Joelle GERGES

Nurse member of the OIIQ with license, until September 2023. 14+ years of experience in healthcare management. Fluent in English, French, and Arabic.

Nurse pharmacie at Uniprix (2024-01 – Present)

• Blood tests
• Vaccination
• Ear cleaning
• Sutures
• INR rapid
• Mapa

Clinical nurse at Lilium diagnostics (2024-09 – 2024-12)

Laboratoire privé

• Phlebotomy
• Screening covid
• Flu
• STD consultations

Clinical nurse in digestive endoscopy at Notre-Dame Hospital Sherbrook (2023-12-18 – Present)

Administrative assistant in the department of gynecology, obstetrics and fertility at Brunswick Medical Center (2021-08 – 2022-03)

Administrative assistant at Originelle Fertility Clinic (2021-05 – 2021-08)

Midwife Manager of the fertility center at IVF Center Lebanon (2010-09 – 2020-07)

• Management of the human resources department and administration
• Management of marketing campaigns
• Office manager and Recruitment
• Implementation of administrative procedures in accordance with Lebanese laws
• Coordinate doctors' schedules
• Assist international patients throughout the infertility treatment process
• Manage accounting, billing and purchasing services for the two branches of the IVF Lebanon clinic
• Ensure follow-up with external auditors of annual audits and preparation of income tax returns
• Write and implement protocols and forms regarding the patient's journey at the IVF Lebanon center from admission to discharge (admission form/patient evaluation form/consent forms/educational forms/ultrasound forms)
• Assist doctors in the operating room during egg retrieval procedures and embryo transfers
• Teach medication administration
• Patient care follow-up, call backs, reports
• Teach patients going through menopause
• Administer in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments
• Teach patients and their relatives about medical terminology, procedures and available treatment options
• Act as a liaison between patients, their families and doctors
• Provide support and assistance to patients and their relatives
• Accompany and teach women during and after pregnancy
• Conduct prenatal screening tests NIPT, Harmony, triple test, amniocentesis
• Provide nursing care to all patients in a collaborative interdisciplinary team environment
• Assist the doctor in the operating room during IVF procedures: administration of intravenous medications, blood sampling for tests, monitoring patients in the recovery room, administration of oxygen, medication administration, and performing all medical acts delegated by the doctors
• Act as an effective team member by sharing opinions, discussing issues and aligning personal goals with those of the team
• Report abnormal paramedical test results to the doctor

Responsible midwife at Belle Vue Medical Center (2009-07 – 2010-09)

• Assess, monitor, follow up women during pregnancy
• Develop, assess individual care programs
• Provide complete prenatal care, including screening tests at the hospital
• Organize and provide parental and health education to the mother, her partner and family members
• Provide teaching before and after screening
• Offer support and teaching following a miscarriage, spontaneous pregnancy termination, in-utero fetal death, neonatal abnormality and neonatal death
• Supervise and assist mothers during labor, monitor the fetus and use knowledge about medications and pain management
• Teach about daily baby care, including breastfeeding, bathing, and meal preparation
• Teach and guide couples for a safe and quick home transfer
• Participate in the training and supervision of beginner colleagues

Doctor recruiter for jobs abroad at ATCOM (2008-04 – 2009-04)

Tasks included recruitment for home nursing care and for doctors and hospital staff jobs abroad.

Midwife at Trad Hospital (2007-03 – 2007-10)

• Assess, monitor, follow up women during pregnancy
• Develop, assess individual care programs
• Provide complete prenatal care, including screening tests at the hospital
• Organize and provide parental and health education to the mother, her partner and family members
• Provide teaching before and after screening
• Offer support and teaching following a miscarriage, spontaneous pregnancy termination, in-utero fetal death, neonatal abnormality and neonatal death
• Supervise and assist mothers during labor, monitor the fetus and use knowledge about medications and pain management
• Teach about daily baby care, including breastfeeding, bathing, and meal preparation
• Teach and guide couples for a safe and quick home transfer
• Participate in the training and supervision of beginner colleagues

Midwife at AL Hayat Hospital (2006-01 – 2006-12)

• Assess, monitor, follow up women during pregnancy
• Develop, assess individual care programs
• Provide complete prenatal care, including screening tests at the hospital
• Organize and provide parental and health education to the mother, her partner and family members
• Provide teaching before and after screening
• Offer support and teaching following a miscarriage, spontaneous pregnancy termination, in-utero fetal death, neonatal abnormality and neonatal death
• Supervise and assist mothers during labor, monitor the fetus and use knowledge about medications and pain management
• Teach about daily baby care, including breastfeeding, bathing, and meal preparation
• Teach and guide couples for a safe and quick home transfer
• Participate in the training and supervision of beginner colleagues

AEC program in Integration into the nursing profession – Cégep Édouard Montpetit (2022-01 – 2023-02)

Bachelor's degree in Midwifery – Lebanese University, Faculty of Public Health (2002-01 – 2006-12)