Sibusisiwe Desiree Champion
Registered Nurse
Roodepoort Johannesburg
Summary
To develop myself academically and professionally to improve my skills and knowledge. To acquire a position whereby I can further strengthen my skills and knowledge, work through challenges that come with the profession thus improving my understanding of quality nursing. To further my nursing career to a management level and to new prospects with a vision to bring necessary change in the nursing industry. Patient-oriented Nurse with 16 years of diverse experience in direct patient care, staff supervision and department operations. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing patient needs and daily assignments. Offering expertise with intensive care unit specialty.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse – ICU Qualified (Shift Leader)
Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital Adult ICU
Johannesburg
05.2021
Acting Unit Manager
Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital Adult ICU
Johannesburg
03.2021 - 04.2021
- Managing of staff - off duties, skills mix, delegation of tasks, ensuring a cost-effective nursing operation
- Training and development of staff
- Stock control and management
- Ensuring effective staff, patient, and doctor relationship
- Ensuring the efficient running of the department with optimal nursing care
- Responsible for strong quality patient care
- Managing of patient care and client services.
Registered Nurse – ICU Qualified (Shift Leader)
Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital Adult ICU
Johannesburg
10.2020 - 02.2021
- Allocation of patients according to staff competency and student needs
- Doctors’ rounds and communication
- Supervision that doctors’ orders are completed
- Write in care round book daily: identify problems, risks, staff shortages, any communication related to the unit
- Supervision of all staff
- Mentoring and assistance of basic and post basic students/ new employees and agency staff
- Audits
- Prevention of infection
- Monitoring and promoting patients and their family’s wellbeing
- Be cost effective whilst promoting good service.
Unit Manager of Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Netcare Milpark Hospital Level 1 Trauma Centre and Burns Centre
Johannesburg
06.2019 - 05.2020
- Manage all costs emanating from the department, manage acuities and skill mix, ensure compliance with policies, protocols, and Acts, ensure all equipment is in working order and is maintained, doctors’ rounds, management of Kronos system, facilitate effective change and conflict management, maintain customer intimacy through building relationships with doctors, nursing staff, suppliers and building patient loyalty, develop a talented nursing workforce
- Ensure correct billing, stock management and purchasing
- Identify quality improvement opportunities and ensure appropriate strategy and quality improvement initiatives are developed and measured.
Acting Unit Manager of Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Netcare Milpark Hospital Level 1 Trauma Centre and Burns Centre
Johannesburg
04.2019 - 05.2019
- Doctors’ rounds, staffing tool, managing acuities and skill mix to ensure cost effective quality care, coaching, and mentoring of staff and promote staff wellbeing, hold meetings with staff and address issues of concern and also give updates, enforce adherence to policies, infection control.
Shift Leader of Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Netcare Milpark Hospital Level 1 Trauma Unit and Burns Centre
Johannesburg
04.2013 - 03.2019
- Shift leading, Teaching, Supervision of new and junior nurses, role modeling, problem solving, critical thinking, managing day to day nursing challenges in the unit, doctors’ rounds, scheduled drugs and emergency trolley management, delegating tasks and chores, staffing and acuity, drawing up nursing care plans of patients and executing the plans, family and patient education
- Promoting health and wellbeing of patients and staff, investigating of negative incidents, and reporting to the unit manager
- Team player during the resuscitation
- Assisting doctors with in-ward invasive procedures
- Implementing ideas of improving the unit whilst empowering staff.
Registered Nurse and Shift Leader of Neurosurgical Ward
Netcare Garden City Hospital
Johannesburg
01.2010 - 03.2013
- Shift leading, supervising junior nurses, admitting, and discharging patients, clinically assessing patients on admission, administering prescribed medicines and drugs, establishing intravenous lines, doctors’ rounds, carrying out of doctors’ orders efficiently, health educating patients and their families.
Collections Clerk
Bright and Associates
Durban
01.2001 - 01.2005
- Switchboard operator reliever, managing of client’s files, administrating and collecting of bad debts, issuing of payment receipts, updating of customers personal details, performing consultancy services.
Education
Diploma: Medical and Surgical Nursing Science: Critical Nursing Care - undefined
Netcare Education
01.2014 - 12 2016
Management Development Program – Shift Leader - undefined
Netcare Education
02.2012 - 6 2012
Diploma in General Nursing - undefined
Netcare Education
01.2006 - 1 2010
Matriculation Certificate - undefined
Ikusasalethu Secondary School
01.1998 - undefined
Skills
Teaching and Mentoring
Leadership Experience
I lead the nursing team in the Trauma ICU department. I lead the unit, interacting with other members of the multidisciplinary team and reporting to the unit manager, infection control manager and the deputy matron of the hospital. I was part of the Improvement Committee representing the staff to bring change in the unit for the benefit of both staff and the patients.
Personal Information
ID Number: 7608200312083
References
- David Mhelembe, 2IC at Netcare Milpark Hospital Trauma ICU - 0824618395
- Lefu Lekhutsoanyane, Shift Leader at Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital Adult General ICU - 0117966693
- Wisani Mashaba, Previous Unit Manager of Adult ICU (2019 – 2021), Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital, 0732648429
Timeline
Registered Nurse – ICU Qualified (Shift Leader)
Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital Adult ICU
05.2021
Acting Unit Manager
Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital Adult ICU
03.2021 - 04.2021
Registered Nurse – ICU Qualified (Shift Leader)
Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital Adult ICU
10.2020 - 02.2021
Unit Manager of Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Netcare Milpark Hospital Level 1 Trauma Centre and Burns Centre
06.2019 - 05.2020
Acting Unit Manager of Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Netcare Milpark Hospital Level 1 Trauma Centre and Burns Centre
04.2019 - 05.2019
Diploma: Medical and Surgical Nursing Science: Critical Nursing Care - undefined
Netcare Education
01.2014 - 12 2016
Shift Leader of Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Netcare Milpark Hospital Level 1 Trauma Unit and Burns Centre
04.2013 - 03.2019
Management Development Program – Shift Leader - undefined
Netcare Education
02.2012 - 6 2012
Registered Nurse and Shift Leader of Neurosurgical Ward
Netcare Garden City Hospital
01.2010 - 03.2013
Diploma in General Nursing - undefined
Netcare Education
01.2006 - 1 2010
Collections Clerk
Bright and Associates
01.2001 - 01.2005
Matriculation Certificate - undefined
Ikusasalethu Secondary School
01.1998 - undefined
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