Charmaine Garcia
Halifax,NS
Summary
Dedicated healthcare professional with extensive experience at MAPLESTONE ENHANCED CARE, excelling in elderly patient care and behavior management. Proven ability to build rapport and support independent living, while effectively utilizing Microsoft Office for documentation. Committed to enhancing residents' quality of life through compassionate assistance and proactive engagement in their care.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Continuing Care Assistant
MAPLESTONE ENHANCED CARE (SHANNEX)
Halifax, Canada
12.2024 - Current
- Company Overview: www.shannex.com.
- Assisting clients with various personal care activities (e.g., bathing, dressing, grooming).
- Perform light housekeeping duties.
- Assist clients with meals and between-meal refreshments.
- Provide respite for families and caregivers.
- Documentation (e.g., reporting client concerns, progress notes, incident reports).
- Engage residents or families in leisure or recreational programs.
- Www.shannex.com
Healthcare Assistant
TAMPINES CARE HOME (VANGUARD HEALTHCARE PTE. LTD.)
Tampines , Singapore
11.2018 - 11.2024
- Company Overview: www.carehome.com.sg.
- Assisted residents in activities of daily living, such as helping with meals, transferring, bathing, dressing, and grooming.
- Helping residents with toilet needs, including continence promotion.
- Monitoring residents' conditions by taking vital signs and weight.
- Documented daily information on the residents, such as behavioral assessment, mobility activity, positioning, and daily inputs and outputs.
- Participate in appropriate training activities and courses.
- Maintaining cleanliness and orderliness is always important. Such as beds, bedside tables, counters, cabinets, and equipment.
- Making beds, ensuring that they are provided with clean linens and pillows, and adjusting bedrails for residents' safety.
- Www.carehome.com.sg
STAFF MIDWIFE
AL-MOUWASAT HOSPITAL
Al-Madina, Saudi Arabia
07.2016 - 10.2017
- Assists the physician in the clinic according to the job description and standards of OPD Nursing Procedures, and maintains orderliness and cleanliness within the clinic.
- Verifies patient ID information accurately.
- Ensure patients have a letter of permission from the company prior to consultation or admission.
- Checks and records the patient's vital signs, height, and weight.
- Marks all charts, forms, and requisitions with the correct name and file number.
- Initiates requisitions for diagnostics, consultative, and therapeutic departments.
- Retrieves diagnostic test results from the Laboratory and X-ray Department.
- Ensure that the doctor’s impression or diagnosis is clearly stated, and the doctor’s orders are complete.
- Endorses pertinent information to inpatient nursing staff by means of endorsement forms and follow-up phone calls.
- Keep records of daily consultations/admissions, and prepare the daily census.
- Able to set priorities appropriately.
- Observes professionalism as recommended for a nurse assistant profession.
- Maintains the confidentiality of information from unauthorized people.
- Assumes responsibility for one's own learning and development needs.
- Serves as a resource person to other staff in the department.
NURSING ATTENDANT
Northside Doctors Hospital
Bantay, Ilocos Sur
05.2015 - 05.2016
- Take and record vital signs, intake, and outputs of empty drains.
- Provide physical care and/or assist patients, including bathing, shaving, grooming, feeding, ambulating, weighing, and positioning.
- Transfer, plus transport, medically compromised, as well as seriously ill patients, to tests or procedures via wheelchairs.
- Recognize significant changes in the vital signs, which may include a crisis, and report to the nurses.
- Assisting the nurse when he or she administers medication treatment.
- Change the bed linens.
- Provide the patient's needs.
NURSING ATTENDANT (Ward and OPD)
Sinait District Hospital
Sinait, Ilocos Sur
12.2012 - 04.2015
- Test and chart vital signs, including blood pressure, temperature, pulse, and respiratory rate.
- Manage supplies and restock inventory to ensure optimal availability for patient care.
- Helps patients with daily activities, such as meals, hygiene, and dressing.
- Change bedding and provide basic patient care.
- Provide healthcare for patients.
Education
Basic Healthcare and Dementia -
Institute of Technical Education
Singapore01.2022
Diploma in Midwifery -
Ilocos Sur Community College
Philippines03-2012
Secondary School -
Cabugao Institute
Philippines03-2010
Primary School -
Maradodon Elementary School
Philippines03-2006
Skills
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Email communication
- Phone skills
- Basic math skills
- Cultural sensitivity
- Rapport building
- Analytical skills
- Calmness under pressure
- Rehab equipment usage
- Support for independent living
- Behavior management
- Elderly patient care
Accomplishments
- Successfully weaned off NGT patients and upgraded diet to minced meal.
- Able to heal pressure wounds.
- Successfully discharged patients back to community.
Languages
- English
- Filipino
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that all the information given above is correct and true to my belief.
Technical Qualifications
- Software (Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point)
- Email (sending reports to higher management when needed)
- Phone Skills (Able to answer queries via Phone calls)
- Basic Math skills
Personal Information
- ID Number: 11-3942-5078
- Passport Number: P5522851A
- Passport Date Of Issue: 01/05/18
- Passport Place Of Issue: DFA La Union, Philippines
- Passport Expiry Date: 01/04/28
- Date of Birth: 01/27/93
- Gender: Female
- Nationality: Filipino
- Marital Status: Married
Timeline
Continuing Care Assistant
MAPLESTONE ENHANCED CARE (SHANNEX)
12.2024 - Current
Healthcare Assistant
TAMPINES CARE HOME (VANGUARD HEALTHCARE PTE. LTD.)
11.2018 - 11.2024
STAFF MIDWIFE
AL-MOUWASAT HOSPITAL
07.2016 - 10.2017
NURSING ATTENDANT
Northside Doctors Hospital
05.2015 - 05.2016
NURSING ATTENDANT (Ward and OPD)
Sinait District Hospital
12.2012 - 04.2015
Basic Healthcare and Dementia -
Institute of Technical Education
Diploma in Midwifery -
Ilocos Sur Community College
Secondary School -
Cabugao Institute
Primary School -
Maradodon Elementary School
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