About Bernadette Sinclair
Bernadette has been nursing for over 41 years
Trained as a Registered Nurse at the Gold Coast Hospital, Southport
Bachelor of Nursing (Post Reg) - Queensland University of Technology
Graduate Certificate in Management - Queensland University of Technology
Worked in both public and private hospitals in Australia and England, as well as a Nanny in London.
Work History
- ICU Brisbane (public and private) – Registered Nurse (RN)
- Nanny in London for a Jewish family with 3 children; then a baby whose busy mother was secretary to an aging rocker who “gathers no moss” and also Nanny to the great grandson of Sir Winston Churchill.
- Orthopaedics in public hospital - RN
- Emergency department including emergency retrievals in pre paramedic days (public) - RN
- Cardiac Investigations in private hospital Cath Lab - RN
- Agency work in London - RN
- Interventional Cardiology in Private London hospital Cath Lab – Senior Staff Nurse
- Pool in Private Hospital, Brisbane RN
- Cardiology ward (Cardiac interventions) - Nurse Unit Manager. Introduced day admissions for this patient group reducing admission times from 48 hours to 8 hrs. (public)
- Safety and Quality - Nurse Manager (public)
- Union official (and registered Nurse) for registered trade union – Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union a State branch of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation
- Member Australian College of Nursing.
International Council of Nurses
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