Deidre Gordon

• Assessed competency levels among nursing staff, identifying areas of improvement for targeted interventions.
• Promoted professional growth among nursing staff through continuous education opportunities, conferences, and workshops.
• Established a supportive learning environment by providing guidance and mentorship to nursing staff.
• Increased collaboration among nursing staff, promoting shared decision-making and improved patient outcomes through targeted educational initiatives.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams for the development and implementation of evidence-based practice initiatives.
• Served as a subject matter expert in clinical practice areas, offering specialized instruction to enhance skill sets among nurses.
• Reduced knowledge gaps by creating customized training plans that addressed specific needs within the nursing team.

• Provided expert consultation for complex cases, ensuring comprehensive assessments and appropriate interventions were delivered.
• Attend surgical procedure to provide clinical and technical support for nurses and surgeons in hip and knee joint replacement surgeries
• Conduct education and training to surgeons and nurses on Stryker range of products
• Theatre optimization projects in partnership with key account
• Point of contact for key account
• Management of case bookings and case requirements
• Drive increased efficiency
• Supply chain management
• Inventory Management
• Support the sales team in achieving sales target and strategic goals
• Support territory manager in targeted surgeon conversions
• Relationship building with internal and external key stakeholders
• Optimizing processes between key account and company

· Overall management of the contracts with external education providers for undergraduate nursing students, midwifery and paramedic students

· Management of clinical placements for undergraduate students at CMDHB

· Engage with CMDHB staff and teritiary education provider to ensure better health outcomes through the use of education and training

· Represent, promote and further develop the nursing role across the continuum of care by establishing partnerships with all professional work groups

· Lead the development, co-ordination and promotion of the Nursing Council of New Zealand accredited PDRP for CMDHB

· Nursing Leadership across CMDHB in consultation with key stakeholders

· Design, implementation, and evaluation of initiatives/projects in nursing and nursing education

· Deliver a consistent model of competency assessment that enables nurses to improve health outcomes

· Represent, promote and further develop the nursing role across the continuum of care by establishing partnerships with all professional work groups

· Promote practice development and quality improvement initiatives through the uses of research and evidence bases practice

· Ensure the programme is marketable to external customers and key stakeholders

· Management of nursing, health care assistants and clerical personnel for Ward 10

· Manage ward financial outcomes within budgeted resources

· Maintaining a safe environment for all staff and visitor

· Ensuring standards of care are met

· Employment of new staff

· Provide clinical, cultural and professional leadership

· Ensure that planning, delivery and evaluation of services takes into account consumer expectations, and contractual/Ministry of Health requirements

· Engage with CM Health staff, patients, family and whaanau to ensure better health outcomes by ensuring staff have opportunity for education and training

• Implemented measures to reduce hospital-acquired infections, leading to an overall decrease in infection rates within the unit.