Associate Professor Pauline Calleja
PhD, MAdvNursPrac, GCHigherEd, BNSC, DipManagement, SFHEA, FCENA, RN
Associate Professor
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Sciences
Health Workforce Academy
- p.calleja@cqu.edu.au
- ORCID: 0000-0001-5674-1404
- (07) 4037 5905
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Cairns
Cairns Square - 2.20
About Me
Dr Pauline Calleja is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Sciences at CQUniversity in Cairns, Australia.
General
Background
Pauline's teaching area of expertise is broad including undergraduate nursing programs, post graduate emergency and acute care nursing, clinical teaching, health assessment and physical examination, and teaching and learning. Pauline's clinical specialty is emergency nursing and rural and remote practice with her research expertise in mixed methods and qualitative design projects that encompass clinical intervention, practice improvement, teaching and learning in clinical environments and simulation settings. Pauline’s area of research focus is to improve rural and remote communities’ local access to high quality healthcare.
Universities Studied At
- James Cook University
- Griffith University
Universities Worked At
- James Cook University
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Queensland University of Technology
- Griffith University
- CQUniversity (present)
Awards
Vice Chancellor’s Performance Award, Queensland University of Technology, November 2010.
Previous teaching
- Most areas of undergraduate Bachelor of Nursing programs
- All areas of postgraduate emergency nursing programs
- Health assessment and physical examination
- Clinical assessment
- Health professional education
- Clinical teaching
- Research
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor, School of Nursing. Midwifery and Social Sciences, Cairns, CQUniversity (January 2022 - present)
- Relieving Director of Nursing, Central West Hospital and Health Service (August 2022 - present)
- Registered Nurse (Casual) Innisfail Hospital (December 2022 - present)
- Acting VET Manager, School of Nursing. Midwifery and Social Sciences, Cairns, CQUniversity (February 2022 - June 2022)
- Head of College, Nursing & Midwifery - School of Nursing. Midwifery and Social Sciences, Cairns, CQUniversity (May 2020 - December 2021)
- Senior Lecturer, Postgraduate nursing - School of Nursing. Midwifery and Social Sciences, Cairns, CQUniversity (January 2020 - April 2020)
- Consultant Nurse Educator - Rural and Remote Education Support Program - Retrieval Services Queensland, Aeromedical Retrieval & Disaster Management Branch, Department of Health (March 2017 - August 2021)
- Registered Nurse (Casual)- Emergency Department, QEII Hospital (December 2015 - March 2017)
- Senior Lecturer, Postgraduate Program Director (Nursing, Program Director -Nursing & Infection Prevention and Control programs) - School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University (July 2015 - January 2020)
- National Coordinator- CENA Trauma Nursing Program, College of Emergency Nursing Australasia (CENA), (August 2015 - July 2017)
- Director of Nursing/Facility Manager - Eastern Health Hub, Barcaldine - Central West Hospital and Health Service (August 2012 - August 2015)
- Lecturer in Nursing, Simulation coordinator, Subject area coordinator, Clinical Coordinator- School of Nursing - Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane (October 2007 - August 2012)
- Registered Nurse (Casual)- First Choice Care Nursing Agency - Emergency and critical care shifts at various Brisbane hospitals (February 2012 - August 2012)
- Registered Nurse (Casual) - Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (December 2008 - March 2012)
- Lecturer in Nursing - School of Health and Sport Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs (January 2007 - October 2007)
- Lecturer - School of Nursing Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville (October 2005 - January 2007)
- Associate Lecturer - School of Nursing Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville (February 2004 - October 2005)
- Registered Nurse (Casual), The Townsville Hospital, Townsville (February 2003 - December 2006)
- Curriculum writer, Course Coordinator in Certificate IV in Indigenous Primary Health Care - Tropical North Institute of TAFE, Cairns (November 2002 - December 2003)
- Casual Tutor, Community services - Barrier Reef Institute of TAFE, Townsville (November 2003)
- Curriculum writer in various health courses - Tropical North Institute of TAFE, Cairns (August 2002 - November 2002)
- Teacher in Certificate III, Indigenous Primary Health - Tropical North Institute of TAFE, Cairns (June 2002)
- Registered Nurse, Emergency Department - The Townsville Hospital, Townsville (October 2002 - February 2003 & October 1998 - March 1999)
- Registered Nurse, Emergency Department - Cairns Base Hospital, Cairns (February 2002- June 2002 & December 1999 - January 2001)
- Registered Nurse, Emergency Department - University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ( February 2001 - January 2002)
- Clinical Nurse Educator - James Cook University, Cairns Hospital, Cairns (May 2000 - July 2000)
- Registered Nurse - Private General Practice, Dr S. Birchley & Dr. B. Squarci, Innisfail (March 1999 - October 1999)
- Registered Nurse & Clinical Nurse, Emergency Department, Ophthalmology, Admissions & Bed Allocations, Discharge planning, Hospital in the Home, permanent pool, Rehabilitation unit
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Registered Nurse, Ayr Base Hospital, Ayr (January 1996 - August 1996)
Professional Memberships
- Current Registration with AHPRA, Registered Nurse (Division 1): NMW0001446608
- Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy: PR176359, inducted 19/11/2019
- Australian College of Nurses - Member
- College of Emergency Nursing Australia - Fellow
- Queensland Nurses Union - Member
- CRANAPlus - Member
- Association of Queensland Nursing and Midwifery Leaders – Executive Committee member 2018 - current
Editor
- Associate Editor for Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal- Education 2007-2018
Consultancy Work
- Calleja, P. (2020). ‘Rural Remote Education for Clinicians in Queensland - Evaluation of the Education Support Trial- Retrieval Services Queensland Study (RRECQuEST RSQ study)’. Commercial Research Agreement between CQUniversity and Aeromedical Retrieval & Disaster Management Branch. $127,615. Contracted between 20.02.2020-30.06.2021.
