Fay Hatch
Department of Health
I commenced work in Alice Springs Hospital Intensive Care Unit as a registered nurse in 1980. My qualifications include:
- Registered nurse
- B.nursing
- Midwife
- Mental health nurse
- Critical care RN
- Clinical management
- Project management
- Credentialed critical care nurse.
I was clinical nurse manager ICU from 1981 to 2015 and clinical project officer until September 2022.
Achievements in ASH ICU: included conducting Advanced Life Support courses for RNs, establishing a formal Critical Care course for RNs, implementing the Medical Emergency Team (MET), implementing new ICU positions such as critical care nurse educator, critical care technician, product resource nurse (ICU & throughout ASH), executive admin officer, & Aboriginal health worker.
Intensivists commenced in 2004.
ICU expanded early 2000 & again 2016 involving designing, resourcing & outfitting the units to provide care to 10 patients with critical & complex conditions.
My clinical project role included working with project managers, architects & key clinical staff for ASH fire rectification, new units including ICU, teaching & training facility, palliative care facility, renal ward, oncology treatment unit, pathology, upgrade of John Hawkins lecture theatre, upgrade of OPD specialist area, bike parking covered area, multi-storey car park & many other small improvements.
My overall highlight has been working with, & learning from, a fantastic supportive team of people encompassing many roles to provide a high quality, compassionate & caring hospital in Central Australia.
