Asha Mathew

Roles and Responsibilities

• People management
• 1. Allocates responsibilities fairly among team members to effectively manage caseloads/workloads.
• 2. Empowers staff to carry out their responsibilities, according to the needs of the service/department.
• 3. Makes consistent and transparent decisions in relation to people, when all options are considered.
• 4. Supports others, both formally and informally, seeking to develop the skills and abilities of team members
• Leadership
• 1. Embraces organizational change initiatives, filling structure/roles to support it.
• 2. Able to follow through on commitments and bring new ideas/initiatives to fruition (at local level).
• 3. Understands importance of getting input and commitment from others when seeking involvement. Motivates others to act.
• Communication
• 1. Creates a culture of open communication to maintain a climate of trust and honesty. Supports ideas with appropriate research and information to persuade others.
• 2. Tailors the content and method of communication to their audience's level of expertise.
• Quality, safety and service
• 1. Empowers staff to provide quality of service; ensures regular quality audits are carried out, and findings are actioned and followed through.
• 2. Champions initiatives to improve quality of services.
• 3. Promotes and enables a culture of safety.
• Planning and organization
• 1. Builds and use extended networks of influence for planning and organizing workload.
• 2. Develop operational plans and monitors performance and progress on achieving long and short-term goals.
• 3. Is active in planning for and managing all resources vis a vis the service demands.
• 4. Escalates expected gaps and shortfalls for remedial action.
• Continuous development (personal & professional)
• 1. Is an advocate for the hospital/department by consistently projecting a professional image, promoting the highest standards.
• 2. Encourages investment in continuous learning, at hospital level and in partnership with affiliated and/or other relevant third level institutions as appropriate and is a role model for others in this regard.
• 3. Promotes and supports inter-disciplinary working and associated learning.

• Worked in neuro trauma care intensive unit.
• Competent to look after critical care patients with Head injury, spinal injury, polytrauma.
• Worked as shift in charge after completing three years in the same unit.