1. Resume for Lynn Rapley
Personal Details:
Lynn Rapley
5/2 Finch Place, Bateau Bay NSW 2261
0438 567 934
raphouse58@gmail.com
DOB: 28.9.58
Secondary Education:
1974 Completed Year 10
1994-97 Completed Year 12 at Berkeley Vale High School
Nursing Qualification:
1976-1979 Trained at St George Hospital
Tertiary Education:
2010 & 2015 Recredentialled as an ACGEN
2007 Completed the SGNA-Doris Barnie Certification Review Course in
Hawaii
2005 Achieved Australian Credentialed Gastroenterology Nurse (ACGEN)
2003-2005 Masters of Nursing in Clinical Practice (Perioperative) at UTS
2000-2001 Graduate Certificate Gastroenterology at UTS
1998-2000 Graduate Diploma of Music Therapy at UTS
1997 Graduate Certificate in Perioperative Nursing at The College of Nursing
Work Experience:
2011-current President of Credentialling Organisation
Gastroenterology Nurses (COGEN)
2010- current DE tutor & marker for Anaesthetics, PACU and DSU subjects at The
Australian College of Nursing (ACN)
2009- current Course Presenter for the Day Surgery 1-day workshop for ACN
2009- 2016 NUM of Day Surgery/Endoscopy at Mater Hospital, Sydney
2009-2012 Associate Lecturer at UTS
2008- current Facilitator for GENCA Fundamentals in Endoscope Reprocessing
Course
2007 -current Clinical Nurse Associate appointment at ACN
2006 - current DE tutor & marker for ACN in RN course: Grad.
Cert. Periop. Nursing/Advanced Practice Nursing
2006-2009 Clinical Nurse Consultant Perioperative/Endoscopy at Nth Gosford
Private Hospital
2005-2009 National Director of Education, GENCA
2005-2012 Conjoint appointment at Newcastle University

2. 2004 - current DE tutor for the EN course: Principles of Periop. Nursing at The
College of Nursing
2003– current Assessor for GENCA Flexible Endoscope Learning Pkge
1988-2007 North Gosford Private Hospital as ward RN, acting NUM,
perioperative nurse, CNS for endoscopy
1985-1988 President Private Hospital as RN in the wards
1984-1985 Bexley Private Hospital as night duty supervisor
1980-1983 St George Hospital as a RN in the wards
Professional Memberships:
Gastroenterological Nurses’ College of Australia (GENCA) – now Lifetime Member
Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (SGNA)
Australian Day Surgery Nurses Association (ADSNA)
Operating Theatre Association (OTA)
Australian College of Nursing (ACN)
NSW Nurses’ Association
Publications:
2016 Authored chapter for Periop textbook rewrite on Evolving
Perioperative Environments (Day Surgery/Endoscopy/Angio)
2013 Don’t Pick Me – I Don’t Know What to Do. JGENCA Vol 23,3
2009/10 Reviewer/writer for the GESA/GENCA Infection Control in
Endoscopy Guidelines 4th
Edition
2008 Co-authored of a textbook chapter on Day Surgery/Endoscopy in
Perioperative Nursing by Hamlin, Richardson-Tench & Davies
for Elsevier Publishers
2005, 2009, 2013 Reviewer for Mosby’s Medical Dictionary for the gastroenterology
section
2005 Endoscopic Treatments of Reflux Disease (Part C).
JGENCA Vo. 15, 6
2005 Surgical Treatments of Reflux Disease (Part B) JGENCA Vol. 14, 5
2005 History of Reflux Disease (Part A). JGENCA Vol. 14, 4
I won the $3,000 Cook Australia award for the best article in JGENCA for 2005
2004 Virtual Colonoscopy. JGENCA Vol. 14, 2
2004 Capsule Endoscopy. JGENCA Vol. 14, 1
Highlights of my Career:
• I began as a perioperative preceptor and mentor
• I was the only Clinical Nurse Consultant at Gosford Private Hospital
Periop/Endoscopy unit
I was part of the inaugural group of GENCA facilitators to be trained for the
Fundamentals of Endoscope Reprocessing full day

