Utilizing my leadership skills, I engage with patients and families, attend bed flow meetings with staff and leadership teams, and round with the charge nurses to achieve results. In this role, I engage patients and staff, promote quality in healthcare, and build the teams through transformational leadership and emotional intelligence. I am accountable for a positive patient experience, patient flow, human resource management, risk management as well as safety, all of which contribute to high quality care. I do this as a self-motivated and directed, results oriented leader. I engage the staff and encourage collaboration through innovation, creativity and teamwork.
I managed personnel (recruitment, interviews, and discipline) and equipment (capital requests, replacements, and procurement) in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Same Day Surgical Unit and Anesthesia Assistants. I was successful in managing three budgets, while maintaining schedules, recruitment and unit development. I participated in continuous quality improvement with all units, while supporting creativity, independence and innovation in the delivery of patient care throughout the perioperative experience. I effectively collaborated with various managers, directors and physicians to ensure the successful completion of scheduled and emergent operations.
As an RN I have experience in both medical and surgical as well as neurological and trauma Intensive Care Units, Coronary Care Units and the Heart Investigation Unit. I am able to operate independently as an RN within the units, caring for critically ill patients. I routinely cared for multi-system failure patients who were ventilated with multiple intravenous drips as well as telemetry monitoring. I provided care to patients undergoing Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT, Prisma), had intracranial drainage devices and occasionally pulmonary artery catheters. I would admit and care for NSTEMI and STEMI patients, pre and post angiogram and percutaneous intervention as well as patients awaiting pacemakers and valve replacements.
As an RN I have experience in both medical and surgical as well as neurological and trauma Intensive Care Units, Coronary Care Units and the Heart Investigation Unit. I am able to operate independently as an RN within the units, caring for critically ill patients. I routinely cared for multi-system failure patients who were ventilated with multiple intravenous drips as well as telemetry monitoring. I provided care to patients undergoing Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT, Prisma), had intracranial drainage devices and occasionally pulmonary artery catheters. I would admit and care for NSTEMI and STEMI patients, pre and post angiogram and percutaneous intervention as well as patients awaiting pacemakers and valve replacements.
I gained clinical experience in emergency departments, intensive care units, high acuity medical-surgical departments and paediatrics both in Canadian and international institutions and during flight/ ground transportation. I have extensive leadership and management experience gained from courses and from working with both civilian and military subordinates, including administrative and disciplinary matters as well as periodic performance reviews.
Flight Nurse
I was trained in aeromedical evacuation nursing and patient care on CC-130 Hercules, CC-150 Polaris, CC-177 Globemaster and CC-144 Challenger aircraft platforms. I performed repatriations from around the world included critically ill patients as well as mental health and medical/surgical patients. I was responsible for liaising with both sending and receiving medical facilities, as well as coordination with medical staff regarding patient condition, medication and concerns for transportation.
Maintaining multiple aeromedical travel kits, including equipment maintenance, medication stock and medical inventory was also in my purview. I developed spreadsheets for inventory, tracking and monitoring expiration dates for orders. I was also responsible for ordering supplies and capital expenditures including gaining quotes and all submissions.
Operations and Training Officer/ Adjutant
I performed leadership/ management roles while supervising unit/ clinic operations and the coordination of both military and medical training of unit members. On multiple occasions, I liaised with outside resources/ companies regarding financial matters, scheduling and organization of courses. I drafted and presented multiple standardized operating policies to ensure that there was streamlined function in the unit.
I gained experience in administrative and disciplinary measures related to civilian (Public Servants) and military unit members while second in command of 32 Canadian Forces Health Services Center.
Primary Care Nurse/ Community Health Nurse
Administrative procedures within the clinic, managing multiple civilian (Public Servant and contract) and military personnel as well as maintaining financial authority and scheduling of clinicians were my responsibility in this role.
I provided care as a Community Health Nurse/ Primary Immunizer within the clinic, which included travel briefings, routine immunizations, Tuberculosis skin tests, allergy desensitization as well as military specific immunizations related to deployments overseas.