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Heather Maddigan

Maryborough,Queensland

Summary

- Skilled Care Provider assisting elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities with daily living activities in-home or within care facility. Keep house by making beds, doing laundry, washing dishes and preparing meals. Advise families and healthcare team regarding health concerns, nutrition, cleanliness and household activities.

- Reliable and enthusiastically pursuing opportunity to add immediate value to growing team. Inspired to help others and driven to apply unfailing work ethic to meet objectives. Industrious and committed with skills for multitasking and managing time well.

- Proactive Personal Care Assistant with skill for building client rapport through tact and compassionate communication. Committed to addressing client needs and building foundation of habits to increase comfort and independence.

- Level-headed professional with extensive experience helping patients and clients with self-care and day-to-day tasks. Kind and punctual individual assists with nursing treatments, supports diagnostic procedures and provides companionship. Passionate about improving well-being of others and providing compassionate treatment to al residents

- Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

- Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

- 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

Work History

Personal Care Assistant

Signature Care
09.2022 - Current
  • Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
  • Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help residents achieve nutritional objectives.
  • Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in residents' health status to case manager.
  • Turned and positioned bedbound residents to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
  • Remained alert to problems or health issues of clients and competently responded.
  • Supported clients with mental support and physical activities to accomplish quality of life and sustain needs.
  • Recorded temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate as directed by medical or nursing staff.
  • Entertained, conversed, and read aloud to keep residents mentally alert.
  • Supported daily hygiene needs of residents by assisting with bathing, dressing, dental care and personal grooming.
  • Engaged residents in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
  • Monitored clients' overall health and well-being and noted significant changes.
  • Provided compassionate and patient-focused care to cultivate well-being.
  • Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing, and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities.
  • Laundered items, changed sheets and made bed to keep patients' bedroom clean.
  • Built and maintained rapport with clients and family members to facilitate trusting caregiver relationship.
  • Guided patients to restroom to support bladder and bowel relief requirements.
  • Recorded status and duties completed in logbooks for management.
  • Completed regular check-ins and progress report for each client.
  • Entrusted to handle confidential and sensitive situations in professional matter.

Personal Care Assistant

Ozcare
03.2022 - 09.2022
  • Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
  • Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation,
  • Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
  • Engaged residents in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
  • Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
  • Planned, prepared, and served meals and snacks according to prescribed diets.
  • Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
  • Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
  • Remained alert to problems or health issues of clients and competently responded.
  • Documented residents' mental status, sleep, and eating patterns in medical record books.
  • Monitored and assisted residents through individual service plans.
  • Supported daily hygiene needs of residents by assisting with bathing, dressing, dental care and personal grooming.
  • Provided compassionate and patient-focused care to cultivate well-being.
  • Monitored clients' overall health and well-being and noted significant changes.
  • Built and maintained rapport with clients and family members to facilitate trusting caregiver relationship.
  • Guided patients to restroom to support bladder and bowel relief requirements.
  • Recorded status and duties completed in logbooks for management.
  • Completed regular check-ins and progress report for each client.
  • Entrusted to handle confidential and sensitive situations in professional matter.
  • Assisted residents with bathing, grooming, dressing, and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities.

Education

No Degree - Year 11

Bairnsdale High School
Bairnsdale, VIC

Bachelor Nursing - Nursing

University of The Sunshine Coast
Hervey Bay, QLD

Diploma Nursing - Nursing

TAFE Queensland
Hervey Bay, QLD
12.2024

Tertiary Preparation Pathway - Math's, Academic Writing, Statistics, Biology

University of The Sunshine Coast
Hervey Bay, QLD
2019

Skills

  • Housekeeping
  • Compassionate Resident Care
  • Behavior Redirection
  • Direct Patient Care
  • Client Rapport
  • Stress Management

Timeline

Personal Care Assistant

Signature Care
09.2022 - Current

Personal Care Assistant

Ozcare
03.2022 - 09.2022

No Degree - Year 11

Bairnsdale High School

Bachelor Nursing - Nursing

University of The Sunshine Coast

Diploma Nursing - Nursing

TAFE Queensland

Tertiary Preparation Pathway - Math's, Academic Writing, Statistics, Biology

University of The Sunshine Coast
Heather Maddigan