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, NZ12.2020
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
146146
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
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