April Bruce
Sydney,NSW
Summary
To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Disability Support Worker
Tricare Health Services
10.2022 - Current
- Provided assistance in daily living activities by dressing, grooming, bathing, and toileting patients.
- Drove clients safely to and from appointments.
- Kept detailed daily logs with care actions, patient behaviours, and incidents.
- Maintained safety with tidy, clean, and hazard-free home environments.
- Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry, and completed weekly grocery shopping.
- Prepared nutritious meals to meet individual dietary needs for clients.
- Adhered to company requirements for patient interactions and care standards.
- Provided high level of physical support by lifting, adjusting, and moving clients.
- Checked medication schedules and patient needs to enforce medication administration standards team-wide.
- Entertained, conversed, and read aloud to keep patients mentally alert.
- Maintained detailed records of patient progress, documentation of services and case notes.
Assistant in Nursing
IRT Macarthur House
10.2018 - Current
- Reported unusual or urgent circumstances in patients' condition or environment immediately to registered.
- Attended and supported resident PAC
- Answered call bells and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
- Provided customised care according to individual care plan.
- Wiped down equipment with proper cleaning products after use with each resident to reduce instances of infection.
- Learnt to communicate respectfully and effectively with residents, their friends and families, and all staff members within the facility
- Learnt to work effectively in a team based work environment
- Assisted residents with completing care goals and ADL's as directed in their care plans
- Learnt to administer medications through the use of portable medication trolleys, with webster packs and online/paper based medication charts
- Learnt to follow and adapt safe working practices within the workplace
- Learnt to work under and alongside the registered nurse to follow any specific instructions, sign off for any medications, ordering medications/ equipment for residents, communicate any abnormalities/ issues with a resident, or to escalate a certain issue or situation that has occured.
- Maintaining a positive attitude when within the workplace
- Maintaining a respectful outlook
- Maintaining privacy and confidentiality of the residents and workplace
- Learnt to show leadership, take initiative and act accordingly when the need arises
- Worked with hospitality staff with making food/ providing meal service to residents
- Furthered skills by actively taking part in employee training
- Answered phone to address internal and external inquiries.
- Maintained adequate levels of supplies regularly used on the floor by stocking nurses station cupboards and trolleys
- Created positive patient experience by assisting patients with bathing, ambulating, feeding and personal and oral hygiene care.
- Cared with empathy and compassion to build positive patient and family relationships.
- Contributed to overall quality and care of patients by answering calls for help, taking vital signs, and monitoring behavior and physical condition for progress or deterioration.
- Measured and recorded food and liquid intake and output to report changes to medical and nursing staff.
- Escalated changes in patient behavior, condition and vital signs for prompt assessment.
Skills
- Person centred care
- Team Leadership
- ADL support
- Safe medication management and administration
- Effective communication skills
- Integrity
- Compassionate and Caring attitude
- Electronic Medical Record Software
- Team Collaboration
- Mobility Support
- Client Transportation
- Documentation Skills
- Infection Control Procedures
- Manual Handling
- Diabetes Management
- Daily Living Support
- Cleaning and Sanitizing
- Housekeeping Duties
- Clear Patient Communication
- Policy and Procedure Compliance
- Microsoft Office
Certification
- Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
- Certified carer in Ageing Support
- Assistant in Nursing
- BLS - Basic Life Support
- First Aid trained
- Retail assistant
Timeline
Disability Support Worker
Tricare Health Services
10.2022 - Current
Assistant in Nursing
IRT Macarthur House
10.2018 - Current
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