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Rochelle Lindsay
PO Box 224, Tennant Creek 0860, Australia
Telephone: 0427768490
Email: r_lindsay21@hotmail.com
Professional profile
A resourceful, hard-working and dedicated individual with outstanding nursing, patient care, emergency
service, physician assistance, remote health care, hospital-based ambulance operation, and administrative
skills. Exhibits a proven ability to develop and incorporate optimal patient care and determine processes to
assess conditions. Possesses excellent leadership and organisational skills. Demonstrates multi-tasking
abilities required to address critical care and make logical decisions in crisis situations. Articulate and proactive,
combining a professional and confident approach with excellent interpersonal skills. Offers excellent decision-
making skills and problem-solving abilities. Communicates concisely at all levels.
Objective
To obtain a new and challenging position that will incorporate my clinical skills, project management, and
pharmacy inventory abilities. I would especially enjoy a career in a rural community so that I can specialize in
rural health care and engage in further professional development.
Career summary
2013- present Chronic Disease Care Coordinator Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation
1. Provide aneffective care coordinationprogramthatenhancesandsupportsbroaderprevention,
detectionandmanagementof chronicdiseaseinTennantCreek
2. Improve access by gettingclientsinforCD servicesandexpandingabilitytoengage withthose that
require more complex coordinationorthose thatare not comingin;
3. Provide a stable “Continuumof Care”strategynecessaryforthe community;
4. Provide patient opportunityfor lifestylechange andcreate betterunderstandingof the
managementof chronicdisease conditions(bothpersonallyandenvironmentally) withinthe
immediate familyandcommunitysituations;
5. Facilitate betterstaff education and understandingof patientcircumstancesfor Anyinginyi locums,
visitingclinical &AlliedHealthSpecialists, astocommunity ourCD care processes;
6. Improve collaboration betweenAHACandexternalAlliedHealth&Specialistreferral forthe
coordinationandcare of patients;
7. Support GP’sin developingGPManagementPlans(GPMP) andTeamCare Arrangements(TCA).
8. Support the Anyinginyi registrationprocess for patientswithCDover15 yearsto consent&
registerforIHI – PIP.
2010 - 2013 ROYAL FLYING DOCTORS, TENNANT CREEK GENERAL PRACTICE,
Registered Nurse
 Engage in various methods of patient care
 Collect and spin bloods, perform ECGs, complete spirometry, and carry out urine drug screening
 Perform wound dressings and assist with minor procedures
 Provide inventory management and place reorders when required
 Give immunizations, both childhood and travel, and conduct diabetes and 75+ assessments
 Carry out chaperoning duties and GPMP
 Complete employment medicals
 Handle on-call duties, organise workflow during regular hours, and respond to emergencies
2007 - 2012 TENNANT CREEK HOSPITAL, Registered Nurse
 Performed a variety of tasks in the emergency department and a hospital consisting of 20 beds
 Delivered optimal care for medical, surgical, pediatric, palliative, renal, and emergency patients
 Performed qualified triage care and after-hours RN services in the emergency area, consistently
assisting the physician on duty.
