Elder Care in Surrey, British Columbia

Gail Tadeo Surrey, British Columbia ●[email protected] I am a Registered Healthcare Assistant or Care Aide, I studied at Douglas College and had my preceptorship at Northcrest Care Center, Surrey BC. I've worked with a client with disability and with an elder client as well. I am also a licensed registered nurse in the Philippines and I've worked as a volunteer nurse for 6 months in the hospital and as a home-care nurse in the Philippines, working in a hospital and home care helped me gained some skills that I believe may help me on jobs wherein dealing with clients needs is the main concern. Through my past jobs I have learned the proper way on how to deal with others may it be a co-worker, supervisor, and most specially the clients themselves as well as other family members , I have also learned the art of working efficiently and meeting deadlines on time and even working under pressure and working with less or no supervision at all, and most importantly I have learned through my experiences the value of quality service and giving your best on every task assigned to you. The following are additional information about me: LICENSES Registered Nurse in the Philippines with License number Registered Care Aide/ Health Care Assistant CERTIFICATES Food Safe Level 1 WHMIS 2015 First Aid and CPR/AED Level C Certificate of Course Completion in Health Care Assistant Practice in BC HIGHLIGHT OF QUALIFICATIONS ⦁ Works well under pressure to meet deadlines. ⦁ Quick learner and eager to learn or further my skills or knowledge that would help me to become more efficient at work. ⦁ Able and willing to assist co-workers, supervisors, and clients in a cooperative manner. ⦁ Committed to providing total quality work. ⦁ Responsible, dependable, and punctual. ⦁ Collaborate easily with co-workers and work well independently. ⦁ Enthusiastic caregiver EMPLOYMENT Home Support Worker for an Elderly Client 2016 ⦁ Assisted client with her ADL's (Activities of daily living). ⦁ Ensures client's safety at all times. ⦁ Reminds and assist client on taking her prescribed medications. ⦁ Assisted client on preparing her meals. ⦁ Light housekeeping every once in awhile. ⦁ Communicating effectively with the client as well as the client's family. ⦁ Ensures that client does her exercises. Home Support Worker for a Person with Disability 2016 ⦁ Assisted client with activities of daily living ⦁ Cooking and preparing nutritious food for the client ⦁ Assisted client to transfer from chair to wheelchair/ bed and vice versa (assisted client using a ceiling lift from bed to commode). ⦁ Recognizing safety risks and preventing infection (hand washing, gloving, standard and precautions) ⦁ Accompanied client on doctor's appointments ⦁ Ensures clients safety at all times. ⦁ Communicating effectively with clients, families and other health care team members ⦁ Providing passive motion exercises, stretching and light massages (with proper training from licensed Physiotherapist of the client) ⦁ Providing some facial massage and lip exercise and stretches (with proper training from the licensed speech therapist of the client) ⦁ Assisted client with her prescribed medications ⦁ Cleaning wound/ sores and changing dressings. ⦁ Light housekeeping Home Care Nurse 2010 ⦁ Read and recorded temperature, pulse, and respiration ⦁ Observed and documented patients status ⦁ Assisted with adequate nutrition and fluid intake ⦁ Prepared and served meals and snacks according to prescribed diets. ⦁ Cleaned and organized patients living quarters. ⦁ Positioned resident for comfort to prevent skin pressure problems. ⦁ Charted daily information on the residents such as mood changes, mobility, activity, eating percentages and daily inputs and outputs. ⦁ Assisted with activities of daily living. ⦁ Sensitive to the needs of the geriatric patient. ⦁ Promoted continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for which care is provided. ⦁ Maintained a clean, orderly and well-stocked environment. SKILLS and EXPERIENCE Preceptorship (Northcrest Care Center, Delta, BC) ⦁ Under the supervision of a Registered Care Aide, Registered RN and Dr. John Collins, I: 1. Provided individualized, age appropriate client-centered care in collaboration with other health care team members. 2. Supported clients experiencing cognitive and or responsive behaviors. 3. Communicated effectively with clients, families and other health care team members. 4. Provided care in an ethical, responsible and accountable manner. 5. Recognized safety risk and prevented infection(hand washing, gloving, standard precautions and isolation procedures.) 6. Promoted personal hygiene (oral hygiene, bathing- partial and complete, perineal care, grooming and dressing, skin care, relieving pressure). 7. Moving, positioning and transferring a client (correct body mechanics, positioning and turning in bed, use of mechanical lifts including ceiling lifts). 8. Assisted clients with walking devices and wheelchairs. 9. Providing elimination assistance (assisting with urinals, commodes, catheter care- emptying catheters). 10. Changing bed linens. 11. Promoted healthy nutrition and fluid intake (assisting, dependent feeding) Volunteer Nurse (Baguio General Hospital and Pines City Doctor's Hospital, Philippines) ⦁ Provided assistance and attended to each client's needs. ⦁ Carried out doctors orders. ⦁ Maintained cleanliness of workstation or workplace and clients room at all times. ⦁ Answered queries of clients or family members or co-workers or staffs in a respectful manner. ⦁ Meet deadlines on time. ⦁ Provided quality care to each and every client. ⦁ Administered medications thru IV, IM. Subcutaneous or oral. ⦁ Assisted physician's and patients during chemotherapy sessions ⦁ Monitored and recorded vital signs, input, and output of patients. ⦁ Assisted doctor's on some operations in OR ⦁ Documentation of patients conditions ⦁ Ensured patients safety at all times. ⦁ Vital signs checking ⦁ Tube feeding EDUCATION Health Care Assistant Practice in BC Douglas College, Coquitlam Campus, 1250 Pinetree Way 2016 Bachelor of Science in nursing Pines City Colleges, Baguio City, Philippines 2003-200...