Wenushika Himashi Abhayadasa
Runcorn
Summary
Talented Assistant in Nurse/Support Worker focused on improving client lives through high-quality support and patient instruction. Proficient in life, financial and social skills, helping clients integrate into community and live more robust lives. Creative and empathetic assistant with 2.5 years of experience building community and developing social skills through incremental therapeutic techniques.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant in Nursing /Support Worker
CarersLink
Wynnum
11.2023 - Current
- Helping with household tasks.
- Providing personal care support.
- Administering medication.
- Helping clients learn new skills.
- Supporting clients to start employment.
- Doing grocery shopping and preparing meals.
- Working with doctors and therapists to ensure support.
- Demonstrating and supporting new life skills, such as budgeting.
- Adjusting and adapting communication and body language to suit client needs.
- Supporting clients to develop new hobbies and interests.
- Transporting and accompanying clients to appointments.
Support Worker
Centacare
07.2023 - 07.2023
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Helped clients manage and reach individual goals, supporting independent progression and social skills.
- Transported clients to appointments, shopping venues and entertainment events according to determined schedule.
- Kept clients engaged in social networks and communities for personal health and growth.
- Promoted community integration by providing extensive physical, emotional and social support.
Registered Nurse
Health Ministry Sri Lanka
08.2019 - 08.2021
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
Education
Graduate Certificate In Advanced Nursing - Graduate Certificate in Advanced Nursing
Institute of Health & Management Australia
01.2025 - 06.2025
Certificate Iii in Individual Support
Australia Wide Training Institute
Brisbane , Queensland 01.2023 - 01.2024
Diploma in Nursing
College of Nursing
Batticaloa, Sri Lanka 02.2016 - 03.2019
Skills
- Daily Living Support
- General Housekeeping
- Mobility Assistance
- Meal Planning and Preparation
- Home Visits
- Oral Hygiene
- Personal Errands
- Meal Preparation
- First Aid Certification
- Patient Rights
- Diet and Nutrition
- Meeting Support
- Medication Administration
- Patient assessment
Certification
- Graduate Certificate In Advanced Nursing in Gerontology Nursing.
- Certificate of Critical Care Nursing in Ministry of Health Sri Lanka.
- Licensed Registered Nurse in Sri Lanka- (2019 - 2021)
- Blue Card License Australia
- Yellow Card License Australia
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, Basic Emergency life support training & First Aid training in Australia Wide First Aid.
- Certificate of Supporting Effective Communication in NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission Australia.
- Certificate of Supporting Safe & Enjoyable Meals in NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission Australia.
- Certificate of Quality, Safety and you in NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission Australia.
Additional Information
I am currently a candidate in the Outcome-Based Assessment (OBA) pathway for registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA. Having successfully completed the self-assessment stage, I am now focused on the final requirements, which include sitting the NCLEX-RN and the OSCE.
Timeline
Graduate Certificate In Advanced Nursing - Graduate Certificate in Advanced Nursing
Institute of Health & Management Australia
01.2025 - 06.2025
Assistant in Nursing /Support Worker
CarersLink
11.2023 - Current
Support Worker
Centacare
07.2023 - 07.2023
Certificate Iii in Individual Support
Australia Wide Training Institute
01.2023 - 01.2024
Registered Nurse
Health Ministry Sri Lanka
08.2019 - 08.2021
Diploma in Nursing
College of Nursing
02.2016 - 03.2019