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William MacRae

Napier,New Zealand

Summary

1)A senior Paediatric intensive care nurse with a vast wealth of experience in teaching hospitals. Both in New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UK and Australia

2)Nursing supervisors experience at Starship Children’s Hospital having set up the 24hours duty managers service there.

3)5 years of commercial pharmaceutical experience as well 4)Adult intensive care nurse prior to transferring to Paediatrics 5)Intensive care medicine experience with Paediatric and previous adult intensive care environments

6)Current position is as an RN running the ADHD and Eating disorder clinics for Children’s Mental Health services in Hawkes Bay New Zealand Also working as an RN in the adult/adolescent mental health inpatient unit

7)Patient-oriented Nurse with forty years of diverse experience in direct patient care, staff supervision and department operations. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing patient needs and daily assignments. Offering expertise with ICU and Community Children's Mental Health specialty.

Overview

43
43
years of professional experience

Work History

RN clinician in Community child adolescent mental health

Hawkes Bay Hospital
01.2020 - Current

1) Manage the ADHD clinics with psychiatric consultants

physical and metabolic measurements

initiating appropriate medications (with psychiatrist's input)

referral to other clinicians if they require other therapy

2) Eating Disorders clinic

metabolic monitoring including BMI measurements

physical observations,taking bloods and following up on results

Initiating hospital admissions based on collected evidence and

Starship children's hospital guidelines

3) Managing Autistic Spectrum Disorder clients that required both complex intervention due to behavioural and functional

challenges

4) Involved with Early Psychosis Clients as support to the Early Psychosis team

RN ICU and Retrievals

Hawkes Bay Hospital
02.2019 - 08.2020
  • Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
  • Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
  • Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
  • Trained RN staff in improving their skill in managing critically ill paediatric patients
  • Delivered age-appropriate medical care for adult, adolescent, and paediatric ICU patients.
  • Conducted patient assessments, recorded vitals, and analyzed records and charts to define care requirements.
  • Monitored patients' respiratory status and ventilator operation and made adjustments to promote stabilization.
  • Retrieved or transported critically ill adult and paediatric patients to other tertiary facilties

RN level 7, Team Leader, 36 Bed PICU

Mater Children’s Hospital
07.2010 - 01.2019
  • Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
  • Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
  • Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
  • Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
  • Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
  • Participated in nursing simulation activities, evidence-based practice project implementation and competency development to further nursing education.
  • In charge of the shift coordinating staff .patient flow as well as working with senior medical staff to optimise care for our patients

RN 7 Paediatric Intensive Care, Duty Manager

Starship Children’s Hospital
01.2000 - 06.2010

Pharmaceutical Sales Specialist

RDL Pharmaceuticals
09.1997 - 12.1999

Staff Nurse Adult Cardiac ICU

PAPWORTH HOSPITAL
07.1997 - 09.1998

Charge Nurse Manager

AL-KHALIFA CARDIAC CENTRE
09.1995 - 04.1997

Duty Manager

AUCKLAND HOSPITAL, STARSHIP CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
09.1993 - 09.1995

Staff nurse PICU

Starship Children’s Hospital
01.1992 - 09.1993

Staff Nurse Paediatric ICU

King Faisal Specialist Hospital
07.1991 - 12.1991

Staff Nurse Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Great Ormond Street Hospital For Sick Children
12.1988 - 07.1991

Senior Staff Nurse mixed Adult/Paediatric ICU

Humana Hospital London
05.1984 - 11.1988

Staff Nurse adult ICU

Auckland Hospital Dept of Critical Care
12.1980 - 05.1984

Education

ENB 415 PICU course -

Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital

Diploma Pharmaceuticals -

ABPI Assoc of British Pharmaceuticals institute

Adult ICU course -

AUCKLAND HOSPITAL

No Degree - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy -Approaches

University of Auckland
Auckland, NZ
09.2023

Paediatric intensive care transition course -

MATER CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
01.2013

DIPLOMA GENERAL AND OBSTETRIC NURSING -

AUCKLAND HOSPITAL BOARD
01.1979

Skills

  • Experienced Paediatric Intensive Care Nurse Senior roles both in New Zealand and overseas Maintained skill base while working in non clinical areas
  • Leadership skills- able to manage a large number of professional staff in obtaining optimal results both for staff and patients
  • Experienced in delivering family based care especially skilled in dealing with difficult family dynamics or situations where a child is dying
  • Critical Thinking -with all the experience I have acquired over the years I'm able to recognise and implement any actions required in acute critical emergency or deteriorating scenarios especially in the ICU environment
  • Flexible and Adaptable
  • Cultural Awareness-respect for indigenous people and ensuring that we respect and listen to their voices

Timeline

RN clinician in Community child adolescent mental health

Hawkes Bay Hospital
01.2020 - Current

RN ICU and Retrievals

Hawkes Bay Hospital
02.2019 - 08.2020

RN level 7, Team Leader, 36 Bed PICU

Mater Children’s Hospital
07.2010 - 01.2019

RN 7 Paediatric Intensive Care, Duty Manager

Starship Children’s Hospital
01.2000 - 06.2010

Pharmaceutical Sales Specialist

RDL Pharmaceuticals
09.1997 - 12.1999

Staff Nurse Adult Cardiac ICU

PAPWORTH HOSPITAL
07.1997 - 09.1998

Charge Nurse Manager

AL-KHALIFA CARDIAC CENTRE
09.1995 - 04.1997

Duty Manager

AUCKLAND HOSPITAL, STARSHIP CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
09.1993 - 09.1995

Staff nurse PICU

Starship Children’s Hospital
01.1992 - 09.1993

Staff Nurse Paediatric ICU

King Faisal Specialist Hospital
07.1991 - 12.1991

Staff Nurse Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Great Ormond Street Hospital For Sick Children
12.1988 - 07.1991

Senior Staff Nurse mixed Adult/Paediatric ICU

Humana Hospital London
05.1984 - 11.1988

Staff Nurse adult ICU

Auckland Hospital Dept of Critical Care
12.1980 - 05.1984

ENB 415 PICU course -

Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital

Diploma Pharmaceuticals -

ABPI Assoc of British Pharmaceuticals institute

Adult ICU course -

AUCKLAND HOSPITAL

No Degree - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy -Approaches

University of Auckland

Paediatric intensive care transition course -

MATER CHILDRENS HOSPITAL

DIPLOMA GENERAL AND OBSTETRIC NURSING -

AUCKLAND HOSPITAL BOARD
William MacRae