Heather Rich
Vancouver,BC
Summary
Experienced nursing professional with additional certifications in the health care service field. Skilled in developing comprehensive care plans and collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary teams to ensure optimal outcomes. Demonstrated ability to advocate for client rights while maintaining a compassionate approach. Proven critical thinking abilities, making informed judgments and decisions based on individual client needs and determining necessary support. Excellent communication skills, adept at interviewing and educating clients, as well as engaging in meaningful care discussions with fellow medical professionals.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Sleep Therapist
Clinical Sleep Solutions
02.2017 - 06.2023
- Successfully managed a caseload of over a thousand clients, ensuring timely respond time to clients as needed
- Completed patient intake/history documents
- Complete diagnostic testing of sleep disorders
- Educate and review results with client and communicate with other medical professionals
- Give presentations to small groups in regards to sleep medicine
- Completed paper work as required and completed detailed documentations, as well as completed reports for doctors
- Keep inventory of products
- Maintain follow ups with clients in person, via email or over the phone and adjust prescriptions as needed.
Sleep therapist
CPAP direct
12.2016 - 12.2017
- Educating and instruction about sleep disorders
- Ongoing care to ensure that the clients condition is properly managed and that the treatment is well tolerated
- Following doctor's orders related to the Client's results that I obtained from the clients results
- Administrative work related to the clients files, and filling out ADP forms.
BRPT
Cobourg sleep Clinic
01.2012 - 01.2017
- This job consisted of monitoring complex equipment such as ECG's, as well as basic patient care such as vital signs
- At this job I also monitor and re-prescribe CPAP machines in accordance to respiratory events
- Performing online monitoring and analysis of the polysomnogram, including sleep staging and notation of events including EEG arousals, variations in respiratory effort and airflow, changes in cardiac rate and/or rhythm, periodic limb movements, vocalizations, and other physiologic and behavioral events also recognizing sleep stages and wakefulness from the polysomnogram
- Documenting all events that have occurred during the polysomnogram study.
Registered Practical Nurse
Richmond Woods retirement
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Completing a head to toe assessment on patient
- Documenting patient history intake and ongoing care
- Giving patients medication orally, injections, and though IV, toileting and bathing patients as needed
- Assessing pain management and overall wellness
- I supervised the other staff on duty.
Licensed Practical Nursing
Foot hill hospital
01.2010 - 01.2011
- This position involved documentation, inserting and removing catheters, hemovac care, blood glucose monitoring, changing dressings, insertion of IV
- Providing assistance to patients in the activities of daily living, medications, the monitoring of vitals spinal assessments, and neurology assessments
- Advocating for the patients needs with physicians
- Educating Patients and Family members in regards to Post op Care.
Education
Certificate, psychiatric nursing -
Douglas College
Diploma, License Practical Nursing -
Bow Valley College
Diploma - Disability Case Management
Fanshawe College
London, ONCertficate - Disability Case Management
BCIT
Vancouver2024
Skills
- Empathy
- Organization
- Adaptability
- Communication
- Problem-solving
- Advocacy
- Collaboration
Affiliations
Current Nursing License, British Columbia
Timeline
Sleep Therapist
Clinical Sleep Solutions
02.2017 - 06.2023
Sleep therapist
CPAP direct
12.2016 - 12.2017
BRPT
Cobourg sleep Clinic
01.2012 - 01.2017
Registered Practical Nurse
Richmond Woods retirement
01.2011 - 01.2012
Licensed Practical Nursing
Foot hill hospital
01.2010 - 01.2011
Diploma, License Practical Nursing -
Bow Valley College
Certificate, psychiatric nursing -
Douglas College
Diploma - Disability Case Management
Fanshawe College
Certficate - Disability Case Management
BCIT
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