Holly Barwick

• Provides holistic care for patients to achieve positive health outcomes.
• Advocates for patients' needs, by liaising with MDT, patients and families.
• Promotes independence and provides health education to patients/families encouraging them take control of their health and achieve their individualised rehabilitation goals.
• Promotes health and safety by following organisational polices and procedures and identifying areas of improvement. Furthermore, provides education to colleagues and students on health and safety policies to ensure a safe working environment.
• Mentors junior nurses on best practices, contributing to the development of a highly skilled nursing team.
• Developed strong relationships with patients and families through open communication channels and regular updates on progress made during treatments or procedures.
• Achieved expert PDRP.
• Clinical Liaison Nurse.
• Shift coordinator
• Acting Charge Nurse Manager:

- 45+ shifts filling in as CNM.

- Facilitates board round meetings to create collaborative care plans, identifying individualised rehabilitation goals and discharge planning. Facilitates and contributes to identifying criteria for discharge to ensure adequate patient/ward flow.

- Ensures adequate staffing and skill mix by liaising with the Director of Nursing, timely completion of the VIS, staffing tool and DNM report.

- Analyses TrendCare data and graphs on a daily and weekly basis and acting on the data accordingly.

- Completes ACC spreadsheets and relevant ACC forms to ensure correct funding channels are utilised and information is correct.

- Effectively managing complaints from staff, patients and family members. Ensuring the complainant is offered solutions, validation and/or official complain forms if appropriate.

- Completed Safety First training in order to correctly complete managerial findings of reported incidents. Act on findings such as proving education to staff on correct organisational procedures to achieve a safe working environment.

- Understanding of working with a budget. For example, investigating and assessing the need for hired clinical equipment, additional staffing requirements and monitoring wastage.

• Further development of leadership skills of direction and delegation. Coordination of caregivers to ensure best possible care outcomes.
• Sole charge of 40+ HLC, 60 RHLC and 40 D3 residents.
• Responded to emergent situations. Liaised with emergency services whilst ensuring other residents' needs are met.
• Administered medications safely according to organisational procedures. Monitoring for response and escalating to the Nurse Practitioner when faced with unexpected reactions.
• Contributed to development of holistic nursing care plans to provide culturally appropriate support for residents.
• Offered position of Clinical Coordinator of the HLC facility - turned down to return to Burwood Hospital.

• Strengthened critical thinking and time management skills to prioritise nursing care based on patients' acuity needs.
• Conducted patient assessments and was able to recognise deteriorating patients promptly and followed organisational protocols to ensure prompt and appropriate support is provided.
• Regularly involved in clinical emergencies, including conducting CPR.
• Improved patient and family comfort by providing holistic, compassionate palliative care and symptom management.
• Achieved proficient PDRP.
• Clinical Liaison Nurse

- Encouraged and provided support for nursing students to flourish.

- Provided clinical leadership by teaching new clinical skills.

- Actively supervised and monitored the care being provided by nursing students.

- Provided constructive, timely feedback.

- Strengthened communication skills by liaising with Ara, nurse colleagues, the MDT and students to support the achievement of learning goals.

- Provided best practise education, by ensuring students are adhering to organisational policies and procedures.

- Completed formative and summative assessments alongside the Academic Liaison Nurse - gaining an in-depth knowledge of EN and RN scope pf practice and competencies.

• Nurse in Charge/Shift coordinator:

- After hours co-ordination of patient flow. Including admitting and discharging patients on SPICS.

- Liaising with CTC and DNM to ensure adequate staffing and skill mix ensuring patient safety.

- Providing clinical leadership by assisting nursing colleagues with complex tasks and deteriorating patients.

- Ensured good communication within the team to create a therapeutic environment for patients.

• Paid employment to provide support to younger brother with complex disabilities.
• Managed team of up to nine caregivers. Responsible for advertising vacancies, interviewing potential candidates, creating contracts and completing payroll.
• Created rosters that met support needs and contractual obligations whilst considering staff social requirements.
• Responsible for training new caregivers, providing ongoing professional development and completing performance reviews.
• Responsible for budgeting yearly Ministry of Health funding, ensuring need requirements were met cost-effectively.
• Coordination of daily activities, including medical appointments, medication regimes, recreational activities and physical exercise needs.
• Collaborated with community support to ensure positive health outcomes. For example, General Practitioners, occupational therapists, dentists and orthotics.

• Three-month placement as part of Gerontology Acceleration Programme.
• Further development of leadership skills. Frequently being nurse in charge and providing clinical support to new graduates and enrolled nurses.

Three-month placement as part of the Gerontology Acceleration Programme.

• Frequently sole charge of 80 residents with varying levels of care needs including HLC, RHLC and D3 dementia level of care.
• Assisted with developing person-centred care plans by collaborating with the MDT, residents and families.
• Developed sound direction and delegation skills. Directing ten healthcare assistants to provide optimal resident care whilst meeting organisational targets. Ensuring safe and responsive care was delivered.
• Developed conflict resolution skills, mediating disagreements between healthcare assistants.
• Developed an awareness of the continuum of care for older persons and the importance of communicating between different areas, i.e. acute settings, rehab settings and community settings.

• Completed New Graduate Entry to Practice Programme.
• Consolidated knowledge, developed new skills and increased clinical knowledge. For example: CAPD, complex wound care, complex comorbidities and recognising the importance of rehabilitation.
• Developed leadership skills by being "Nurse in Charge" of shifts as an SN2.
• Achieved Competent PDRP.
• Developed excellent communication skills by collaborating with the multidisciplinary team to create comprehensive treatment plans for older persons with multiple comorbidities and complex rehabilitation goals.
• Preceptor to a new graduate nurse. Assisting in training and mentorship, contributing to a positive work environment and high-quality patient care.
• Served as a preceptor for nursing students during their clinical rotations, providing valuable real-world experience and guidance to foster professional growth.