You would think working as an Associate Nurse Manager in ED would be enough of a commitment.
Not for VJ, whose gone next level inventing an App to enhance aged care customer service in line with new standards.
Using his clinical skills and experience, VJ has created ResiLink to bring residential aged care facilities in line with new Aged Care Quality Standards.
Having worked in regional hospitals and aged care, VJ’s now wearing two hats to try to work out how to fill the gap in consumer communications and engagement between provider and client.
“Working as a founder of a start-up company needs a lot of effort, resilience and perseverance, the qualities that ED nursing has …”
“It also means doing a lot of work outside of my normal working hours, sometimes working 12 hours a day, but they sort of go hand in hand.
“Plus, this app is a passion project of mine, I don’t mind working a bit harder to get it off the ground,” said VJ.
Still in the marketing stage, ResiLink also aims to allow nurses to assign tasks to GPs and alerts regarding their residents who may be unwell as well as tracking clinical deterioration in aged care.
“A notification will come up on the doctor’s mobile application and they will be able to direct the nurses on next steps, if required. Furthermore, the family is also kept in the communication loop as required to ensure effective consumer engagement,” VJ said.
VJ has worked on his project since 2021 to get this concept off the ground, all while he was working as a critical care nurse in ED.
“Bendigo Health emergency department is the most vibrant place I ever worked, that’s taught me the real sense of team spirit,” said VJ.
VJ’s dream is to encourage innovative entrepreneurship in regional Victoria. Once successful in this journey, VJ is planning to support free coding programs for high school children so that they can turn their innovative ideas into realistic solutions that can potentially gain global traction.
“I’m able to follow my dreams, I need to make sure they can too. If we can support younger generation to turn their dreams into the next big innovative solution, I will have done my job.”
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