Personal Support Worker – Part Time - Kingsway Lodge Long Term Care - St. Mary's, Ontario
(2025-01)
- Assisted residents with activities of daily living (ADLs), including bathing, dressing, grooming, and feeding, ensuring dignity, comfort, and respect
- Provided mobility assistance, transfers, and repositioning to prevent falls and maintain resident safety
- Monitored changes in the physical and mental health of nearly 30 residents and ensuring timely reporting of any changes to nursing staff
- Supported residents with cognitive impairments or dementia by creating a calming, reassuring environment
- Documented and reported any changes in resident status in accordance with policies and regulatory standards
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to create personalized care plans and ensure continuity of care
Clinical Extern - Complex Care, Hand & Upper Limb Clinic – Part Time - St. Joseph's Health Care London - London, Ontario
(2025-04 - 2026-07)
- Independently administered Influenza and COVID-19 vaccines during occupational health vaccination clinics for St. Joseph's employees
- Conducted point-of-care (POC) glucose testing and reported abnormal results promptly to the nursing team
- Carried out saline lock, IV removals, urinary catheter removal, tracheostomy, oral suctioning in accordance with hospital policy and under RN supervision
- Worked in fast-paced clinical settings and assisted with minor surgical procedures, including patient teaching, operating room preparation while maintaining sterile technique
- Performed suture and staple removal, provided post-procedure care and discharge instructions
Clinical Placement – G3 Treatment & Rehabilitation Unit (Mental Health Care) - St. Joseph's Health Care London - Parkwood Institute - London, Ontario
(2026-01 - 2026-03)
- Built therapeutic relationships using empathy and trauma-informed care
- Applied de-escalation techniques during patient distress or agitation
- Supported activities of daily living while promoting independence and dignity
- Participated in interdisciplinary team meetings and individualized care planning
- Assisted in implementing psychosocial rehabilitation strategies
- Completed PSRS documentation for patient safety reporting including incidents and near misses
- Maintained accurate documentation of patient status and interventions
- Conducted mental health and risk assessments, monitored for behavioral changes
Clinical Placement – Cardiology and Vascular Inpatients - LHSC Victoria Hospital London - London, Ontario
(2025-09 - 2025-11)
- Independently handled 3-4 patients on day shift, 4-5 patients on night shifts, performing head-to-toe assessment and checking pulses with doppler
- Provided comprehensive post-op care to cardiac and vascular surgery patients including cardiac monitoring and hemodynamic stability
- Assisted with pain management, early mobilization, prevention of post-op complications, wound care
- Collaborated with interprofessional team for planning and implementation of patient care
Clinical Placement – Stroke & Brain Rehabilitation - St. Joseph's Health Care London - Parkwood Institute - London, Ontario
(2025-05 - 2025-07)
- Assisted patients with activities of daily living including transfers, grooming, personal hygiene, feeding and toileting while promoting independence and dignity
- Collaborated with physiotherapists, social workers, occupational therapists to support patients' rehabilitation
- Assisted patients with medication administration, urinary catheter care, fluid monitoring, IV management
- Provided patient and family education on mobility, safe transfer, medication adherence to enhance recovery
Spruce Lodge
(2024-05 - 2024-08)
Neural Rehabilitation Group
(2024-01 - 2024-10)
Home Instead
(2024-01 - 2024-05)
