Desk Receptionist Dietary Aide

Safura Husainy

Brampton, ON 647-***-**** ******.*******@*********.**

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

● 1+ year of experience cultivating relationships with community partners in neighbourhoods such as Overland Dr; able to communicate with clarity and diplomacy.

● Experience at PLASP while building a safe and inclusive environment.

● Co-planned managed and executed 5+ tabling events at Ryerson University with a team of 5, develop- ing event planning, interpersonal, and organizational skills.

● Working as a Dietary Aide to serve residents in the assisted living department

● Technical Skills: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) Canva, and Adobe Phot- oshop.

*Ontario’s Food Handler Certificate* *Advanced.fst* EDUCATION

Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc): Nutrition and Food in progress; due in June 2023 Ryerson University

Certificate in Food Security in progress; due in June 2023 The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Ryerson University COMMUNITY NUTRITION EXPERIENCE

Community Food Leader August 2019 - April 2020

Community Share Food Bank, North York, ON

● Supporting all team members by helping create meaningful peer relationships by sharing information and experiences, while maintaining professional conduct.

● Liaising with members of the Overland Drive community, including; high school and post-secondary students, chefs and Registered Dietitians to identify areas of collaboration.

● Organized tabling events at post-secondary institutions, including Ryerson University and George Brown College, by scheduling team members and delegating responsibilities.

● Prepared snack recipes while following proper food safety and sanitization standards

● Served snacks and interacted with food bank members in a kind and respectful manner Events Team Member September 2021- Ongoing

Diabetes Canada at Toronto Metropolitan University, ON

• Primary executive responsible for finding and communicating with sponsors for events (i.e. Basil Box, David’sTEA)

• Provide the club with resources and opportunities with local vendors, government and/or non-profit organizations and centres

• Contact other Ryerson affiliate groups, student groups, guest speakers, and other university groups for possible collaborations

• Manage day of events needs as required, responding to catering/speakers/other team members, etc

• Work with the Co-Chairs and the Co-events director to define the short-term and long-term funding needs; plan funding activities for the full board

• Confirm costs/charges/taxes and make a mutual decision with the committee.

• Design and create posts using Canva, on social media platforms that spread awareness of diabetes WORK EXPERIENCE

Revera Greenway June 2021- May 2022

Dietary Aide

● Preparing food and serving well-balanced meals to residents and patients

● Reviewing patients' dietary requirements and preferences and discussing them with Dieticians to de- velop healthy menus and nutritional care plans

● Preparing individual dietary menus based on patient's medical conditions, physical health, preferences

● Preparing therapeutic menus for the Assisted Living Department

● Monitoring patients' eating habits and reporting problems with swallowing, chewing, or loss of ap- petite

● Load and distribute food trays and carts to residents’ rooms and/or dining room areas; collect and re- turn food carts to the dishwashing area

● Assisting in receiving and storing food and supplies; storing items properly labelled and dated according to guidelines

● Assisting in training of new Dietary Aides

Revera Greenway July 2022 - February 2023

Front Desk Receptionist

● Answering all incoming calls and responding to caller’s inquiries in a professional and positive manner

● Greeting and assisting all visitors in signing in using the kiosk, as well as assisting them in completing their Rapid Antigen test

● Picking up and organizing internal mail and informing residents when their mail has arrived

● Arranging meeting room schedules and bookings

● Maintaining a fully stocked and well-organized desk

● Keeping track of the resident census and printing and photocopying flyers, menus, sign-off sheets as needed

SnapStudio55 December 2022- Ongoing

Creative Ambassador

● Working with Registered Dietitian Elis Halenko to create professional-looking content for her website

● Helping develop partnership strategy with complementary businesses, developing media kit and part- nership communications

● Helping with market research, business research, statistics & grant/funding research

● Writing SEO blogs and grant support writing on behalf of Dietitian Elis Halenko (blogs written by myself can be found at: https://www.snapstudio55.com/)

● Featured on Halenko’s Spring Newsletter as the Volunteer of the Month which can be found at: Link To Newsletter

UHN - Princess Margaret Hospital March 2023- Ongoing Nutrition Aide

● Preparing patient tray add-ons and meal changes according to dietary restrictions

● Delivering food trays and snacks to patients, as well as collecting empty trays from patient’s room

● Extensive knowledge of IDDSI standards and therapeutic diets and preparing meal trays accordingly

● Ensuring supplementation/tube feeding such as Isosource 1.5, Beneprotein, Glucerna, BOOST, and En- sure gets delivered to the Nursing Station

● Extensive knowledge of various diets such as bowel obstruction (OBSTR), easy-to-chew (EC7), small and bite-sized (SB6), Minced and Moist (MM5), pureed (nectar-thick and honey-thick), pre-diabetic and diabetic diets, and IBS and IBD diets

● Preparing patient trays according to nutrition care plans administered by Dietitian or Diet Technician

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