3. • I have provided training/education to company representatives at their
educational training days e.g. Olympus, Device Technologies
• I have been a national assessor of the online learning package for GENCA
• I have been asked to privately consult on risk management to public and private
hospitals, DSU units, Armed Forces units (HMAS Penguin)
• I have provided advice and training to NSW Health Dept and the Private
Hospital Association
• I have worked with GENCA to write various educational packages/DVD’s
• I have been a reviewer for ACORN standards in 2010
• I have worked with 2 colorectal surgeons to promote and market a new fully-
disposable rigid sigmoidoscope
• I have been able to sit on the Boards of ACI, NSW Bowel Screening, CoNNO,
GENCA & COGEN in both presidential and advisory capacities
• I remain the GENCA representative for the Coalition of National Organisations
(CoNNO)
• I was awarded the Trudy Rayner Scholarship by GENCA – highest award for
educational opportunities to attend World Congress in London and observe
endoscopy processes in Switzerland, Germany and France
• I was awarded a Lifetime membership to GENCA in 2012 for commitment and
dedication to The College and Gastroenterology nursing
• I was the first GENCA facilitator to take the Reprocessing Course to NZ in 2013
and now responsible for the training in NZ of a new facilitator
• Chosen as a leader in the Australian field of gastroenterology to go in the
Worldwide Who’s Who registry & given a lifetime membership
• Asked to profile for both the Day Surgery Nurses’ Association and SGNA
• I have been able to educate for The Australian College of Nursing, UTS and
Newcastle Universities in perioperative and gastroenterology subjects via panel
discussions, face to face learning and as an online tutor/marker
Professional Activities:
2016 Invited panelist for meeting at College of Surgeons Melbourne on
endoscopy topics
2015/16 Authorship for rewrite of periop textbook chapter – Evolving
Perioperative Environments
Working party to rewrite the GENCA Fundamentals of Endoscope
Reprocessing workshop
2014 Invited to participate in a national nurse credentialing project with the
Chief Nurse of Queensland
2014 Trainer of the new GENCA facilitator in NZ
2014 Selected and awarded an induction into the Worldwide Who’s Who of
Australian Professionals Registry
2013 Awarded GENCA sponsorship to attend World Congress in China
2013 Presented the Fundamentals Reprocessing Course to NZ for the first time
2012 Awarded Lifetime Membership to GENCA

4. 2011-current President of COGEN
2010-current GENCA representative at CoNNO meetings
2010 Reviewer/writer for ACORN Smoke Plume and Infection Control
Standards
2010 Reviewer of Gastroenterological Services at Lismore Base Hospital
and Risk Management review of nursing and Endoscopy facilities
2010 Part of a NSW Health Dept review board to assess a critical incident in
Wollongong to assess potential infectivity following identified “cluster
outbreak” following gastroenterological procedure in a private facility
2009 Involved in promotion and development of new product line -Safescope
2009-10 Reviewer/writer for the GESA/GENCA Infection Control in
Endoscopy Guidelines
2009 NSWNRB scholarship for Gastroenterology study tour in Europe
2009 Awarded the Trudy Raynor Memorial Scholarship from GENCA
to attend World Congress and review endoscopy services/practice in
Switzerland, Germany, France and England
2008-11 Board Director for the Coalition of National Nursing Organisations
2007 Involved at UTS, Sydney to assist with writing the Clinical Specialty
subject in the Graduate Certificate for Acute Care Nursing with a
gastroenterology focus
2006-2013 On the executive committee and nurses’ working parties of the Agency
for Clinical Innovation (ACI) for developing excellence in
gastroenterology
2006-2009 NSW Bowel Cancer Screening advisory committee
2005-2010 Director on the Board of GENCA
2005-2009 National Director of Education for The Gastroenterological Nurses’
College of Australia (GENCA) but have held the position of NSW
Regional Manager for the previous 2 years and the portfolio of research
development for a short period.
2005 Involved in a working party to write the undergraduate online
gastroenterology subjects at Newcastle University
2003 Assisted Judith Romanini at Sydney University to write a one-day course
for gastroenterology nursing
Reviewed various texts related to gastroenterological nursing.
1995-2000 Held the branch position of President of the Nurses’ Association at Nth
Gosford Private Hospital for 5 years.
Presentations/Lectures/Workshops:
2016 Fundamentals workshops in Sydney and Tamworth
Quality and Safety in the Endoscopy Setting - OTA
Improving Quality and Safety in the Endoscopy Unit – Hong Kong
Singapore – invited speaker for Medivators Asia
Providing a Quality Service in the Endoscopy Setting – GENCA
2015 AS/NZS4187: What impact does this have for endoscopy? Education

