Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Practising certificate-NCNZ
References
Timeline
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Moira Haycock

1/27 Palliser Lane

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist

Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora- Waitemata
05.2017 - Current
  • Use advanced clinical skills, assessment and knowledge for adults with respiratory disease and sleep disordered breathing.
  • Work collaboratively with members of the multidisciplinary team, to ensure patients receive holistic and individualised treatments and improved outcomes.
  • Provide education to patients to help develop their understanding of their respiratory disease and encourage participation in decision making with the patient and their whanau.
  • Involved in design and delivery of quality projects within respiratory service and wider Waitemata setting.
  • Selected to become senior nurse lead for the Waitemata Sleep project, enhancing the design and delivery of this service.
  • Act as mentor and clinical expert for fellow nursing staff, providing professional development opportunities and enhancing their skills and competencies in areas such as non invasive ventilation education and credentialing.
  • Involved in formal education of nursing, medical and allied health staff.
  • Maintaining professional and staying informed on emerging trends and best practice development through attendance at conferences, workshops, and seminars.
  • Implemented quality improvement initiatives that led to measurable enhancements in patient safety and satisfaction levels & assess these regularly, for example auditing of oxygen prescribing and acute NIV use.
  • Contribute to policy development within the organisation by providing valuable insights from a nursing perspective, for example Palliative oxygen policy, asthma best care bundle, COPD best care bundle and the obesity hypoventilation policy.
  • Provide specialised consultation services for complex respiratory cases, effectively addressing unique patient needs.
  • Improved patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based care practices and clinical guidelines e.g. implementing the policy for spacer and inhaler use as first line treatment over nebulisers in patients with acute exacerbations of COPD & asthma.
  • Member of Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ), Australian Sleep Association (ASA) & the NZNO Respiratory College.



Patient at Risk (PAR) Team Speciality Nurse

Waitemata District Health Board (WDHB)
01.2014 - 05.2017
  • Advanced assessment, escalation of treatment, timely intervention and providing support for the acutely unwell or deteriorating ward patients.
  • Set up and led the PAR weekly education sessions to nurses across the WDHB.
  • Provided strong leadership, coaching and role modeled expert nursing practice within the ward setting.
  • Assisted and supported education initiatives that promoted patient safety and develop competency such as NIV on the wards, oxygen therapy and management.
  • Involved in quality and care improvement processes, such as quarterly North Shore Early Warning Score (NEWS) audits, ISBAR project and education sessions.
  • Contributed to service planning and policy development.
  • Held a ACLS certificate.
  • Member of the Critical Care Nurses Section & the Respiratory Nurse Section of the NZNO.

Community Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist

St George’s Hospital
10.2011 - 07.2012
  • Managed caseload of Respiratory patients within the local borough.
  • Main objective was admission avoidance and early supported discharge.
  • Provided Outreach and ‘Hospital at Home’ service
  • Established and led MDT clinics in GP practices across London boroughs.
  • Provided teaching/education for patients, GP’s, practice nurses, physiotherapists and other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
  • Service development - involved in establishing a COPD pathway project and on-going community respiratory nurse services.
  • Provided clinical supervision for colleagues and other allied health professionals.

Respiratory Practitioner (Band 7/G Grade)

Guys & St Thomas’ Hospital
04.2008 - 10.2011
  • Worked as a Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist with the aim of reducing acute admissions for patients with chronic respiratory disease.
  • Involved in screening people for COPD and ensuring they receive the appropriate treatment and care.
  • Established relationships with primary health care providers and was clinical lead for respiratory clinics in the primary care setting.
  • Bridged the gap between primary and secondary care by providing specialist service such as spirometry, medication advice and rapid access chest clinic referrals.
  • Worked with, and provided teaching/education for patients, GP’s, practice nurses, and other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
  • Established COPD patient advice 24-hour phone line.
  • Part of the team that won an Improving and Integrating Respiratory Services (IMPRESS) award from the British Thoracic Society (2009).

Senior Specialist Nurse- Intensive Care Unit

University College London Hospital
01.2004 - 04.2008
  • Promoted to clinical senior staff nurse at this 30-bedded general intensive care and high dependency unit which was a centre of excellence for advanced respiratory management, for patients with Acute Respiratory Distress
  • Provided expert care to patients who were acutely unwell with multi organ failure due to conditions such as sepsis, respiratory failure
  • Managed patients needing advanced ventilation such as Nitric Oxide and multi organ support including hemofiltration and inotrope support
  • Interpreted arterial blood gases, blood biochemistry, and ECG’s
  • Worked in partnership with members from the multidisciplinary team to ensure continuity of care and best care for the patient and their family.

Staff Nurse - Intensive Care Unit

West Middlesex University Hospital
03.2003 - 12.2003

Staff Nurse - Paediatric Intensive Care Unit

The Royal Brompton Hospital
09.2001 - 12.2002

Registered Nurse

Nightingale Nursing Bureau
06.2000 - 09.2001

New Graduate to Level 2, Vascular Ward

Auckland Hospital
07.1999 - 05.2000

Education

Master of Nursing- Distinction -

Massey University
Auckland, NZ
12.2020

Post Graduate Diploma Nursing -Merit -

Massey University
01.2016

Bachelor of Health Science – Nursing -

Auckland University of Technology
01.1999

Skills

  • Written & implemented clinical policy for using spacer & inhaler instead of nebulisers for acute exacerbations of COPD & asthma
  • Implemented new policies and education of ward staff for acute CPAP use in in patients with Covid pneumonitis during the Covid pandemic
  • Nursing lead and driver for business case and creation of Respiratory Closer Observation unit Co-creator of the Model of Care document for the closer observation unit
  • Lead for a quality improvement project, creating a MDT, multi -user electronic summary of care for patients with motor neurone disease
  • In 2024 received the "Better, Best, Brilliant" award at Waitemata's annual International Nurses Day awards

Practising certificate-NCNZ

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References

Janice Kirkpatrick

Operations Manager, Speciality Medicine and Health of Older People. 

Health NZ, Te Whatu Ora-  Waitemata. 

Janice.Kirkpatrick@waitematadhb.govt.nz.

Mobile: 021 242 5230


Dr Paul Griffiths

Consultant Physician - Respiratory & General Medicine 

Health NZ, Te Whatu Ora- Waitemata

paul.griffiths@waitematadhb.govt.nz

Mobile: 027 306 9665


Jo Wickham

Cardiology Nurse Practitioner

Health NZ, Te Whatu Ora - Waitemata

jo.wickham@waitematadhb.govt.nz

Mobile: 021 826 165





Timeline

Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist

Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora- Waitemata
05.2017 - Current

Patient at Risk (PAR) Team Speciality Nurse

Waitemata District Health Board (WDHB)
01.2014 - 05.2017

Community Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist

St George’s Hospital
10.2011 - 07.2012

Respiratory Practitioner (Band 7/G Grade)

Guys & St Thomas’ Hospital
04.2008 - 10.2011

Senior Specialist Nurse- Intensive Care Unit

University College London Hospital
01.2004 - 04.2008

Staff Nurse - Intensive Care Unit

West Middlesex University Hospital
03.2003 - 12.2003

Staff Nurse - Paediatric Intensive Care Unit

The Royal Brompton Hospital
09.2001 - 12.2002

Registered Nurse

Nightingale Nursing Bureau
06.2000 - 09.2001

New Graduate to Level 2, Vascular Ward

Auckland Hospital
07.1999 - 05.2000

Bachelor of Health Science – Nursing -

Auckland University of Technology

Master of Nursing- Distinction -

Massey University

Post Graduate Diploma Nursing -Merit -

Massey University
Moira Haycock