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Serendipity or Career Planning
Sue Raynel
Department of Ophthalmology
University of Auckland
Career Planning
Step 1: Self-assessment helps you understand your personal and career goals, your interests, preferences, strengths and weaknesses.
Step 2: Consider your career options and identify which available roles fit your interests and abilities.
Step 3: Decide on your career goals
Step 4: Develop and implement a career strategy
Step 5: Review and adjust your career strategyhttp://careers.vic.gov.au/exploration/a-fair-workplace
Roles in Ophthalmology
1992-2006Clinical Nurse Consultant
Clinical Nurse Specialist
OR Charge Nurse Manager (Acting)
Unit Nurse Manager
Service Manager
Project Manager
2009 - presentStaff nurse eye clinic
Implemented
Orientation programme
Pre-admit clinics
Levels of practice
Departmental rotations
Nurse Specialist roles
Challenges
Unknown to ophthalmology
Resistance to change
Expanding department
MoH/ESPI compliance
Moving sites
Education
Master of Arts (Nursing)
BHSc ( Nursing)
Cert in Adult Education
Advanced Diploma of Nursing
Ophthalmic Nursing Dipolma
UoA
Research and Development Manager
Transferable Skills
Communication
Knowledge of clinical
ophthalmology
NZ Health system
Planning
Finance
Network/ing
Work collaboratively as
well as independently
Writing / literacy
Mentoring/Listening
Liaison
University
research office
new grants / variations
monthly reports
HR
SOM finance
budget setting / capex
purchasing
FMHS finance
SOMF
Students
SOVS
Ophthalmic Industry
DHB’s
fellowships
glaucoma project
Courses
Diabetes courses
Post grad courses
Acute and Ophthalmic technology
Post grad special topic paper
Projects
HWFNZ
Expanded practice
New eye clinic (ADHB & UoA)
Glaucoma
New Zealand National Eye Centre
Established 2008
Foci to consolidate relationships between:
Ophthalmology, Optometry, and Vision Sciences.
Funding > 37 million, Publications > 600
Patents > 15
Regular seminars / visiting academics
Annual reportshttps://www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/en/faculty/nz-nec.html
Renovations
Wet lab
Office space for 30 staff
New clinic rooms
Laboratories
Carpet and Paint
Storage
Publications
11 peer reviewed publications
4 book chapters
My Career
Serendipity
The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way - ‘a
fortunate stroke of serendipity’https://en.oxforddictionaries.com
Take home message
Don’t rely on serendipity, planning more beneficial long term
Todays Environment
Huge scope for nurses
Planning essential
Post grad education
Clinical, management or education
Find mentor / role model
Work life balance
Thank you for listening
I have the best job and work with a fantastic team