5. evening for Sally/Menna x 2 and NSW GENCA May study day & SRACA
Conference, Melb.
Basics of Endoscopy OTA new grad workshop
Credentialing Victorian & SA GENCA study days
So you are being audited – what do you need to know? Mater Hospital
Fundamentals course x 3 Mater Hospital
Fundamentals course for Macquarie Private Hospital,
Wagga, Perth
Debugging the Bugs Workshop: AS/NZS4187 talk Auckland, NZ
2014 Fundamentals of Endoscope Reprocessing workshops in Australia & NZ
Day surgery CPD course for ACN, Brisbane & Sydney
Incorporating guidelines into clinical practice NZ 3x 1 day workshops for
Device Technologies
2013 Infection Control in Endoscopy Norwest Surgical Conference, Tamworth
Day Surgery CPD course for College of Nursing, Melbourne
Issues for Perioperative Nursing in endoscopy Norwest Surgical
Conference, Sydney
Open Panel Expert Advisor AGW, Melbourne
Nurse Education for Gastro Nurses Panel discussion World Congress
Shanghai, China
Day Surgery CPD course for College of Nursing, Sydney
History of Day Surgery Mater Hospital evening seminar
Fundamentals of Endoscope Reprocessing workshops in Australia & NZ
2012 Current Infection Control Guidelines & the impact to nursing care NSW
GENCA study day
History of Day Surgery Nursing In-service given to Mater DSU staff
Day Surgery CPD course for College of Nursing, Sydney
Endoscope Reprocessing: current guidelines and trends GENCA Victoria
Day Surgery CPD course for College of Nursing, Albury
Don’t Pick Me: I don’t know what to do! Australian Gastro Week, SA
Endoscopy Reprocessing – guidelines and impact of getting it wrong
Olympus reps training seminar, Sydney
Fundamentals of Endoscope Reprocessing workshops in Australian states
2011 History of Infection Control in Endoscopic Nursing WA GENCA Study
Day
Infection Control Guidelines: what is important! WA GENCA Study Day
Pathways for Advancement in Gastro Nursing Inaugural GENCA nurses’
Conference, Melbourne
Day Surgery CPD course for College of Nursing, Tamara Private Hospital
Endoscopy – the whole journey College of Nursing 2hr presentation

6. Fundamentals of Endoscope Reprocessing workshops
2010 Panelist at UTS to discuss Advanced Practice Roles & other issues with
post-graduate students
History of Infection Control in Endoscopic Nursing. AGW, Gold Coast
Endoscope Reprocessing: guidelines, trends & a crystal ball! This has been
presented x 2 at JNJ workshops as the keynote speaker
Endoscope Reprocessing: guidelines, trends & a crystal ball! Device
Technologies keynote speaker during educational tour, NZ
From then to Now: guidelines, trends & a Crystal Ball! OTA conference,
Newcastle
Fundamentals of Endoscope Reprocessing workshops
2009 Endoscope Reprocessing – current guidelines & trends. NZ Gastro Nurses
conference, Wellington
History of Infection Control in Endoscopic Nursing NZ Gastro Nurses
conference, Wellington
How Clean are your Bellows? AGW Sydney
Care of the Endoscopy Patient – an overview. Educational lecture to periop.
students at UTS
Emerging Roles for GI Nurses – nurse endoscopy. NSW GENCA study day
Re-engineering skillmix in the day surgery operating suite to cope with a
global nursing shortage – utilising technicians. 8th
International Congress on
Ambulatory Surgery, Brisbane
All that Pertains to Endoscopy in one Easy Lesson! Educational lecture at
The College of Nursing for students in the EEN scrub course
Horizontal Violence – what is it and why does it occur? NSW OTA
conference, Luna Park
General Surgery: an overview. Educational lecture at The College of Nursing
for students in the EEN scrub course
2008 Cleaning & Disinfection of EUS and new generation endoscopes: critical
issues APDW, New Delhi
Back to Basics TAS GENCA study day
Back to Basics SA GENCA study day
2007 Risk Management in Endoscopy, NZ Gastro Nurses conference,
Christchurch
Portfolio Development NZ Gastro Nurses conference, Christchurch
Horizontal Violence NZ Gastro Nurses conference, Christchurch
Horizontal Violence – what is it and why does it occur? AGW Perth
Bullying & Harassment SRACA meeting, Gosford
Flexible Endoscopy: Anatomy, Care & Maintenance, Reprocessing &
Microtesting. Sterilising Research Advisory Council of Australia (SRACA)

7. meeting, Gosford
Flexible Endoscopy: Anatomy, Care & Maintenance, Reprocessing &
Microtesting. Tamworth OTA meeting
Care, Maintenance, Microtesting & Reprocessing of Flexible Endoscopes.
Operating Theatre Association (OTA) Sydney conference workshop
2006 Clinical and Academic Requirements for Novice to Specialist –a personal
journey. Australian Gastroenterology Week
2005 Minimal Access Surgery: Flexible endoscopy – Educational lecture at UTS to
post-graduate perioperative students
Endoscope Reprocessing – discussion with the Private Hospitals’ Health Care
Branch
Risk Management in Endoscopy – NSW GENCA study day
2004 Endoscopy Reprocessing: The Australian Experience – J&J workshop for
Endoscopy Nurses in Hong Kong
Educational Opportunities for GE Nurses – NSW GENCA study day
Prevention of Infection in Endoscopy – invited speaker to Hong Kong
Infection Control Nurses’ Conference
2003 Endoscopic Reprocessing, Sterilisation & Guidelines – Educational lecture
for J&J yearly educational session for NSW Product Managers
Music Therapy – Educational lecture at The College of Nursing as part of the
Natural Therapies in Clinical Practice 2-day course
Endoscopic Procedures and Nursing Care of the Patient/Care of Endoscopic
Equipment – Educational lecture as part of the Endoscopy Nursing workshop
at Sydney University
2002 Evening presentation on “Music Therapy” as an invited guest speaker for
Johnson & Johnson