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Form 3

Curriculum Vitae

of

Karen Walton

Private and Confidential

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Personal Details

Name: Mrs Karen Walton

Address: 32 McBride Street Kirwan Townsville

Phone: 0747731698 Mobile: 0412152225

E-mail: [email protected]

Personal and Professional Attributes

• Reliable, hardworking, diligent and have a proven strong work ethic

Demonstrated successful ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team as well as autonomously

Ability to prioritise and organise workloads and adapt to changing work environments Ability to work within the Queensland Health policies, procedures, standards and legislation

relevant to my role Commitment to Life-long learning, professional development, knowledge of and a

demonstrated commitment to quality processes and evidence based practice Demonstrated a successful record in professionalism, learning, reliability, accountability,

personal growth and development.

Professional Development

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Nursing Science- James Cook University (2013)• Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled Division 2) South Bank Institute of Technology (2012)• Diploma of Nursing (Pre-enrolment) Central Queensland Institute of TAFE (2007)• Enrolled Nursing Diploma (Division 2 General) Townville General Hospital (1982).

Certif icates and Training• Code of Conduct (2014)• Hand Hygiene (2014)• Fire Safety (2014)• Basic Life Support (2014)

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• Manual Handing (2014)• St. Johns Ambulance First Aid Course (2012)• Medication Administration and Calculation test (2014)• Aggressive behaviour Management Course (2014)• Golden Key scholar award 2012• Mater bullying and harassment online (Mater) 2014• Safe Medication management online (Mater) 2014• Manual handling online training (Mater) 2014• Health service induction (Mater) 2014• Infection control (Mater) 2014• Wound bed management (Mater) 2014• Basic Life support (Mater) 2014

• Currently undertaking post graduate study in Graduate certificate of Health with a rural and remote major via Southern Queensland University.

Goals and Career Objectives:

I am keen to obtain a position within this facility in order to develop my skills, knowledge and

experience as a registered nurse. I have future goals to engage in post graduate study with an aim

to specialising in areas such as aged care/ Dementia care, wound management, stoma care,

remote area nursing.

Employment History

14/11/14- present- Practice Nurse RN- Quacks at Bamford Lane Medical health

centre.

10 /11/2014- to current t ime- Registered/Practice nurse at Quacks on Bamford Lane

(Private Practice Medical center) and Mater hospital (on call) RN.

I Currently work a part time position at the Quacks on Bamford Lane- a private practice medical

centrer. This practice has five current MD’s as well as periodical Medical students.

• Duties include providing direct nursing care (triage) to clients who phone or walk in.

• Immunisations for adults and children including baby and toddler health checks. This includes

travel vacinations as well as influenza and Q fever.

• Baby and child growth and development recording- weight height etc.

• Set up and assistance with minor operations, mirena and implanon insertions.

• Sterilsation of instruments, stock control and ordering.

• ECG, spirometry, Hearing and sight checks.

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• Wound and infection checks, suture removals, minor wound dressings.

• Iv medication administration- short term triage.

• Working knowledge of Medical director and Prac soft ware.

• Chronic disease management planning in conjunction with GP’s.

• IM,SC and IV managments.

• Pap smear and swab registration, with pathology Labs.

• Halter monitoring for ECG 24 hours.

• Billing and Medicare- reception duties when required. (Use of prac soft software systems.)

• Booking for clients with GP’s, cash and epos management.

• Phone consultations for call back case managment.

• Client education on health management.

• Emmergency triage of accidents in conjuntion with GP’s.

• Medical assessments for employmers.

Mater hospital (on call) 11/03/2014-

• I have worked on call at the Mater Hospital duties involed all areas of patient care within

the assigned areas of work- cardiac, surgical and medical.• I adhere to and abide by the Occupational safety and policy framework for both the Mater

Hospital and the Townsville hospital employees.• I endeavour to deliver the safe provision of care and have a commitment towards

advocating for patients and clients. I do so by keeping abreast of the ethical and legal dimensions of nursing as covered under the Queensland Health Department.

• I strongly believe in leading by example and therefore I am mindful of the quality of service

I personally deliver within my professional working life. I am proactive in seeking help when the situation requires it and utilise available resources to do so.

2/3/14 -30/11/14 - Registerd nurse at Townsvil le hospital Pall iative care unit.

• I Have worked on contract at the Townsville general hospital in the palliative care centre.

Duties include providing direct nursing care to not only palliative patients but also any outlie

patients that may be temporarily put in our department. I have worked under the direction of Shift co-ordinators/CNC and NUM to co-ordinate patient care planning including liaising with RMO, physios, speech, OT, Social workers, Discharge planners etc in direct patient care provision.

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• I actively respond to the physical, emotional, spiritual and cultural needs of clients included

within the Activities of Daily Living.• I am proficient in the use of sub cut intimas and Nikki pump syringe drivers. I am proficient in

the use of IV medication administration/ IM/SC mediations administration.

• I am also working on call at the Mater Hospital. Duties involed all areas of patient care within

the assigned areas of work- cardiac, surgical and medical.• I adhere to and abide by the Occupational safety and policy framework for Mater Hospital and

Queensland health employees.

• I endeavour to deliver the safe provision of care and have a commitment towards advocating

for patients and clients. I do so by keeping abreast of the ethical and legal dimensions of nursing as covered under the Queensland Health Department.

• I strongly believe in leading by example and therefore I am mindful of the quality of service I

personally deliver within my professional working life. I am proactive in seeking help when the situation requires it and utilise available resources to do so.

