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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

Presentations

European Society ofOphthalmology

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