Experienced and respected registered nurse with 7 years of informal leadership experience, exceptional organizational skills, and a talent for fostering teamwork.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Nurse Educator, Surgery
Red Deer Regional Hospital
11.2022 - Current
Enhance patient outcomes through planning, developing, implementing and evaluating education for frontline staff.
Utilize adult learning principles to adapt teaching methods and enhance hands on learning experiences to meet individual learner needs.
Support the goals of the unit, the surgical program, and provincial quality initiatives by aligning education delivered to staff with policy and best practice.
Ability to balance multiple competing demands in an ever evolving environment while conforming to shifting priorities and timelines.
Nurse Clinician – Credentialed Trainer
Connect Care
11.2019 - 11.2022
Delivered role based training both in person and virtually to end users utilizing a variety of software programs, tools and applications.
Required to learn new material quickly and keep up to date with system upgrades, policy changes and documentation standards.
Established rapport quickly and delivered information in a meaningful way, reflective of learners varying abilities.
Promoted the change process in a positive manner to ensure buy in from new users of the system.
Patient Access Coordinator
Red Deer Regional Hospital
03.2018 - 11.2022
Responsible for facilitating patient flow within the RDRH as well as between other facilities within Central Zone as required.
Collaborated with leadership, charge nurses, and other members of the healthcare team to solve problems and remove barriers related to patient flow.
Provided leadership and clinical direction to various members of the health care team including facilitating daily bed meetings.
Accountable for decisions made to ensure timely placement of patients while considering facility wide safety of patients.
Registered Nurse, Short Stay Surgery
Red Deer Regional Hospital
05.2013 - 11.2019
Provided quality patient care both pre and post operatively to short stay surgical patients.
I worked to promote a collaborative practice environment, developing tools and processes to improve communication among team members.
Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions in a fast-paced high turnover environment.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB
Frontline Collaborative Care Leadership Certificate -
Alberta Health Services
Basic Life Support Instructor -
Heart And Stroke
Skills
Exceptional organizational and time management skills with the ability to multitask and prioritize when faced with multiple distractions
Self directed and able to work effectively independently as well as within a multidisciplinary team
Ability to coach, mentor, motivate, and support new and experienced staff
Leadership skills including change management and conflict resolution
Effective communication skills
Well developed critical thinking and experience solving complex problems
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Clinical Nurse Educator, Surgery
Red Deer Regional Hospital
11.2022 - Current
Nurse Clinician – Credentialed Trainer
Connect Care
11.2019 - 11.2022
Patient Access Coordinator
Red Deer Regional Hospital
03.2018 - 11.2022
Registered Nurse, Short Stay Surgery
Red Deer Regional Hospital
05.2013 - 11.2019
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Alberta
Frontline Collaborative Care Leadership Certificate -
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