2008 -2013- Casual on-call enrolled nurse-Townvil le Hospital

Areas of work experience:

• Medical, surgical, dementia, neurological, cardiac, oncology, palliative care, paediatrics, day surgery, extended acute care (EAC), respiratory, residential aged care, medical and cardiac clinics (outpatients) rehabilitation and geriatric care, Emergency (acute, Short stay, subacute). Acute mental health unit, maternity, endoscopy unit, orthopaedic.

2007-Position Title- Enrolled Nurse- Casual Pool Location- Calvary Private/Public Hospital (Belconnen) Canberra- Calvary Health Care ACT

Areas of work experience:

Medical, surgical, rehabilitation, private and public nursing, respiratory, Emergency, maternity, cardiac, geriatrics, paediatrics, mental health.

Student History:

Clinical Placements:

1. Townsville Hosptial Medical Ward 2:

• medications, Stoma care, wound care, documentation, verbal handovers, infectious

patient managment-barrier nusing.

2. Townsville Hospital Surgical Ward 2:

• Care of diabetic patients, IV medications, Stoma care, Bladder irrigations, ECG,

managament, complexed wound care, infectious patient management, Turps.

3. Unihealth Medical Center: - 80 hours

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• ECG, partisipated in the JCU fluvax clinics(175 clients) , JCU vetinary Q-fever clinics

(100 clients), Child health measurements and vacinations, Autoclav of insterments , IM

and SC medications inlcuding Depo (Z track) injections(use of the ventrogluteal site),

Assisted RMO with simple proceedures such as BCC removals, Impantation of Birth

control devices etc. Use of the computer system to log and track patient services and

reminder notices, managment and dressing of wounds from simple to more

complexed, medical diving tests and overseas vacinations, hearing tests, screening

tests.

4. Charters Towers Rehabilitation Unit:

• Care and managment of patients with psychatric disoders, MMSE, minimental exams,

Geratric depression scale tools, Ztracks, medication administration , case

conferences, documentation and care planning.

5. Townsville Hospital Emergency Department:

• medicaitons administration, IDC insertion, Day in ICU with complexed patient care,

partisipated in acute trauma care team, documentation, basic observations, ECG,

bladder scanners.

6. Townsville Hospital Extended Acute Care/ Surgical 3 :

• Documentation of discharge planing, use of fax, phone etc for referals and liasing with

NGO’s and Government agenices for direct patient discharge needs, Identify and plan

for discharge needs for community and veterans needs. Worked with RMO’s, Rn’s and

allied health for patient care and continuity. Worked with older adults with comlexed

needs for dishcarge in order to ensure holistic care post discharge.

• Surgical 3 Neurological : spinal care of patients with spinal and cervical injuries,

Trachy care including suctioning and changing of dressings and tapes, IV medication

using the pumps, Cvad medicaion bolus administration, oral, optic and aural

medication administrartion, use of oxygen therapy and cpap, bipap, administraion of

medication (inhaled) and sublingual, management of ICC.

Previous Employers (Nursing):

• Park Haven Private Hospital- Day surgery Unit/ Maternity, Paediatrics, surgical and

Medical- I was originally employed to help setup the Day surgery unit and worked within the unit as well as maternity, paediatrics and medical and surgical wards. The day surgery unit had a wide variety of surgeons with clients from IVF programs to ortho, paeds, endoscopy, renal, gastro etc-

• Villa Vincent Nursing and Aged Care facility: I was employed to work within the nursing

home and then specialised in the dementia unit (coolock). I also did some hostel nursing within this time span- 1990-1991 (Nursing home, dementia unit and hostel section)

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• Townsville General Hospital North Ward Facility- Casual on call- all sectors- I worked all

wards with the hospital with the exception of the mental, intensive care and the coronary care departments.

• Townsville General Hospital North Ward Facility: Enrolled Nurse Traineeship- 12 month

traineeship with two months employment in the rehab department prior to start the course.

Gaps in Work / Practice History

• From 1995- 2007 I undertook family responsibilities and worked from home as a home day-

care provider, childcare assistant and teacher’s aide while taking time to raise my children and provide direct nursing care to my father who was suffering from Parkinson’s disease.

• I proceeded in 2007 to undertake a period of study with the competency assessment board to

regain my nursing qualification to practice (2007).

• I then went on to work in Canberra in 2008, returning to Townsville and commencing work

with the Townsville General Hospital and starting the Bachelor of nursing science degree.• In 2012 I undertook additional study to gain my medication endorsement with the attainment

of Diploma of nursing (division 2) through the Southbank Institute of TAFE.

•Previous Non Nursing -Employment History:

Premier Day Care Center- 1979-1981(TAFE kindergarten assistants course)

Independent Day Care Provider: 1997-2006- registered with the government.

Carcoola Day Care Center._ Kindergarten Assistant 2006-2007- Mrs J Goodwin (Director).

Calvary Christian College- Teachers Aide- 2007

Membership

Golden Key James Cook Universtity Chaper

Royal College of Nursing

Queensland Nurses Federation

Australian Wound Care Management Organisation

Referees

Katy King

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Form 3Position: Clinical Nurse Palliative Care Unit

Townsville Hospital- Douglas

Phone: 0423743717

Email: [email protected]

Denise Horan

Position: Registered Nurse Palliative Care Unit


Phone: 0418 831 931

Pricilla Field

Position: Registered Nurse Rehabilitation Department


Phone: 0439788804


Frank Della

Position: Nurse Unit Manager

Parklands residential aged care facility Townsville

Phone: 4789 9100


Trish Patterson

Position Title: Clinical Facilitator- Staffing Support Unit


Phone: 44331972/0448983003


The Curriculum Vitae is true and correct as of the 28th February, 2015.

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