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Auckland, New Zealand

Providing Infection Prevention and Control (IP&C) support and guidance to all clinical and non-clinical staff, residents, and whanau across 43 Independent Living Villages and 24 Care Home, Hospital and Dementia Units.Key responsibilitiesCarrying out on site environmental audits to ensure organisational wide compliance met with IP&C Nga Paerewa Standards 2021 and Health & Disability Service Standard accreditations.Ownership of the management of Covid-19 and other communicable disease… Show more Providing Infection Prevention and Control (IP&C) support and guidance to all clinical and non-clinical staff, residents, and whanau across 43 Independent Living Villages and 24 Care Home, Hospital and Dementia Units.Key responsibilitiesCarrying out on site environmental audits to ensure organisational wide compliance met with IP&C Nga Paerewa Standards 2021 and Health & Disability Service Standard accreditations.Ownership of the management of Covid-19 and other communicable disease outbreaks; providing communication and support of the emergency response action plans, updating policies based on best practice, providing staff training and education to mitigate infection transmission risks.Collecting and analysing infection surveillance data for Local and National benchmarking as part of Antimicrobial Stewardship.AchievementsSurveillance infections consistently below the National benchmark <5 per1000 Occupied Bed Day's; current infection rate is <2 per 1000 Occupies across all Care Home, Hospital and Dementia Unit facilities.Organisational wide IP&C compliance with Health and Disability Service Standards accreditation audits.Implementing the Health Safety Quality Commission Urinary Tract Infection Project reduced the number of residents urinary tract infections. Show less

Auckland, New Zealand

Overseeing and implementing the Ministry of Health IP&C requirements for all the 18 Auckland Regional Managed Isolation and Quarantine FacilitiesKey responsibilitiesDeveloping site-specific IP&C policies and plans with an input into the national-level IP&C Standard Operation Procedures.Investigating and contact tracing of Covid-19 positive boarder returnees.Providing IP&C education and training to MIQF staff and NZ Defence Force including Personal Protective Equipment and P2/N95… Show more Overseeing and implementing the Ministry of Health IP&C requirements for all the 18 Auckland Regional Managed Isolation and Quarantine FacilitiesKey responsibilitiesDeveloping site-specific IP&C policies and plans with an input into the national-level IP&C Standard Operation Procedures.Investigating and contact tracing of Covid-19 positive boarder returnees.Providing IP&C education and training to MIQF staff and NZ Defence Force including Personal Protective Equipment and P2/N95 mask fit testing to help mitigate their exposure to SARS-CoV-2.AchievementsConfiguring and clearly demarcating areas in each MIQF to ensure ventilation requirements were maintained.Assisted with setting up on site and community Covid-19 Nasopharyngeal testing and vaccination centres to comply with Ministry of Health IP&C directives. Show less

Auckland, New Zealand

Standing up the Auckland Regional Managed Isolation and Quarantine Facilities from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and managing Clinical Nurse Leads and the Mental Health TeamKey responsibilitiesParticipating in the Ministry of Health Clinical Oversight Governance meetings and ensuring the changes of directives discussed were implemented in the MIQF’s.Supporting clinical and mental health teams to assess and manage boarder returnees medical and well-being needs.Completeng… Show more Standing up the Auckland Regional Managed Isolation and Quarantine Facilities from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and managing Clinical Nurse Leads and the Mental Health TeamKey responsibilitiesParticipating in the Ministry of Health Clinical Oversight Governance meetings and ensuring the changes of directives discussed were implemented in the MIQF’s.Supporting clinical and mental health teams to assess and manage boarder returnees medical and well-being needs.Completeng clinical staff rosters and acting as a confident for staff to express their concerns during a very challenging period.AchievementsPurchased special equipment for boarder returnees including placenta fridges.Arranged access to health services for Māori and Pacifica boarder returnees Show less

Auckland, New Zealand

Supporting Government and private funded clients to live safely in their home environments.Key responsibilitiesCompleteng complex and noncomplex service care plans based on clients’ individual needs.Seconded to ACC as a National Designated Provider to carryout Comprehensive Clinical Nurse Assessments of clients with complex chronic wounds.Facilitating Support Worker training for clients with palliative cares including percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy… Show more Supporting Government and private funded clients to live safely in their home environments.Key responsibilitiesCompleteng complex and noncomplex service care plans based on clients’ individual needs.Seconded to ACC as a National Designated Provider to carryout Comprehensive Clinical Nurse Assessments of clients with complex chronic wounds.Facilitating Support Worker training for clients with palliative cares including percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding.AchievementsDeveloped a client collaborative daily equipment safety check list for a fully ventilated paralysed client to remain living in his own home with 24-hour Registered Nurse and Support Worker assistance.Presented a case study of a client with a chronic sacral pressure injury treated and healed using negative pressure wound therapy at a Wound Care Conference Show less

Auckland, New Zealand

Practicing in the IP&C team as a subject matter expertKey responsibilitiesAuditing Clinical and Allied Health compliance of the World Health Organisation ‘5 Moments’ of Hand Hygiene across the adult and children hospital servicesDiscussing and providing education to patients with a multi drug resistant organism on the standard and transmission precaution requirements.AchievementsImplemented the World Health Organisation ‘5 Moments’ of Hand Hygiene program to reduce Health… Show more Practicing in the IP&C team as a subject matter expertKey responsibilitiesAuditing Clinical and Allied Health compliance of the World Health Organisation ‘5 Moments’ of Hand Hygiene across the adult and children hospital servicesDiscussing and providing education to patients with a multi drug resistant organism on the standard and transmission precaution requirements.AchievementsImplemented the World Health Organisation ‘5 Moments’ of Hand Hygiene program to reduce Health Care Acquired InfectionsParticipated and provided advice in the Starship Hospital medical ward renovation meetings ensured compliance with IP&C standards. Show less

Auckland, New Zealand

Part of the nursing bureau practicing across a variety of acute clinical areas.Key responsibilitiesPriorisizing and delivering evidence-based nursing care to patients in Accident and Emergency, medical wards and those following a diverse range of surgical procedures.Updating patient care plans including evaluating cares provided.AchievementsAttended multi-disciplinary team meetings in collaboration with a patient following an extensive hospital admission to have a safe… Show more Part of the nursing bureau practicing across a variety of acute clinical areas.Key responsibilitiesPriorisizing and delivering evidence-based nursing care to patients in Accident and Emergency, medical wards and those following a diverse range of surgical procedures.Updating patient care plans including evaluating cares provided.AchievementsAttended multi-disciplinary team meetings in collaboration with a patient following an extensive hospital admission to have a safe discharge back into the community with supports. Show less

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