Leah Mae Ricafort

• Helped support the Director of Care with clinical oversight and day-to-day nursing operations, promoting safe resident-centered care and consistent nursing standards.

• Provided guidance and coaching to registered staff and personal support workers, reinforcing accountability, delegation, documentation, and professional practice expectations.

• Assisted with tracking key clinical and resident-safety programs, including falls prevention, restraints/PASD, skin and wound care, pain management, responsive behaviors, and palliative care.

• Reviewed falls incidents, clinical indicators, audits, and documentation patterns to identify risk, set corrective actions, and follow up on quality-improvement results.

• Supported resident assessments, care plans, admissions, transfers, condition changes, care conferences, and complex clinical decisions with physicians, pharmacy, allied health, residents, and families.

Conducted clinical rounds, performed safety checks, completed equipment audits, and reviewed documentation to resolve clinical or operational issues quickly.

• Supported compliance with Ontario long-term care legislation, College of Nurses of Ontario standards, infection prevention requirements, organizational policies, and resident rights.

• Provided leadership during outbreaks, emergencies, and major resident events by coordinating communication, investigation, documentation, and immediate risk controls.

• Delivered staff education, huddles, mentorship, and coaching to strengthen clinical practice, resident safety, infection prevention, and continuous improvement.

Delivered education sessions, mentoring, and ongoing improvement support for infection prevention and control programs in home; conducted monitoring audits and served as liaison with public health during outbreak management.

Provided clinical expertise and guidance to staff across departments to support high-quality, resident-centered care.

Stayed current with emerging infection control research, in consultation with IPAC committee, to update infection control strategies using evidence-based best practices.

Worked with public health, hospital partners, and physicians, per guidelines and regulatory requirements, to report and monitor communicable disease risks and outbreaks while maintaining internal tracking.

Monitored daily infection data sources and initiated outbreak management activities as needed.

Identified improvement opportunities through data analysis and clinical observation and developed targeted strategies for performance improvement.

Assisted with planning, coordination, and evaluation of clinical programs, including wound care, falls prevention, pain management, palliative care, and dementia care, with active support in team-based care delivery, staff education, and InterRAI trainer duties.

Provided clinical expertise and guidance to staff across departments to support high-quality, resident-centered care.

Supported compliance with Long-Term Care Act legislation, policies, and procedures.

Oversaw and coordinated immunization and vaccination program activities, including orders, storage, reporting, and annual vaccination clinics for staff, residents, and volunteers.

Prepared management reports on resident and staff immunization and vaccination status and maintained comprehensive records.

Provided clinical expertise and guidance to staff across departments to support high-quality, resident-centered care.

Completed physical and mental health assessments to identify nursing diagnoses and guide care planning.

Administered nursing interventions, including medications and treatments, within scope of practice.

Reviewed, planned, carried out, and evaluated individualized care to address resident physical and emotional needs.

Supported development of resident care plans with multidisciplinary team members.

Delivered patient- and family-centered nursing care for patients and residents with less complex health needs and more predictable outcomes in a culturally sensitive manner.

Updated relatives on resident care and condition as required.

Assisted with admission, discharge, consultation, and transfer planning for residents.

Provided direct resident care and supported resident teaching.