingaroy Base Hospital, I care for patients with diverse conditions, many of whom have required care from various allied healthcare professionals at various stages of their admission. In a commitment to working in whole hospital collaboration, I apply the mobilisation of staff to assist with clinical issues, deploying nursing resources to assist in the safe patient-centred care within Kingaroy Base Hospital.
Demonstrating a high level of motivation, personal drive and integrity, I have successfully balanced work with the ability to multitask and remain focused. My career to date has involved diverse responsibilities, which have enabled me to develop excellent personal and professional skills. With a demonstrated record of commitment, consistency and a focus on quality service and outcomes, I possess practical experience and a range of professional skills and strengths that contribute to positive outcomes. Under difficult circumstances, I have demonstrated my resilience and professionalism. Performing within my responsibilities at Kingaroy Base Hospital, I offered all direct staff, patients and multidisciplinary teams an approachable and cultivating atmosphere that promotes collaboration and team achievements. Through my proven success in promoting change within my career, I demonstrate my exceptional verbal and written skills in all settings. Whilst at the Kingaroy Base Hospital, I display my written communication abilities through the creation of policies, procedures, safety reports, shift reports and individualised lifestyle plans that are acknowledged by the stakeholders as cohesive and effective.
Committed to the continuity of high-level patient outcomes at Domain Aged Care, I was instrumental in the interview and assessment process with both doctors and patients. Validated as a key resource within the team and desired outcomes, in collaboration with doctors I provided patient solutions and treatment plans for case review meetings. Further demonstration of my strengths in this area have been developing nursing progress notes, letters to guardians and state trustees. With a proven commitment in providing high-level assessment services to clients, I draw on my clinical skills, knowledge and experience in aged care specific domains to assist clients to access appropriate Commonwealth funded support services including residential care. To ensure high-quality and holistic patient care, I maintain a team approach, within my leadership position and as Registered Nurse, in order to deliver the necessary aspects of physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual and social care. This is demonstrated through making appropriate referrals and utilising the expertise of my nursing colleagues, as well as managers and clinical nurse specialists, doctors from various medical specialities, radiologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, pathology, patient care assistants, students and volunteers.
Validated at Kingaroy Base Hospital, I regularly dealt with consumer affair advocates to empower patients to have a voice in the conduct of their care. Possessing a keen eye for detail, I understand how processes work and how to quickly and efficiently resolve problems through process analysis and systematic thinking. I always endeavour to find and implement a resolution that is beneficial to both the organisation and stakeholders involved. As verified throughout my career, it has been my responsibility to understand organisational culture and its impact on strategic policies and processes. This is essential when providing care solutions to complex cases within strict frameworks. Throughout my career at Kingaroy Base Hospital, I have exhibited personal standards of integrity, initiative, sound judgement and flexibility, in addition to displaying my ability to have a personal standard of influence within the team. This is achieved through proving my commitment to role modelling the fair and equitable treatment of staff and stakeholders so that the integrity of the Kingaroy Base Hospital was consistently upheld.
The success achieved within my position at Kingaroy Base Hospital can be attributed to my strong negotiation, conflict resolution, communication, counselling and mediation skills that I draw upon on a daily basis. As Registered Nurse, I display my ability to use problem solving skills in order to deliver quality client care outcomes. Problem solving is an integral component of client-centred care and I use a method of assessing, planning, implementation and evaluation in order to focus care on the needs of my staff and to ensure the completion of goals. Through my adoption of this methodology, I have displayed my capabilities to problem solve at an advanced level within my scope of practice.
Throughout my career thus far, I have been able to effectively put these skills into practice and I draw on my personal and academic experiences in all situations aiming to and identify and implement possible improvements, striving to continue to grow my knowledge base. Both my past and current employment roles have all relied on my ability to deliver required outcomes within tight timeframes under changing priorities, drawing on my academic knowledge and concepts and applying these to practical situations. Highly skilled in the delivery of advanced, person-centred care that provides assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation using comprehensive expertise, I am a dedicated and passionate professional.
