Robert Reilly

• Supported patients and family members with confident, soothing approach as they handled medical crises.
• Assessed vital signs, collected detailed patient history and noted other signs of patient health to make rapid, informed decisions regarding next steps in patient care.
• Monitored and continually recorded progress for up to 20 patients per shift.
• Performed diagnostic tests and assisted with medical procedures.
• Explained discharge instructions and arranged or confirmed transportation for patients not admitted to hospital.
• Followed facility policies, OSHA safety rules and HIPAA regulations to maintain legal compliance.

• Built meaningful relationships with clients and the community for optimal care.
• Provided harm-reduction and overdose prevention education and direct-care services, including resuscitation, to people who use substances.

• A communicable disease prevention & control specialty consulting group aimed at governmental & corporate clients.
• Evaluated diverse organizational systems to identify workflow, communication, and resource utilization issues.

Street Outreach Nurse, Intensive Housing & Outreach Team (IHOT)

• Responsible for street outreach nursing to homeless encampments (‘tent cities’), shelters, and single room occupancies (SROs). Services include: episodic primary care, mental health / concurrent disorders and suicidal ideation assessments, wound care, harm reduction, sexually transmitted infection prevention & control, and emergency response (e.g., overdose reversal / resuscitation).

Psychiatric Emergency Staff Nurse, Lions Gate Hospital.

• Responsible for the assessment, stabilization, and medical / psychiatric management of people experiencing a mental health crisis.

Addictions Clinic Nurse (Part-time & Casual)

• Responsible for Opioid replacement therapy and safe supply including initiation and ongoing therapeutic monitoring. Also responsible for providing clinical assessment, supervision and care to participants who are using intravenous drugs. Also responsible for primary health care, including STI / HIV assessment and treatment.

Emergency Staff Nurse, Lions Gate Hospital

• Responsible for patient assessment, monitoring, and nursing care, to a wide range of patients and populations.

Clinic Staff Nurse, Supervised Consumption Site (Insite)

• Responsible for harm reduction, education, referrals, nursing care services and overdose response in the context of a safe space for people who use substances.

• Adjunct appointment to the Faculty of Health Sciences, with a focus on communicable disease prevention & control and health systems strengthening.
• Evaluated and revised lesson plans and course content to achieve student-centered learning.

• A Public health consulting firm focusing on communicable disease prevention & control and business continuity management. Specialty focus on communicable disease prevention & control, public health measures, knowledge translation, health systems, institutional infection prevention & control, and education / training.
• Oversaw firm's day-to-day administrative operations, provided guidance to support staff and enforced compliance with provincial, federal, and local regulations across organization.
• Collaborated with colleagues and support staff to maximize team efficiency.

• Responsible for developing a response team to focus on infection prevention & outbreak response in all of Vancouver Coastal Health’s long-term care facilities (owned & operated, and private), shelters, and hospices. Hired, trained, and supervised 36 staff to support this emergency response initiative.

• Responsible for leading a team of infection prevention & control practitioners across a healthcare organization, consisting of two acute care hospitals and 7 long-term care facilities.
• Responsible for leading the preparation and initial response to COVID-19 across the organization.

• Responsible for leading regional quality improvement and research projects relating to healthcare associated infections.
  Technical specialist to the Provincial Biocontainment Treatment Unit.
  Regional resource for acute care infection prevention & control specialists and nurse clinicians.

• Developed, tested and launched a global disease surveillance & threat assessment platform for Canada. Coordinated a team of expert consultants and external stakeholders to assess threats associated with emerging infectious diseases.
• Assisted in organizing and overseeing assignments to drive operational excellence.
• Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.

• Research and policy development relating to influenza planning.
• Agency representative to the Canadian Immunization Research Network.