Rachael Andrew
Christchurch,Canterbury
Summary
Compassionate and hardworking ICU Nurse accustomed to treating diverse patient needs while managing dynamic conditions. Offering excellent clinical knowledge and judgment combined with strong documentation, vitals monitoring and problem-solving abilities.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
CDHB
Christchurch, Canterbury
03.2013 - 11.2021
- Develop and maintain professional relationships with members of health care teams, patient and patient's family.
- Provide specialty patient care in the areas of paediatrics, spinal injuries, emergency response, surgery, infectious diseases and neurosurgery.
- Manage and provide clinical leadership to help staff with direct and indirect patient care.
- As a regular Float Nurse, coordinate staffing break cover, patient turns, admissions, discharges and flow of resources and provide support to the ACNM, ICU Nurses and medical team.
- Support and educate nursing students and new or less experienced staff members
- Administer complex IV medications to patients and monitor responses.
- Participate in Quality program's such as Research Link Nurse, CPR instructor and revision of CDHB ICU Extubation Policy.
- Outreach Team - providing support and specialty care around the hospital, transferring critically unwell patients as required. Provide guidance to new Registrars to ICU and the outreach role. Coordinate Multi-disciplinary Meetings
Duty Nurse Manager
NMDHB
, Blenheim
11.2004 - 03.2012
- Manage all hospital operations to maintain effective coverage of all resource needs, including admissions, transfers, emergencies, theatre, staffing, maintenance issues, media, obstetrical support etc.
- Liaised with Flight teams and supported nurses of critically unwell patients
- Provide support to clinical nurses making care decisions by applying exceptional clinical judgment and knowledge of facility policies.
- Participated in emergency and trauma response teams, provided support to ICU/HDU
- Received and researched complaints from families, patients and clinical staff in order to resolve concerns to full satisfaction.
- Six month secondment role as Acting ACNM including KPI's, resource and staff management, transition to new hospital
- Support new patients arriving from CDHB post earthquake relocations.
- Communicate with Duty District Managers when difficulties arose
- IV Link Committee and revision of local policy.
- Educate and assist staff with Trend Care use.
ICU Registered Nurse
UCLH - Middlesex Hospital
, London
02.2002 - 02.2005
- Provided specialty and complex care in 22 bedded ICU for medical, surgical, trauma, renal-hepatic failure and oncology patients
- Transfer and retrieval of Critically unwell patients.
- Treated patients by administering various types of medications and therapies.
- Helped patients and families feel comfortable during challenging and stressful situations, promoting recovery and reducing compliance issues.
- Managed central, arterial and PICC lines.
ICU Registered Nurse
Royal Liverpool Hospital
, Liverpool - UK
01.2001 - 01.2002
- All complex care and support of ICU patients and their family. Liaising with the multi-disciplinary team to provide care.
- Specialty areas included Vascular, trauma, medicine and surgery.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Post Graduate Writing
ARA
ChristchurchENB100 - ICU Course
South Bank University
London04.2005
Diploma of Comprehensive Nursing - Registered Nurse
Nelson Polytechnic
Nelson11.1994
Nutritional Health
Precision Nutrition
OnlineSkills
- Critical patient monitoring and management (ICU & Outreach Team)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification
- Infant CPR certified
- Complex IV drug therapy management
- Arterial, CVC and PICC line management
- Assessment and management of pressure area cares for complex patients
- Leadership
- Mentoring and support of new and less experienced staff
- Surgical care of spinal patients, paediatrics, ENT, urology, neurological, orthopedic and cardiac patients
Additional Previous Experience
1999-2001 - Hinchingbrooke Hospital - ICU Nurse
2000-2001 - St Bartholomew's Hospital - Agency ICU Nurse (cardiac) - Casual
1996-1999 - Christchurch Hospital - Neurosurgery and Neurology Nurse
1995-1996 - Wairau Hospital - Obstetric and Paediatric Nurse
Timeline
Registered Nurse
CDHB
03.2013 - 11.2021
Duty Nurse Manager
NMDHB
11.2004 - 03.2012
ICU Registered Nurse
UCLH - Middlesex Hospital
02.2002 - 02.2005
ICU Registered Nurse
Royal Liverpool Hospital
01.2001 - 01.2002
Some College (No Degree) - Post Graduate Writing
ARA
ENB100 - ICU Course
South Bank University
Diploma of Comprehensive Nursing - Registered Nurse
Nelson Polytechnic
Nutritional Health
Precision Nutrition
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