TANIA HUESTON
Phone | 0211139202
Summary
A dedicated Senior Nurse working within Patient Management Services with over 15 years nursing experience in ward, emergency, clinical tutoring and senior nursing in private and public healthcare. Emphasis on improving the quality of healthcare provided to patients and whanau on a day to day basis by building effective collegial relationships to nurture and enhance the functioning of our workforce.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Nurse Manager Patient Management Services
Te Toka Tomai | Auckland | Te Whatu Ora Health NZ
08.2018 - Current
- Involved in daily operational management including clinical safety overview of inpatient areas, capacity planning, variation response and acute patient flow across adult and women’s health
- Adapting to institutional and governmental COVID-19 policies
- Utilising CCDM and TrendCare data to support capacity and demand with oversight of site wide staffing requirements and patient flow
- After hours single point of contact for escalations and deviations from normal business
- Dispute resolution on shift including leading security codes, complaints and staffing issues
- Establishing and maintaining relationships with clinical and non-clinical staff, directorate leads, senior management and the senior nursing team
- Quality work streams currently involved in: Medtasker working group and daily hospital staffing overview document review -Provide visible and authentic leadership supporting others to enhance both the working environment and clinical outcomes for patient and their whanau
- Responsible for professional personal growth through reflection and post graduate study
CLINICAL NURSE ADVISOR
MercyAscot Hospitals | Auckland
06.2016 - 07.2018
- Rotating across two hospitals providing leadership and clinical support to staff promoting effective patient centered care in an elective surgical environment
- Primarily an adult population with a small paediatric component
- Clinical teaching and encouragement of critical thinking
- Clinical skills assessor and PDRP assessor
- Assist in the identification and provision of educational opportunities
- Identification, assessment, planning and evaluation of care for at risk and deteriorating patients using advanced nursing skills
- Oversight and sole point of contact on site for general operations after hours and weekends
- Knowledge of staffing requirements, resource management, dispute resolution, security and facilities management and debrief and support of staff after incidents
- Participating in policy development and review
- Drafted the Paediatric Escalation Policy and standing order for Amiodarone in Paediatric Cardiac Arrest
- Quality improvement projects : Involvement in the Paediatric Advisory Group which conducted an organization wide review of Paediatric services at Mercy Ascot
- Responsible for the Paediatric Special Interest Group work stream
- Working with internal area leads to enhance the development, review and implementation of paediatric quality standards.
REGISTERED NURSE
Waitematā | Auckland | Te Whatu Ora Health NZ
09.2012 - 06.2016
- Adaptable team member and team leader providing patient centered care in a fast paced high acuity environment for adult and paediatric patients
- Working proficiently across all areas: triage, resuscitation, cardiac monitoring, acute assessment
- Paediatric resource nurse and quality rep
- Initiating assessments, diagnostics and treatment where appropriate including but not limited to- phlebotomy, ECG, IVL & IDC insertion, cardiac, neurovascular and neurological monitoring, health screening and promotion, xray ordering, plaster casts, managing psychiatric presentations
- Referrals to appropriate MDT resources
- Modeling and fostering critical thinking skills in new and junior colleagues
- Emphasis on patient flow working and communicating effectively with hospital wide staff to safely facilitate this in line with government targets
CLINICAL TUTOR
Unitec Institute Of Technology | Auckland
03.2015 - 04.2015
- Supervision and mentoring of Bachelor of Nursing Students while on clinical placement at North Shore Hospital
- Teaching practical clinical skills, fostering critical thinking and evidence based practice
- Building relationships with clinical staff on the wards to provide a varied and effective learning experience.
REGISTERED NURSE | HDU
Waitematā | Auckland | Te Whatu Ora | Health NZ
01.2012 - 09.2012
- Provision of quality care to highly unwell patients based on best practice
- Utilising critical thinking and thorough assessment skills to prioritise, plan and implement care in conjunction with patients and their whānau and the wider MDT
- Administration, monitoring and titration of vasoactive infusions
- Monitoring and assessment of non invasive ventilation and high flow oxygen therapy
- Management of arterial lines, peripheral and central venous lines and drains, laboratory blood and blood gas sampling
- Practicing reflective practice, focusing on team work, culturally safe practice and effective communication
- Participation in quality review, audits, active in maintaining professional development.
Registered Nurse | Medicine
Waitahi Canterbury | Te Whatu Ora Health NZ
01.2008 - 01.2012
- Provision of holistic care in a changing environment for acute medical inpatients. Working in partnership with patients and their whānau
- From 2011 this included admitting acutely unwell patients from the community under a new model of care at Princess Margaret Hospital, participated in nurse in charge role after hours, coordinating bed flow across three wards
- Focus on skill mix, ward acuity, resources and patients at risk of deterioration
- Making decisions under pressure, working as a team
- Clinical skills: assessment, initiating diagnostic tests, care planning and working with the clinical team to facilitate timely appropriate care
- Basic life support CPR instructor.
Education
Leadership And Management For Quality Health Care
Semester One - 2022 University Of AucklandPostgraduate Diploma Advanced Nursing -
University of Auckland
2018
Postgraduate Certificate - High Acuity Nursing -
University of Otago
2010
Bachelor of Nursing -
Ara Institute of Canterbury (formerly CPIT)
2007
Skills
- Self-motivated professional
- Effective communication
- Logical decision making
- Leadership & Change Management
- Conflict resolution
- Multitasking and delegation
Timeline
Clinical Nurse Manager Patient Management Services
Te Toka Tomai | Auckland | Te Whatu Ora Health NZ
08.2018 - Current
CLINICAL NURSE ADVISOR
MercyAscot Hospitals | Auckland
06.2016 - 07.2018
CLINICAL TUTOR
Unitec Institute Of Technology | Auckland
03.2015 - 04.2015
REGISTERED NURSE
Waitematā | Auckland | Te Whatu Ora Health NZ
09.2012 - 06.2016
REGISTERED NURSE | HDU
Waitematā | Auckland | Te Whatu Ora | Health NZ
01.2012 - 09.2012
Registered Nurse | Medicine
Waitahi Canterbury | Te Whatu Ora Health NZ
01.2008 - 01.2012
Leadership And Management For Quality Health Care
Postgraduate Diploma Advanced Nursing -
University of Auckland
Postgraduate Certificate - High Acuity Nursing -
University of Otago
Bachelor of Nursing -
Ara Institute of Canterbury (formerly CPIT)
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