Portland District Health Annual Report 2007 - South West Alliance of ...

AFTER HOURS NURSING CO-ORDINATORS
As the senior person on duty they are responsible for providing leadership
and direction to patient care and facility management after hours. A large
portion of their role is supporting staff and assisting all units to provide
safe patient care. Staff replacement after hours can be time consuming,
however this team of creative nurses manage to rearrange or ensure
appropriately skilled staffing is available for the provision of safe and
appropriate care.
Throughout the
year we saw the
continuation of
various building
projects including a
purpose-built 8-bed
day procedure unit
and Harbourside
Lodge, a 30-bed
high-care residential
aged care facility.
The After Hours Co-ordinators also have various management portfolios.
NURSING ADMINISTRATION
The nursing administration team provides daily management of staff and
human resource-related matters, rostering and leave management, patient
care management, complaints, quality and project development, reporting,
documentation development and maintenance, record and database
management, contract development and maintenance, work experience
and student facilitation (pre and post-graduate). Maureen Patterson,
Assistant Director of Nursing and myself are ably supported by Brigietta
Herbertson, Executive Assistant.
KATHYRN EYRE
Director of Nursing
22 PORTLAND DISTRICT HEALTH • ANNUAL REPORT 06/07