Phaless Chisenga
Ottawa,Canada
Summary
Compassionate and motivated healthcare professional with comprehensive clinical training in acute care and long-term care settings. Strong foundation in patient-centered care, patient assessment, and team collaboration. Eager to contribute to a collaborative healthcare team while continuing to grow as a competent and safety focused nurse.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Personal Support Worker
Home Instead Senior Care
01.2023 - 01.2024
- Assisted with activities of daily living, ensuring clients maintained personal hygiene and optimal quality of life.
- Performed light housekeeping to ensure a safe, clean, and comfortable environment for clients.
- Regularly monitored patient health and promptly reported changes to nursing staff and family members.
- Ensured continuity of care by providing clear and accurate handoff reports to team members.
- Provided mobility support, assisting clients with transfers and ambulation.
Education
Diploma - Practical Nursing
Algonquin College
Skills
- Head-to-toe Assessments
- Wound Care & Dressing Changes
- Documentation & Charting
- Catheterization
- Medication Administration
- Infection Prevention & Control
- Communication & Team Collaboration
- Time Management
LANGUAGES
English
Chichewa
Tumbuka
Certification
Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) – College of Nurses of Ontario (Pending)
Timeline
Personal Support Worker
Home Instead Senior Care
01.2023 - 01.2024
Diploma - Practical Nursing
Algonquin College
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
- Elizabeth Bruyere Hospital | Consolidation – Ottawa, Ontario
- Transitional Care | 2025-07 – 2025-09
- Independently managed a full patient workload under preceptor’s supervision, demonstrating leadership, prioritization, and time management skills
- Administered medications within scope of practice and in accordance with facility protocols
- Applied critical thinking in assessing patient health status and promptly reporting changes preceptor and the healthcare team
- Documented assessments, interventions, and patient progress in electronic medical records
- Performed nursing procedures including vital sign assessment, wound care, catheter care, and specimen collection.
- Queensway Carleton Hospital – Ottawa, Ontario
- Rehabilitation and Geriatrics | 2025-05 – 2025-07
- Medicine and Surgery | 2025-01 – 2025-04
- Transitional Care | 2024-05 – 2024-08
- Conducted head-to-toe assessments, monitored patient vital signs and reported changes to primary nurses.
- Documented patient progress in electronic health records, enhancing communication among staff.
- Administered medications under supervision, reinforcing safety measures and monitored patient responses
- Gained hands-on experience performing various nursing procedures such as wound dressing changes, specimen collection, and catheterization.
- Educated patients and families on care plans, fostering understanding and cooperation in treatment processes.
- Demonstrated commitment to ethical practice by adhering to professional standards of confidentiality, informed consent, and safe medication administration.
- Optimized time management skills in a fast-paced clinical setting by prioritizing tasks while maintaining patient safety.
- Peter D Clark – Ottawa, Ontario
- Long-Term Care | 2024-01 – 2024-04
- Assisted residents with ADLs including feeding, bathing, and mobility
- Supported fall prevention strategies
- Provided client health teaching
- Used Gentle Persuasion Approaches to manage responsive behaviors