#15 Stress management within healthcare with Nathan Durbridge

In this episode, I talk with Nathan Durbridge about leadership and considerations for managing the health and wellbeing of healthcare staff during periods of intense disease outbreaks. 

Nathan is the Deputy Nurse Manager Quality and Risk for Alfred Health Emergency, Nathan is responsible for the delivery of the National Safety and Quality Health Standards across both the Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre and Sandringham Emergency Departments. 

Nathan has extensive experience and leadership in Emergency Department clinical operations, education, infection prevention, risk mitigation and emergency management. More recently he has provided leadership in the health response to the COVID-19 pandemic for Alfred Health Emergency. Nathan’s current research focuses on health care emergency disaster preparedness in ED setting. 

During Nathan’s career, he has developed an interest in building interoperability and collaboration between agencies and disciplines to inspire the delivery of high-quality emergency health care.