Summary
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Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Technical Skills
Professional Responsibilities
Languages
Hobbies and Interests
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Anusha Anjali Singh

33 Princes Street,Waihi

Summary

Versatile, organized, knowledgeable and driven Registered Nurse with over 7 years of experience; delivering high-quality care to patients in acute, chronic and community settings. Successful in providing fast and accurate assessments while smoothly delegating tasks according to patient needs and personnel skillsets. Recognized for collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to maintain top-notch healthcare practices and delivering comprehensive patient care and work calmly under pressure. Proven leader skillful in uniting and guiding teams toward achieving patient care goals and improving satisfaction. Focused on continuously driving innovation and improving patient outcomes.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Registered Nurse - Aged Residential Care

Waihi Lifecare (2018) Limited
, Waihi
01.2023 - Current
  • Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care for residents at hospital and rest home level of care inclusive of PACC funded, respite and palliative care under relevant legislation and in adherence to facility policies and procedures while maintaining current competency based practicing certificate.
  • Collaborate with doctors, nurses, therapists, social workers and other healthcare professionals to develop care plans for residents; coordinate and participate in multidisciplinary team and family meetings to discuss individualized long term care plans.
  • Effective team leadership through direction and delegation in providing ongoing patient education to residents and staff for comprehensive healthcare with adherence to infection control policies and procedures.
  • Other responsibilities include safe medication administration, end of life care for palliative residents, wound care and management, restraints elimination, admissions, residents transfers, rehabilitation, interRAI assessments/care plans and documentation under legal standards.

Healthcare Assistant

Waihi Lifecare (2018) Limited
, Waihi
06.2022 - 10.2022
  • Provided assistance to nursing staff with patient care activities such as bathing, dressing and feeding residents. Responded to call lights and completed frequent rounds to meet residents' needs.
  • Performed clinical tasks such as taking vital signs, height/weight measurements, blood glucose tests, administered medication, monitored food and fluid intake and output; reporting changes to nursing staff.
  • Updated and maintained accurate records of resident information.
  • Assisted nurses with wound care for pressure ulcers, bed sores and skin tears.
  • Performed light cleaning duties by emptying wastebaskets, sweeping, mopping and sanitizing surfaces.

Registered Nurse - Paediatric Intensive Care Unit

Colonial War Memorial Hospital
Suva, Fiji
11.2017 - 06.2022
  • Assessed, planned, implemented and evaluated nursing care in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team for critically ill patients admitted with various paediatric conditions including those on mechanical ventilation, AIRVO, nasopharyngeal CPAP, tracheostomy, burns and requiring barrier/isolation nursing including COVID.
  • Other responsibilities included parenteral and enteral drug administration, assisted doctors in medical procedures, wound care and management, pre and post -operative nursing care, compliance and maintenance of infection control protocols, high dependency and emergency nursing care, patient referrals and air/land medical evacuations.
  • Provided education and counseled patients and caregivers in regards to various medical conditions and provided emotional, psychological and spiritual support.
  • Coordinated discharge planning including arranging follow up appointments or referrals.
  • Trained and mentored new RNs on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care.

Registered Nurse - Paediatric Oncology Unit

Colonial War Memorial Hospital
Suva, Fiji
05.2017 - 11.2017
  • Responsibilities included patient admission and discharge, oncology and hematological nursing care, nursing management and care of blood transfusions and chemotherapy infusions, administration of subcutaneous and intramuscular chemotherapy drugs, creating chemotherapy schedules/calendars, patient/parent education and cancer awareness, public health referrals, emergency care, and stock management.
  • Collaborated with physicians, nurses, therapists, social workers and other healthcare professionals to develop individualized treatment plans for each patient.
  • Provided emotional support and comfort to families during difficult times.

Registered Nurse - Internship

Colonial War Memorial Hospital
Suva, Fiji
05.2016 - 05.2017
  • Intensive Care and Coronary Nursing
  • Diabetic Nursing and Management
  • Ostomy Nursing Care
  • Maternity Nursing – antenatal, perinatal, postnatal and maternity intensive care nursing.
  • Oncology and Hematology Nursing
  • Burns Nursing Care and Management
  • Medical-Surgical Nursing

Casual Sales Assistant

Texas
04.2016 - 05.2016
  • Responsibilities include customer service and sales, cash handling, and stock taking.

