MARIAM BUNKEDDEKO
PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKER/PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT/AIDE
Email: ad0ral@r.postjobfree.com, Phone number: +1-647-***-****, Location: Toronto, ON, CA PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
A result-oriented, caring personal support worker who is passionate and committed to providing excellent care for clients. Providing quality care for clients is more than a job to me. It comes naturally. I have experience working in several healthcare settings. With this experience, I have gained robust crisis management and triage skills to assess and attend to the needs of multiple patients. I collaborate with other interdisciplinary teammates to deliver exceptional care to clients. SKILLS
● Good communicator.
● Organized.
● Adaptable.
● Point of care.
● Empathy.
● Detailed cleanness.
● Desire to learn.
● MS Office knowledge.
● Punctual.
● Compassionate.
● Problem solver.
● Reliable
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Personal support worker
Toronto western hospital: Agency contract
January 2022- September 2023
● Supporting and assisting with
organization and preparation of
supplies and equipment.
● Ensuring supplies and equipment are
available in a timely manner.
● Followed directions of surgeons and
nurses, assisting with the positioning
of patients pre, intra and
postoperatively.
● Assisting with patient transfer to and
from the patient bed/stretcher, and
to and from the units.
● Assisting with patient skin
preparation according to established
procedures.
● Maintaining specialty carts and
equipment, keeping support
areas/carts clean, stocked and
organized.
● Assisting with application of
specialized dressings.
● Supporting and assisting with
organization of emergency supplies
and equipment as requested.
● Ensuring patient transfer positioning
equipment is available and
functioning i.e. beds, oxygen
equipment, headrests.
● Completing environmental
preparation activities, cleaning and
housekeeping.
● Performing other duties as
requested.
Personal support worker
Craiglee Nursing Home: Part-time contract
September 2021- January 2022
● Complete daily living morning care activities, including a bed bath, hair care, lifts and transfers, bathing, skin care, oral hygiene, toileting, mouth care, and transferring to a wheelchair or walker. I also performed other duties as assigned. 2
● Assist with feeding the residents at mealtimes. I follow residents’ nutrition care plans and assist with their ambulation.
● Follow standard fall prevention safety measures.
● Inform the team leaders of the need for an adjustment of schedule in short-term situations, and ensure continuity of service.
● Resolve in-home issues and responsive behaviors. I also encourage innovative approaches and promote client independence.
● Ensure procedures, risk management policies and health and safety guidelines.
● Document and update clients’ files in complex and computerized databases on the client management database.
● Participate as a team member in the ongoing evaluation, development and maintenance of the program and in-unit events and joint initiatives. Personal support worker
Uhn- Hillcrest reactivation Center: Agency
contract
February 2020- August 2022
● Assist residents with activities of daily living, such as feeding, bathing, skin care, oral hygiene, and toileting.
● Computer or paper documentation of daily living activities (ADL) and other findings.
● Safely lift and move patients, ambulation, positioning, and transferring using mechanical lifts such as a Hoyer lift.
● Answering call bells for patients' residents.
● Assist with ambulation, mobilization, transferring and adaptive aids.
● Provide cognitive, social, emotional, and psychological support to the resident/client/family.
● Maintain resident/client information confidentiality.
● Assist in maintaining a safe and clean environment, including residents'/clients' equipment, belongings, and nursing equipment.
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS
Personal support worker/Dr. Bette Stephenson Centre for Learning/York Region District School Board (2020)
First Aid/CPR GPA training (2020)
Food handling training(2020)
Diploma in public health nursing/Makerere University/ Kampala (2015) REFERENCES: References available upon request