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• Provided age specific cross-tumour care coordination for Adolescent and Young Adults (AYA’s) between the ages of 15 - 25 years old across the state.

• Provided advocacy for the needs of AYA’s by attendance and participation in Multidisciplinary Team Meetings of various tumour groups across multiple health sites within Western Australia, both within the public and private sector.

• Attended clinic and treatment appointments to provide support, advocacy and expertise in the care and management of AYA patients.

• Provided advocacy and support for treating teams caring for AYA’s and their families and partners.

• Identified AYA patients’ health literacy and providing support and information to ensure they are equipped, empowered and confident to make treatment choices.

• Facilitated continued psycho-social and cognitive development of AYA’s throughout the phases of cancer treatment by supporting and coordinating work towards educational and vocational goals.

· Haematology day ward coordination

· Acting as a clinical resource and problem solver for Clinical Nurses and Registered Nurses in ensuring excellent, safe, inclusive and therapeutic care is delivered to Haematology patients.

· Member of the Apheresis Service providing a hospital wide and on-call service for Apheresis procedures, including Therapeutic Plasma Exchanges, Stem Cell Collections and White Blood Cell Depletions.

· Coordinating and overseeing the daily treatment schedule, to ensure patients are treated in a timely and safe manner.

· Educating, preceptoring and orientating new staff, Medical staff and supervising Nursing students.

· Safe administration and disposal of cytotoxic medication.

· Safe administration of blood products.

· Administering IV sedation and caring for those patients undergoing Bone Marrow Aspirate Procedures.

· Providing clinical handovers at multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings.

. Collaborated with physicians and allied health staff in other disciplines.