 Ensured sick leave was covered, and organised halfway meets between Aboriginal communities and
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 Coordinated and participated in emergency fly-outs to Alice Springs Hospital
 Performed duties as the team leader in resuscitation situations, recruiting key staff members and
preparing infusions for life-threatening conditions
2007 WUJAL WUJAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CTR, Registered Nurse CN
 Performed a variety of health care services in the Aboriginal community
 Carried out initial patient assessments
 Utilized the primary clinical care manual and communicated with area physicians
 Assisted the doctor during bi-weekly visits
 Helped prepare patients for specialist clinics, doing bloodwork and ECGs in advance to make all
records ready for review
 Performed clinical procedures, including suturing, IVC, wound dressing, and venipuncture
 Organised recal and follow up appointments, taking lab specimens for diabetic portfolios
 Operated hospital-based ambulances, oftentimes solely responding to emergencies
2007 LOCKHART RIVER PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CTR, Registered Nurse CN
 Performed initial patient assessments, utilising the primary clinical care manual and communicating
with RFDS service
 Assisted the physician with weekly RFDS clinic duties
 Provided on-call assistance to community members after clinic hours, offering suturing, IVC, wound
dressings, and venipuncture
2007 YUENDUMU HEALTH CARE CENTRE, Registered Nurse NO 4
 Performed initial patient assessments utilising the CARPA manual and communicating with the doctor
for emergencies or conditions outside of capabilities
 Provided childhood immunisations and visits to outstations
 Delivered educational and health care visits to the school, child care facilities, and senior programs
 Ensured all FTT and chronic disease children received follow up care
 Liaisoned with key stakeholders in Alice Spring and drove the ambulance after hours for emergency
care
 Performed suturing, IVC, dressings, and venipuncture
 Created child health portfolios, detailing recalls, organising appointments, performing weekly weigh-
ins, locating for treatment, and liaising with the pediatric nurse in Alice Springs
Additional Experience:
2006: Registered Nurse Level 1 - Julia Creek Hospital (10 bed facility)
Occasionally held the position of acting director during managerial absences
Wrote documents to ensure the facility met accreditation requirements
2005-2006: Registered Nurse Level 1 - Royal Brisbane Hospital Emergency Department
2005: Registered Nurse Level 1 - Fitzroy Crossing Hospital
2005: Registered Nurse Level 1 - Tennant Creek Hospital
2004: Registered Nurse Level 1 - Collinsville Hospital
2004: Registered Nurse Level 1 - Tennant Creek Hospital
2004: Registered Nurse Level 1 - Alpha Hospital
2003: Registered Nurse Level 1 and 2 - Clermont Hospital
2002-2003: Registered Nurse Level 1 and 2 - Alpha Hospital
2001-2002: Registered Nurse Level 1 - Barcaldine Hospital
2000: Registered Nurse Level 1 - Bayview Place Nursing Home, Renaway Bay, Gold Coast
2000: Registered Nurse Level 1 - Carindale Nursing Home, Brisbane
2000: Registered Nurse Level 1 - Queenstate Nursing Service, Coolangatta
Education and qualifications
2015: Implanon insertion nd removal training –completed
2015: Cultural awareness training - Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation
2015: Framing Indigionus Health –Centre for remote health
2015: Completed 4 subjects towards a Bachlor of Arts – Anthropology
2012: Masters in Nursing (USQ)
2008 Trauma Nursing Care Course
2007: Graduate Certificate in Rural and Remote Health
2006: Advanced Life Support Course
2005: Aboriginal Cultural Awareness (NT)
2003: Natural Therapies (Thomas Education Direct)

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2003: Immunisation Course (endorsed in QLD and NT)
2002: Internship: Rockhampton Base Hospital (Accident/Emergency)
2002: Preceptorship training
2002: Cultural awareness training (QLD)
2001: Cardiac and ECG Interpretation (Deakin University)
1997-1999: Bachelor of Nursing (Griffith University)
1996: Year 12 Senior Certificate (Beenleigh State High School)
Presentations and Publications
22nd National Australian Health Promotion Association Conference &18th Chronic Diseases NetworkConference
September 2014 – Alice Springs
Care Coordination in Tennant Creek - Helping indigenous people overcome the barriers to service
coordination and health engagement
Key I.T. skills
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), , Internet, general office equipment
Spirometry – attached to Medical Director and stand alone
Medical Director
Communicare
Caresys
MMEX
Personal details
Licenses:
Memberships/
Achievements/
Community
Involvement:
Driver’s, Full/Clean
Child care committee member - updating medication policy, helping with financial aid
and making decisions
Graduate program project: new care plan implementation - Barcaldine Hospital
Royal College of Nursing
Achievement Aware - Beenleigh Chamber of Business
Grand Prior’s Badge - St. John’s Ambulance
St. John’s Ambulance membership - 12 badges;500 community service hours
References
Marjorie Patterson – Aboriginal Health Practitioner
Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation
Phone : 89622385
Samu Gubicak – Doctor
Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation (Now works elsewhere, in Tennant Creek)
Phone: 0455230446
Leo Curran – Registered Nurse
Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation
Phone: 89622385