Staff and Staff Profiles

SERVICE STAFF

An organised multi-disciplinary team approach to the care of the injured patient is essential to the successful development of an injury management service within a trauma centre. This multi-disciplinary team is developed, led and evaluated by the Trauma Service, comprised of the Trauma Medical Director, Trauma Nurse Coordinator, Case Managers, Trauma Data Manager, Area Trauma Nurse Coordinator and Administrative support.

Medical Director

The Trauma Director oversees the day-to-day care of the injured patient within the hospital. Their responsibilities include not only the clinical management of injured patients, but also the organization of inter-specialty care, staff education, and integration of hospital services with prehospital (i.e. Ambulance) and post discharge (i.e. rehabilitation) services.

Trauma Nurse Coordinator

The Trauma Nurse Coordinator or Trauma Clinical Nurse Consultant coordinates the day-to-day management of the hospital trauma service and monitors the daily progress of the patient with particular attention to preventing complications of injury care. They act as the cost centre manager and supervise other nursing staff within the trauma service. As the Trauma Nurse Coordinator is an expert clinician in injury care they also act as a resource for other staff within the health care system.

Area Trauma Coordinator

The Area Trauma Coordinator is responsible for supporting and coordinating the Injury Management Program in the Urban Trauma Centres linked to the Major Trauma Service.

Case Managers

St George Hospital has enhanced the trauma service even further by introducing trauma case managers. They provide direct patient care and coordination. They also assist with data collection and with the ongoing education of hospital personnel in trauma-related areas.

Data Manager

The Trauma Service Data Manager collects and organizes detailed patient data using a computerized database program. This allows various members of the Service to regularly and methodically analyse multiple aspects of patient care and clinical outcomes, which is an essential requirement for maintaining the highest possible standard of care.

STAFF PROFILES

Dr Mary Langcake – Director

Squadron Leader, Royal Australian Air Force

Dr Mary Langcake completed her medical training at Flinders University in South Australia and is a trauma and UGIT surgeon with front line medical military experience, having recently returned from a deployment in Afghanistan. She is heavily committed to the education of medical, nursing and allied health staff and involved in Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient, Definitive Surgical Trauma Care, Masters of Critical Care Nursing, University of Sydney, to name a few. Dr Langcake is regularly invited as a speaker at Trauma conferences and holds several educational development and leadership positions, including the Education and Research Committee, NSW Institute of Trauma and Injury Management and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons - Surgeons as Educators Committee, State Committee Executive and the Chair 2006-2008 of Women in Surgery Committee.

Clinical A/Prof Kate Curtis- Trauma Nurse Coordinator

Kate graduated from the University of Wollongong in 1993, has worked in aged care, general medical/surgical wards and after a long stint in the Emergency Department at Westmead Hospital, became the Trauma Coordinator at St George Hospital. Kate has post graduate qualifications in Critical Care Nursing, a research masters degree and has completed a PhD at UNSW, investigating the role and impact of the trauma case manager. She is also an Honorary Fellow in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Wollongong, works casually in Wollongong Emergency Department, is an EMST coordinator and Trauma Nurse Program Instructor. Kate was also recently appointed to the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Sydney.

Taneal Wiseman – Trauma Nurse Coordinator

Taneal completed her Bachelor of Nursing at The University of Western Sydney (UWS) in 1998, and worked at Prince of Wales Hospital during her new graduate year. Since graduating she has worked extensively in Neurosurgical, ENT and Emergency Nursing. Her experience includes nursing in a rural area (Collarenebri, in regional NSW). Taneal has also attained a Graduate Diploma in Emergency and Critical Care Nursing through UWS. She is currently enrolled in a MPhil at University of Sydney.

Anthony Cook – Area Trauma Nurse Coordinator

Anthony graduated from Wollongong University in 1997, did his new graduate year at St George in Aged Care, Orthopaedics and Emergency, where he stayed for 6 years becoming a Clinical Nurse Specialist. During this time he worked as a Trauma Case Manager with the Trauma service, and also did a secondment to ICU. Anthony has completed a Masters of Critical Care (Emergency) at Sydney University, Trauma Nursing Core Course, is an EMST Coordinator and has memberships with College of Emergency Nursing Australasia, Society of Trauma Nurses and the Australasian Trauma Society. He is based at St George Hospital, but has outreach to all other hospitals in SESIAHS.

Jane Leroi - Case Manager

Jane graduated from Cumberland College in 1990, has worked in neurology as well as burns and plastics. She has extensive Emergency Nursing experience at a clinical and managerial level gained at Westmead, Royal North Shore and Ryde Hospitals. Jane has a Masters in Emergency Nursing, completed the Trauma Nursing Core Course and Course in Advanced Trauma Nursing.

Julie Zou - Database Manager

Julie has extensive database design, implementation, management, analysis and reporting experience. She holds a bachelor in civil engineering, a research masters degree in structural engineering, with scholarship support from the Canadian government, and a graduate diploma in IT.

Tiffany Rankin - Admin. Assistant

Tiffany has 20 years administrative experience. She has a passion for health care and has worked for South East Health for the past 9 years in ICU, Calvary, POW and Community Health, joining the Trauma Services team in 2007. Her role involves supporting the trauma team in their clinical, research and teaching areas, in particular the trauma data registry and organising large educational events.

Peter Grove - Clinical Nurse Specialist

Peter trained at St George Hospital and after extensive experience in the Emergency Department, and obtaining a Graduate Certificate in Emergency Nursing became one of the founding members of the Trauma Service. He was instrumental in the development of the trauma service database and is now primarily responsible for the quality of the data being entered. He is also responsible for editing and updating the database. Peter also works as a clinical trauma nurse specialist and with the Sydney Aeromedical Retrieval Service as their equipment officer.

Alana Clements –Trauma Case Manager

Alana completed her Bachelor of Nursing at The University of Western Sydney (UWS) in 2004, and worked at St George Hospital during her new graduate year. Since graduating she has worked in Intensive Care and Emergency. Alana has completed her Grad Cert in Emergency Nursing and Trauma at Sydney University.