Patience Adesimi

• Provide leadership to an interdisciplinary team dedicated to providing quality care to residents and families
• Ensure that implementation of policies and procedures align with organizational culture, mission, vision, values and service excellence
• In collaboration with site administration, accountable for setting and executing strategic and operational priorities for the site
• Effectively deployed resources, supporting change management, and fostering a culture of continuous quality improvement
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders, facilitating and promoting team development, teamwork, coordinating staffing and clinical work as identified by the site administration
• Direct supervision of approximately 110 employees on a 78-secure Long Term Care bed
• Recruiting, performance management, attendance management, grievance resolution, and termination of nursing staff
• Lead Interdisciplinary team meetings
• Collaboratively develop and maintain resident care plan
• Knowledge and experience of MDS/RAI, including outcome evaluation of Quality Indicators, and initiatives
• Active participation in quality monitoring, IP&C, OH&S, CCHSS, Accreditation & Accommodation Standard audits
• Risk Management and Reporting
• Demonstrated excellence in management, leadership, clinical judgment, and interpersonal skills
• Liaises with educational institutions & placement of practicum students
• Managed resident and family concerns/formal complaint as per Positive Solutions process
• Capable of working autonomously, independently, and as team
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills
• Provides administrative on-call site wide support on a regular and rotating basis
• Strong problem solving, critical thinking, verbal and written communication skills
• Management experience with recruitment, retention, coaching, mentoring, and performance development in a unionized environment
• Develops and manages expenses within the approved annual budget
• Contributed to a safe environment for residents, the team and self by understanding and adhering to safety guidelines and practices at all times.

• Oversee daily operations of a 58-secure LTC beds
• Address residents/families concerns to promote quality of care
• Ensure adequate staffing to maintain operational needs
• Collaboratively identified strategies to improve gaps in care delivery
• Worked closely with the Director of Nursing, clinical team, and departmental managers to ensure and maximize a positive living experience for residents and families living in the Walden Height Community
• Facilitate care conferences, resident assessments, and develop and maintain resident care plan, ensuring individualized care for each resident
• Diligently adhere to all relevant organizational, provincial and federal acts and regulations, ensuring legal and ethical compliance in all aspects of resident care
• Participate in quality monitoring audits and Accreditation and Accommodation Standard Audits
• Coordinate resident care by appropriately delegating duties to nursing staff and monitoring performance
• Ensure consistency in approach to clinical issues such as IP&C practices as determined by the CMOH through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in the safe competent provision of care to residents
• Ensuring completion, reviewing, and auditing of MDS/RAI assessments, resulting in high CMIs that reflects the level of care resources for LTC residents
• Ensuring and maintaining 100% occupancy
• Contributed to the hiring process of new staff and provided directions and support to coach and mentor them especially at the early stages of joining the LTC nursing team
• Maintained a safe environment for residents/family and staff through injury prevention, utilizing infection control procedures etc
• Participated RCM on-call responsibilities
• Providing educational and clinical guidance to nursing staff including direct care staff.

• Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by a physician; monitor, assess, address, document and report symptoms and changes in resident conditions
• Supervise Licensed Practical Nurses and direct care staff
• Completed physical/RAI assessment, collaborated in developing, and maintaining resident care plan
• Accurately and comprehensively documents resident care assessments, interventions and outcomes
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to plan, implement, coordinate and evaluate resident care
• Ensure adequate staffing on the unit to maintain safe resident care
• Demonstrates ability to work together with others toward shared goals and desired outcomes
• Coordinated/participated in residents/family care conferences
• Demonstrates ability to effectively establish professional working relationships with residents and their families as well as members of the care team aiming for excellence in residents
• Demonstrates thorough knowledge of and adheres to infection prevention and control policies and procedures and maintained a culture of workplace safety.

• Supervising LPNs and HCAs for all aspects of resident care
• Medication Management, Assessment using nursing process, wound care and management, and evaluation of treatment outcomes
• Accurately document resident care assessments, interventions, and outcomes in alignment with facility policy and procedures
• Facilitated new resident admissions, discharges, and transfer of residents
• Collaborate with other interdisciplinary team members to identify resident needs and develop resident-centred care plan
• Complete RAI assessments
• Maintained accurate and comprehensive documentation in accordance with site policy and procedure
• Educated and taught residents and families on disease management, treatment plans, and side/adverse effects of pharmacological interventions
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team to maintain evidence-based practice for resident care
• Participated in interdisciplinary rounds and resident/family care conference
• Contributed to a safe work environment by adhering to established safety guidelines and practices
• Inspired, encouraged, and mentored direct care staff and LPNs while upholding a productive work environment culture
• Member of OH&S committee.

• Developed and monitored training to ensure staff have the training needed to perform their current and future jobs in accordance with best practice
• Conduct audit for Health Care Aides and LPNs related to Medication Assistance Program, infection Prevention & Control, proper resident handling, bath/shower techniques, Dementia care training, etc
• Provided educational and clinical guidance to nursing staff
• Act as information and resource source to all staff based on evidence-based practices
• Worked with educational consultants to develop, review and adjust site Policies and Procedures
• Facilitated and provided orientation training for staff in every department
• Facilitated family and resident education (facilitated monthly resident/family education) on various subject matters in effort to foster and maintain health promotion measures allowing individual to be experts of their own health and safety
• Co-facilitator OH&S committee
• Site representative/lead for Appropriate Use of Antipsychotics (AUA) initiative.

Rural/Remote Nursing LTC & Acute Care – short term/relief

Galahad Care Centre, AB.

Bayshore Healthcare, AB.

Hardisty Care Centre, AB.

Vegreville Care Centre, AB.

Mannville Acute/LTC Care Centre, AB.

Grande Prairie, Acute/LTC AB.

· Assessed, monitored, and documented the health and treatment of residents living with a wide variety of illnesses and nursing care

· In charge and supervised license practice nurses and direct care staff

· Application of physical assessment and management skills in all areas of nursing

· Demonstrated knowledge of community resources and ability to initiate appropriate referrals for residents

· Demonstrated ability to work independently under high stress conditions with limited access to healthcare in the rural area.

· Demonstrated ability to utilize innovative and creative solutions to challenges that exist in rural locations without major medical centres.

· Demonstrated ability to adapt to availability resources in the rural community.

• Supervised LPNs and Health Care Aides
• Responsible for nursing care of residents
• Provide nursing staff coverage to ensure that baseline staffing was maintained
• Monitor closely and communicate all acute changes in resident condition to the physician
• Completed physical, social, spiritual, psychological/RAI assessment, collaborated in establishing and maintaining resident care plan
• Collaborate with Physicians and work as a team with various interdisciplinary team
• Assess resident needs, planned care, implemented interventions, and evaluated resident outcomes
• Provided excellent medication and treatment administration
• Provided ongoing teaching to diabetic residents and their families
• Provided care and counseling to palliative residents and their families
• Promoted quality of life and independence for the elderly residents
• Participated in staff education and orientation
• Handles the queries of residents and families.

• Provided nursing care to patients with mental health illness and disorders under the supervision of an RN/RPN utilizing the nursing process
• Performed admission, discharge, and discharge teaching
• Administered IV and oral medications, obtained vital signs, head to toe and Mental Status Assessments and documentation
• Reported and collaborated with other interdisciplinary team
• Provided emotional support for patients and family
• Provided pre and post ECT nursing care.