Registered nurse Peadiatrics and Emergency experience
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Tanja Smit Curriculum Vitae Page *
CURRICULUM VITAE
Profile
A patient-focused and reliable Registered Nurse with 20 years working experience. Friendly, compassionate and assertive with excellent interpersonal communication skills with people at all levels (professional staff, patients and families as well as the multi professional team). Administratively strong and nursing experience in Emergency, Paediatric and General Wards, and more recently the COVID unit.
Competencies
• Professional and ethical nurse practitioner with proven understanding and application of knowledge and skills in the workplace.
• Effective communicator to ensure doctors, colleagues, patients and relatives are informed of the status of the patient.
• Leadership skills :
o Ongoing training of personnel and students (formal and informal in-service training) o Taking charge of unit when I am the senior nurse on duty o Empowering personnel to work indepedently within their scope of practice, under indirect supervision
• Quality Assurance:
o Continuous training and improvement of self and staff o Implementing corrective measures after audits
o Assisting in maintaining Customer Satisfaction results by providing weekly feedback to personnel and brainstorming improvements
• Professional Development (formal and informal)
Employment History
September 2019 – current
Registered Nurse (Emergency Unit)
Wilned Park Hospital
Ward size: 10 bed emergency unit
Day & Night shift
Covid Unit: Work in PUI unit if needed
Quick assessment of pt’s to possible covid/ non-covid areas in emergency unit, to start treatment asap
March 2013 – August 2019
Registered Nurse (Paediatric Ward)
Wilmed Park Hospital
Ward size:12 bed
PALS trained
BLS trained
Tanja Smit
E-mail:
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Acted as deputy for Unit Manager
2008 – 2013
Enrolled Nurse (Bridging Course)
Wilmed Park Hospital (Various wards)
Enrolled Nurse (Paediatric Ward)
Wilmed Park Hospital
Ward size:12 bed
January 2007 - October 2008
Manager Company Crèche
Toga Laboratories
Developed and implemented comprehensive creche
for the workplace
Managed the daily operations with 1 full time
employee reporting to me.
Monthly financial reporting
Functioned as an Enrolled Nurse caring after sick
children
Planned, prepared and implemented the school
curriculum
Managed the holiday school programme
2002 - 2006
Various positions (see below)
Soenêtjie Creche and Pre-primary School
Appointed as an Enrolled Nurse at the crèche
specifically for caring of ill children
Assisted with the 0 – 2 year age group
Promoted to Assistant Teacher at the 1 – 2 year age group
Promoted to Teacher at the 2 year age group (potty training class)
1998 - 2001
Enrolled Nurse & Stock Controller
UNITAS Hospital (Paediatric Ward)
General Nursing duties
Managed the Stock Control for High Care Unit,
Neonatal and Maternity Wards by ensuring all stock used was billed and ordered back the following day, in order to maintain the stock levels
Ward size: 24 bed
1997 - 1998
Enrolled Nurse
Military Hospital (Paediatric Ward)
General nursing duties
Education and Qualifications
2019
2019
2019
2018
2015
2013
2009
2008
2006
2005
BLS (Renewal date 8/2021)
ACLS (Renewal date 4/2021)
ECG workshop- Back to basics
Fire fighting techniques
PALS (expired)
Goldfields Nursing College
Diploma in General Nursing ( Received award for Best Practical Student) Play Therapy Workshop
Discipline and Dismissal Workshop
Procare Psycho-social Services
Identifying and dealing with social problems
Audiblox
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2004
2003
1997
1993
Private Tuition plus School Programme Course
UNISA
Baby & Toddler Course
Kinderkragseminaar: Die perseptuele ontwikkeling van die voorskoolse kind SAMS Academy (1 Military Hospital)
Enrolled Nurse
Hoërskool Voortrekkerhoogte
Matric
References available on request
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