- Calleja, P. (2019). ‘Rural and Remote education support program’. Consultancy & Commercial Research Agreement between Griffith University and Aeromedical Retrieval & Disaster Management Branch. $49,480. Contracted between 22.07.2019-15.11.2019.
- Calleja, P. (2017). ‘Rural and Remote graduate nurse support. Stage 2- Phase two implementation and reviews, and Stage 3: Outcomes review and recommendations’. Consultancy & Commercial Research Agreement between Griffith University and Aeromedical Retrieval & Disaster Management Branch. $195,400. Contracted between 9.10.2017-30.06.2019.
- Calleja, P. (2017). ‘Rural and Remote graduate nurse support. Stage 2- Phase one implementation and reviews’. Consultancy & Commercial Research Agreement between Griffith University and Aeromedical Retrieval & Disaster Management Branch. $31,340. Contracted between 05.06.2017-6.10.2017.
- Calleja, P. (2017). ‘Rural and Remote graduate nurse support. Stage 1- Mapping and needs analysis’. Consultancy & Commercial Research Agreement between Griffith University and Aeromedical Retrieval & Disaster Management Branch. $17,599. Contracted between 06.03.2017-2.6.2017.
- Calleja, P. (2016). ‘Evaluation of Clinical Facilitator model and Nurse Education support’. Consultancy & Commercial Research Agreement between Griffith University and Metro South Health. $10,000. Contracted between 20.6.2016-28.08.2016.
- Calleja, P. (2016). ‘Evaluation of Clinical Facilitator capacity building and research’. Consultancy & Commercial Research Agreement between Griffith University and Metro South Health. $9,661. Contracted between 29.4.2016-19.6.2016.Calleja, P. (2016). ‘Clinical Facilitator model mentoring’. Consultancy & Commercial Research Agreement between Griffith University and Metro South Health. $9,661. Contracted between 03.03.2016-28.04.2016.
- Calleja, P. (2015-2017). “CENA Trauma Nursing Program National Coordination” Consultancy & Commercial Research Agreement between Griffith University and College of Emergency Nursing Australasia Limited. $50,000. Contracted between August 2015-July 2017.QUT School of Nursing & Midwifery- Project team: Gray, G., Osborne, Y., Calleja, P., & Harvey. T. AUSAid Public Sector Linkages Program- 2008–09 Round one funding for activities relating to APEC, APEC AI, EAST TIMOR, INDIA, INDONESIA AND VIETNAM. For project titled "Strengthening nurse led institutional capacity for in-service education and clinical teaching in Ha Noi, Viet Nam", $242,109. Funding granted December 2008.
Recent Research Projects
Capacity building and strengthening resilience in the correctional setting to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disaster (con_14378)
Grant: Competitive Grant (Category 2: Other Public Sector)
Funding Schemes: Queensland Floods Flexible Funding Grant
Total Funding: $99,142.00
Research Ready Grants Program with Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CQHHS): 2021-2023
Grant: Competitive Grant (Category 2: Other Public Sector)
Funding Schemes: CQHHS - Research Ready Grant Program 2021-2023
Total Funding: $267,300.00
Improving intravenous catheter selection to reduce extravasations for children: an implementation study across paediatric health contexts
Grant: Competitive Grant (Category 2: Other Public Sector)
Funding Schemes: Nursing and Midwifery Research Fellowships
Total Funding: $119,943.00
Difficult peripheral intravenous catheter insertion : Australian considerations for sustainable implementation of ultrasound guided procedures (APP1180193)
Grant: Competitive Grant (Category 1: Aust Competitive Grant)
Funding Schemes: NHMRC Partnership Program Grants (for funding commencing 2020) through the University of Queensland (UQ)
Total Funding: $106,995.00
Rural and Remote Education Support Program. Intervention and evaluation
Grant: Contract Research (Category 2: Other Public Sector)
Funding Schemes: Aeromedical Retrieval and Disaster Management Branch, Department of Health (Qld)
Total Funding: $116,013.33
Research Supervision
Accreditation
I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:
- 3999 Other Education
- 4205 Nursing
- 4203 Health services and systems
Current Capacity
Current Supervision
Research Interests
Education Systems - Higher Education
Specialist Studies in Education - Education Assessment and Evaluation
Health services and systems - Health systems
Health services and systems - Rural and remote health services
Nursing - Clinical Nursing: Secondary (Acute Care)
Nursing - Nursing not elsewhere classified
