Loraini Vakasau
Catalina ,NSW,NSW
Summary
Dependable employee establishes rapport and trust with patients and helps complete daily living tasks to enhance quality of life. Driven to prioritize individual needs with attention to important details. Valued as accommodating, kind-hearted team player dedicated to expanding knowledge and responsibilities. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistance Carer
Goodwin Anslie, Goodwin Age Care The Glen
08.2022 - Current
- Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
- Assisted patients with daily living activities, promoting independence and dignity.
- Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
- Used adaptive equipment like lifts walkers wheelchairs safely efficiently improving accessibility mobility independence.
- Maintained accurate records of patient care, documenting progress and any changes in condition.
- Collaborated with healthcare professionals to develop comprehensive care strategies for optimal patient outcomes.
- Improved patient well-being by providing compassionate and attentive care.
- Implemented safety measures to prevent falls, accidents, and injuries within the home environment.
- Delivered personal hygiene assistance including bathing grooming dressing feeding toileting all while maintaining client privacy respect.
- Developed recreational activities tailored to individual interests, enhancing overall quality of life for clients in care settings or at home environments.
- Provided emotional support to patients and their families, fostering strong relationships built on trust and empathy.
- Planned, prepared, and served meals and snacks according to prescribed diets.
- Transported patients to appointments and social activities, ensuring punctual arrival and a comfortable experience en route.
- Remained alert to problems or health issues of clients and competently responded.
- Enhanced quality of life for clients through personalized care plans tailored to individual needs.
- Responded to patient emergencies promptly, initiating appropriate action and notifying relevant professionals when necessary.
- Facilitated communication between patients and healthcare providers, advocating for the best possible care solutions.
- Monitored and maintained cleanliness, sanitation, and organization of assigned station and service areas.
- Managed nutritional needs of patients by preparing meals, monitoring food intake, and adjusting diets as necessary.
- Determined specific needs and provided most appropriate level of services for patient well-being.
- Conducted regular assessments of patients'' physical and mental status, communicating findings to medical staff as needed.
- Coordinated closely multidisciplinary team members like occupational therapists, physical therapists and registered nurses ensuring comprehensive care.
- Provided end-of-life care with compassion and dignity allowing clients to pass away peacefully in their preferred setting.
- Built and maintained rapport with clients and family members to facilitate trusting caregiver relationship.
- Supported daily hygiene needs of patients by assisting with bathing, dressing, dental care and personal grooming.
- Monitored clients' overall health and well-being and noted significant changes.
- Entrusted to handle confidential and sensitive situations in professional matter.
- Provided compassionate and patient-focused care to cultivate well-being.
- Assisted with daily living activities, running errands, and household chores.
- Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
- Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
- Monitored client vital signs, administered medications, and tracked behaviors to keep healthcare supervisor well-informed.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Completed regular check-ins and progress report for each client.
- Recorded patients' pulse, blood pressure and respirations (TPRs) to assess and document important health information.
- Maintained strong connections within caregiver community to gain continuous knowledge.
Education
Certificate III - Caregiver
APTC
Fiji06.2018
Skills
- Reliability and punctuality
- Adaptable and Flexible
- Patience and understanding
- Confidentiality and Privacy
- Hygiene maintenance
- Professional boundaries
- Housekeeping abilities
- Physical Strength
- Assisting with mobility
- Meal Preparation
- Relationship Building
- Daily living assistance
- Dependable and Responsible
- Compassionate Care
- Time Management
- Respectful and Compassionate
- First aid and safety
- Behavioral Management
- Emotional Support
- Flexible Schedule
- Documentation
- Compassionate communication
- Strong Ethics
- Verbal and written communication skills
- Patient Care
- Language Fluency
- Elderly Care
- Flexible schedule and availability
- Client documentation
- Medical Records Management
- Dementia Care
- Problem-Solving
- End of life care
- Multitasking and Organization
- Progress Documentation
- Direct Patient Care
- Mobility Assistance
- Complex Problem-Solving
- COVID-19 Safety Policies
- ADL Assistance
- Records Maintenance
- PPE Usage
- Incident Reporting
- Special Needs Care
- Indirect Patient Care
- Personal Hygiene Assistance
- Clinical Quality Program Standards
- Supportive Companionship
- Behavior redirection
- Fast Learner
- Documentation and Recordkeeping
- Team Collaboration
- Attentive to People
- Problem Identification
- Vitals Monitoring and Documentation
- Critical Thinking
- Meal Planning and Preparation
- Safety Compliance
- Bedside Care
- Supportive Personality
- Clear Communication
- Ability to Lift
- Communication Assistance
- Blood Glucose Monitoring
Certification
Certificates III INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT.
Languages
English
Full Professional
Fiji
Elementary
Timeline
Assistance Carer
Goodwin Anslie, Goodwin Age Care The Glen
08.2022 - Current
Certificate III - Caregiver
APTC
Certificates III INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT.
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