Education

Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Competency Assessment Programme) - Nursing

Waikato Institute of Technology
Hamilton, NZ
12-2022

Bachelors of Nursing -

Fiji National University (College of Medicine, Nursing And Health Sciences)
12-2015

Fiji Seventh Form Examination -

Rishikul Sanatan College
12-2012

Skills

  • Cultural Competence
  • Professionalism
  • Communication
  • Time Management and Leadership
  • Willingness to Learn
  • Critical Thinking
  • Resilience
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Responsible
  • Adaptable and able to work under pressure

Accomplishments

  • Certificate of Completion - Hospice New Zealand Syringe Driver Competency Programme 2023
  • Certificate of Competence - InterRAI Assessor (Long Term Care Facilities Assessment) 2023
  • Certificate of Completion - Comprehensive Workplace First Aid 2023
  • Certificate In Registration- Registered Nurse NCNZ 2022
  • Certificate of Participation - INFANTS TRAINING 2021
  • Certificate of Participation - 20 Hour PICU TRAINING PROGRAM 2020
  • Certificate of Participation - 20 Hour BABY FRIENDLY HOSPITAL INITIATIVE TRAINING 2019
  • Certificate of Completion - 2018 Overseas Training Course on Professional Clinical Nursing for Fiji
  • Certificate of Attendance - Essential Pain Management Lite Workshop 2018
  • Certificate of Completion - Integrated Management OF Childhood Illness Accreditation 2017
  • Certificate of Registration - Registered Nurse 2016

Technical Skills

  • Computer Skills - Microsoft Word, Power Point and Excel.
  • InterRAI Assessor - undertake InterRAI (Long Term Care Facility) assessments for residents in Aged Residential Care and formulate individualized care plans.
  • Use Telemetric Devices - competently have used ventilators (Macquet, Caresape R860),able to use cardiorespiratory monitors, defibrillators, remote control beds/commodes, BP machines, infusion pumps, glucometers and syringe drivers.
  • BLS/ACLS/PALS - trained to provide basic and advance adult and paediatric life support and carry out emergency cardiorespiratory resuscitation.
  • Air/Land Medical Evacuation - able to do nurse retrievals independently and assist doctors in complex retrieval cases.

Professional Responsibilities

  • Waihi Lifecare (2018) Limited - Restraints Coordinator (2023 -present)

Responsible for overseeing of all aspects of Restraint Elimination  and Safe Practice Policy at Waihi Lifecare. Discuss recommendations and requests for restraints with client, family and doctors and get consent. Complete assessments and routine evaluations. Do annual audits and keep restraints register updated. Organize, train and test competencies for staff. Monitor staff performance and ensure practice is current and safe.

  • PICU Quality Improvement Committee(2020)- Committee Leader

Organize and conduct committee meetings., Allocate, delegate responsibilities to group members and provide supervision., Collectively as a committee make evidence based changes in regards to patient care and updating essential Intensive care documents for the unit and making it available to the nursing staff.

  • PICU Education Committee (2017 -2020)- Committee Member

Assist in the planning, conduction and running of weekly continuous nursing education sessions (CNES). Teach new nursing interns protocols and procedures of the unit., Conducting PICU Training sessions under supervision of program facilitators., Teaching patients and parents on discharge plan, danger signs, when to return to hospital immediately, and rehabilitation.

Languages

Hindi
Native/ Bilingual
English
Full Professional

Hobbies and Interests

  • Reading
  • Meeting new people
  • Hiking
  • Learning new skills and knowledge
  • Travelling
  • Camping

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Registered Nurse - Aged Residential Care

Waihi Lifecare (2018) Limited
01.2023 - Current

Healthcare Assistant

Waihi Lifecare (2018) Limited
06.2022 - 10.2022

Registered Nurse - Paediatric Intensive Care Unit

Colonial War Memorial Hospital
11.2017 - 06.2022

Registered Nurse - Paediatric Oncology Unit

Colonial War Memorial Hospital
05.2017 - 11.2017

Registered Nurse - Internship

Colonial War Memorial Hospital
05.2016 - 05.2017

Casual Sales Assistant

04.2016 - 05.2016

Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Competency Assessment Programme) - Nursing

Waikato Institute of Technology

Bachelors of Nursing -

Fiji National University (College of Medicine, Nursing And Health Sciences)

Fiji Seventh Form Examination -

Rishikul Sanatan College
Anusha Anjali Singh