ELLEN KONADU AMPONSAH
Welland,ON
Summary
Seeking a role as a PSW in your reputable institution.
Goal and result-oriented person, high moral standards, honest and reliable with hands-on experience in providing superior bedside care to clients while assisting elderly and clients with impaired abilities in activities of daily living. A benignant person who works well with people of all walks of life.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Home Care Aide
Paramount Care Nursing Agency
Kitchener, Canada
05.2024 - 12.2024
- Assisting with bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and oral hygiene.
- Reminding clients to take medications as prescribed and monitoring adherence.
- Helping clients with transfers, walking, and using assistive devices.
- Performing basic cleaning tasks like laundry, dishes, and tidying up the living area.
- Providing emotional support, engaging in conversation, and accompanying clients to appointments.
Part-time Home Health Aide
Living Waters Hospital
Kumasi, Ghana
01.2021 - 01.2024
- Assisted with bathing, grooming, dressing and other personal hygiene activities.
- Assisted with feeding patients.
- Assisted with light housekeeping.
- Assisted with range of motion exercises.
- Purchased groceries and meal preparation.
- Reported patient condition to the nurse.
- Assisted patients to take their medications.
- Communicated with patients.
Personal support worker, internship
COSTI Immigration Service
Etobicoke, Canada
- Provide care support services to meet the needs of clients at the Senior Day Program.
- Provide personal related care to the client based on individual needs, including toileting, lifting and transferring, feeding, food cutting, and mobility assistance.
- Operate mobility devices (e.g. rollator, wheelchair, electric scooter) to aid in the lift/transfer of clients according to the established guidelines for the safe and proper usage of such equipment.
- Escorting clients in and out of the program site in a safe manner.
- Assist with meal preparation, feeding, and monitoring dietary needs, ensuring that participants receive appropriate nutrition.
- Assist clients in participating in daily activities, including gaming, exercise and socializing.
- Encourage socialization and engagement in recreational activities, fostering a sense of community among participants.
- Conduct various tasks such as assisting with set up, cleaning and sterilizing equipment and maintaining equipment.
- Support and respect clients' independence, dignity, social, emotional and cultural well-being.
- Ensure the safety and well-being of participants by adhering to health and safety regulations and responding to emergencies promptly.
- Report to and assist the program coordinator with issues and concerns related to clients' care.
- Collaborate with all members of the client care team.
Personal support worker, internship
Kiplin Acres LTC
Etobicoke, Canada
- Working under the supervision of a preceptor.
- Following the care plan, observing and reporting any substantial findings and/or changes in patient/resident/client's behavior to my preceptor and the Registered Practical Nurse (RPN).
- Assisting with ambulation, positioning and transferring.
- Assisting or providing total personal care such as toileting, bathing and perineal care.
- Assisting with eating, dressing and grooming.
- Assisting nursing staff by answering call bells.
- Documentation of Activities of Daily Living (ADL's) and other findings.
Education
Personal Support Worker Certificate -
Humber Polytechnic
Seventh-day Adventist Senior High School -
Seventh-day Adventist Senior High School
Skills
- Client confidentiality
- Daily living assistance
- Personal grooming
- Companionship
- Mobilization/Ambulation
- Meal preparation and feeding assistance
- Time management
- Team building
- Point of Sale (POS) system operations
- Excellent communication skills
Certification
- Infection Control and TB management, The Ottawa Hospital, 01/01/25
- Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act, 01/01/25
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System, 01/01/25
- Worker Health and Safety Awareness certificate in 4 steps, 01/01/25
- Workplace Violence and Harassment, 01/01/25
- Police Vulnerable Sector Check, 01/01/25
- Basic Life Support, 01/01/25
- First Aid, 01/01/25
- Mask Fit Test, 01/01/25
- West African Senior High School Certificate, 06/01/20
Timeline
Home Care Aide
Paramount Care Nursing Agency
05.2024 - 12.2024
Part-time Home Health Aide
Living Waters Hospital
01.2021 - 01.2024
Personal support worker, internship
COSTI Immigration Service
Personal support worker, internship
Kiplin Acres LTC
Personal Support Worker Certificate -
Humber Polytechnic
Seventh-day Adventist Senior High School -
Seventh-day Adventist Senior High School