Dedicated nursing professional with 14 years of experience as a Critical Care Nurse. Expertise in delivering high-quality patient care and managing complex clinical situations. Proven ability to collaborate effectively with healthcare teams and support patients and families during critical times.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Personal Support Worker
Southampton Care Centre Inc.
Southampton, Canada
01.2023 - 04.2025
Working with elderly patients and providing one-on-one care such as assisting with personal care, meal preparation and light housekeeping.
Ensuring the fulfillment of individual goals and needs as instructed in the client’s support plans.
Helping clients with leisure activities.
Ensuring and health, safety, welfare and independence of clients.
Charge Nurse
King Faisal Medical Complex
Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
02.2016 - 11.2022
Performs a variety of supportive and technical nursing skills and utilizes a range of equipment when carrying out specific medical and nursing performance of specific treatment, monitoring techniques and other diagnostic, therapeutic and supportive measures.
Prioritize the patient needs and problems base on history, physical exam, and laboratory test.
Assess, plan, and implement nursing interventions base on patient condition and takes full responsibility on his/her care.
Provides emotional support and health teachings to patient and family while observing patient rights and confidentiality.
Promotes safety, hygiene, mobility, and comfort for the patient.
Adhere to proper documentations and correctly carrying out doctors' order and collaborates patient care to responsible department.
Ensure patient safety during administration of intravenous medications, high alert medications, thrombolytic therapy and blood products. Reports any untoward signs and symptoms immediately.
Prepare all the needed equipment and assist during the procedures while ensuring safety and maintaining aseptic technique.
Performed efficiently in emergency patient care situations, following established protocols.
Receive handover or proper endorsement about patient condition and continuity of care.
Practices safely based on professional, ethical and legal standards in accordance with the organizational policies and procedure; and uphold patient’s rights.
Takes responsibility for maintaining own and staff professional development, updating knowledge to reflect best practice, and sharing knowledge with others.
Utilizes critical thinking to make sound clinical judgment for safe, quality and effective patient care.
Demonstrate initiative in the performance of duties and accountability for own decisions and actions.
Supervise, schedule and train nurses and students to certify competency of procedures, policies, and regulations.
Head Nurse
King Abdul Aziz Specialist Hospital
Sakaka, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
12.2012 - 11.2014
Formulates goal-directed care plans, prioritized and based on diagnosis and patient outcomes.
Directly supervise and regularly complete evaluation performance for all nursing staff in the unit in accordance with the departmental and organizational policies and appraises qualified staff for suitable promotion or provides counseling or discipline when necessary.
Establish priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.
Supports use of evidence-based guidelines and organizational policies and procedures to promote safe patient care and safe practice environment.
Promotes multidisciplinary service coordination between nursing staff, medical professionals, pharmacy, and laboratory teams.
Supervise and plans work of assigned staff to maintain optimal patient care standards.
Trains student and newly-registered nurses in the correct nursing procedures and performance strategies.
Performs a variety of supportive and technical nursing skills and utilizes a range of equipment when carrying out specific medical and nursing performance of specific treatment, monitoring techniques and other diagnostic, therapeutic and supportive measures.
Interviews, select and train new hired and verified skills before releasing for independent patient care.
Creates an environment that encourages staff to contribute to the improvement of quality patient care in a trans-cultural environment. Coordinates emergency responses and continuous nursing coverage for Intensive care unit.
Charge Nurse
King Abdul Aziz Specialist Hospital
Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
07.2008 - 06.2012
Assess, plans, direct, implement and evaluates patient care guided by unit goals, objective, protocol, standards, policies and procedure that are consistent with those of nursing and the hospital.
Adheres to hospital and departmental policies and procedures as well as ensures staff awareness and compliance in the assigned unit.
Monitors and directs administrative and clinical activities in the assigned ward or units to ensure the highest possible level of patient care.
Acts as a clinical resource person for direct patient care.
Ensures effective communication within the unit including endorsements/reports, documentation in the medical record, collaboration and interaction with other departments.
Establishes and maintains an effective workload assignment of nursing staff based on patient acquity.
Directs the nursing staff in establishing and coordinating plan of care.
Conducts individualized and ongoing assessment of critical ill patient.
Assist on all bedside special invasive procedure, prepare and administers standard drip medications.
Assists in Code Blue Management and initiates emergency resuscitative measures.
Helps the head Nurse in evaluating performance of the staff and maintains a working environment conducive to open communication, cooperation and staff development.
Staff Nurse
Rabigh General Hospital
Rabigh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
11.2005 - 11.2007
Monitors patients closely to spot problems and reports serious concerns to treating physicians for timely interventions.
Administers prescribed medications and monitors patients for side effects and adverse reactions.
Consults and coordinates with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care plans.
Maintains safe, caring environments for patients and families.
Recognizes in changes requiring nursing intervention and implemented appropriate care to reduce risks.
Educates patients and families on conditions, treatments, and possible outcomes.
Demonstrate initiative in the performance of duties and assumes responsibility and accountability for own decisions and actions.
Takes direct and appropriate actions in emergencies.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Western Mindanao State University
Zamboanga City, Philippines
04.2005
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Western Mindanao State University
Zamboanga City, Philippines
03.2003
Skills
Strong analytical skills
Flexibility and adaptability
Problem solving
Teamwork/Team Player
Attentive to detail
Educate patients and families on their healthcare needs, concerns and conditions
Multidisciplinary collaboration
Training
Nurses Role in Conscious Sedation, KFMC-Taif, Saudi Arabia, 12/30/21
Infection Prevention Control(IPC) for Novel Coronavirus (COVID19), 05/25/20
EProtect Respiratory Infections, 05/25/20
COVID-19: How to put on and remove PPE, 05/25/20
COVID-19: Operational Planning Guidelines and COVID – 19 Partners platform to support country preparedness and response, 05/23/20
COVID – 19 Critical Care Crash Course for Nurses (22hours CME), 05/21/20
Fundamental Critical Care Support (13CME), KFMC – Taif, KSA, 07/17/17 - 07/18/17
References
Brenda Ohms, Southampton Care Center Administrator, 140 Grey Street South, Southampton, N0H 2L0, +15197973220 / +15193538664
Bandar Raddah Al Sofiani, CCU Head Nurse, King Faisal Medical Complex, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, +966547999459
Joan Apolinario Mohamad, Nursing Supervisor/Infection Control Practitioner, King AbdulAziz Specialist Hospital, Al Jouf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, +353 83 058 1974
Dr. Mohammad Maher, Cardiology Consultant-HOD, King Faisal Medical Complex, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, +966509305014