Lucinda Mithen

Registered Nurse for HNELHD:  Emergency Department, Emergency Short Stay Unit, Medical Assessment and Coordination Unit, Medical Imaging, casual pool

Trauma Case Manager: this role required full support and liaison of all health care specialties to ensure the best care was provided for trauma patients that presented to St George hospital.  The TCM worked at a CNS level and answered to the Trauma Surgeon.

Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2:  The CNS role involved providing high quality expert nursing care to acutely ill patients in the Emergency Department.  Other responsibilities included mentorship for new staff and students, writing a department newsletter, adopting the waiting room/triage area to ensure high quality services and information were available to patients and visitors, attending monthly meetings and often working in the Team Leader role.

Registered Nurse:  Critical Care Post Graduate rotation completed in first year, then worked in multiple wards and hospitals as a casual RN.  Secured full time position in Gosford Emergency Department and worked up to Team Leader level.

The role of Clinical Liaison Facilitator required extensive communication and organisation skills to manage 40 third year nursing students while they completed their final clinical placements.  Liaising between the Course Coordinator from the University and the clinical staff at various clinical settings required a high level of insight into the clinical environment and the challenges faced by the staff and the students.  Debriefing sessions were conducted and out of hours telephone support was offered.  Guidance on University assessment items and competencies that needed to be completed on placement were a popular request from students.

Clinical Facilitator:  This role involved teaching a comprehensive list of nursing skills in the clinical lab environment and included the High-Fidelity Simulation labs.  All undergraduate student courses were taught and this also involved formal assessment of the students on mandatory skills and procedures as outlined in their Courses.