SARAH MBURU
Hamilton,ON
Summary
Empathetic Personal Support Worker with sensitive and compassionate approach to cultivating trusting, stimulating and varied lifestyle for residents. Offers enhanced care with flexible learning approach for patients. Experience in hospital and in-home settings providing guidance and encouragement to patients through physical and emotional support.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKER - CLINICAL PLACEMENT
Mon Sheong Long Term Care Centre
02.2025 - 03.2025
- Assisted clients in maintaining personal hygiene through bathing, grooming, and dressing tasks.
- Assisted clients with daily living activities, promoting independence and wellbeing.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Safely lifting, turning, and repositioning patient to prevent discomfort and pressure sores.
- Enhanced personal comfort by providing compassionate and attentive personal care.
- Turned and positioned bedbound residence to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
- Engage residence in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
- Provided safe mobility support to help residence move around personal and public spaces.
Personal Support Worker
Kiambu District Hospital
02.2022 - 01.2024
- Safety transporting residence using wheelchair and stretches, prioritizing their comfort and well-being.
- Recording vital signs such as blood pressure, pulse rate respiration, temperature to maintain patient health.
- Supervising and guiding patients during exercise routines to improve mobility and strength.
- Making beds and maintaining clean, organized environment for patients.
- Monitoring inventory levels of essentials supplies and assisting with restocking.
- Assisting patients with bathing, dressing, and grooming to promote personal hygiene.
- Safely lifting, turning, and repositioning patient to prevent discomfort and pressure sores.
- Responding promptly to emergencies and administering first aid when required.
CAREGIVER
Thogoto Home For The Aged
01.2019 - 12.2022
- Provides patient personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals, baths, shampoo, and shaves assisting with travel to bathroom.
- Taking and recording vitals signs such as blood pressure, Temperature, pulse to monitor patients’ health.
- Administering insulin to clients and managing and monitoring sugars
- Administering oxygen as per nurse assigned and participating in off and on oxygen.
- Checking blood sugars ,chest exercises with spirometer.
- Feeding patients and clients with Nasogastric tubes and monitoring their feeding.
- Administering intravenous fluids and medications. Feeding babies incubators.
- Psychological support to patient and clients whether conscious or unconscious as required by care.
- Managing dementia clients.
- Positioning and repositioning patients every 2 hours.
- Changing colostomy bag and emptying it, reposting any changes to the nurse in charge.
- Improved patient comfort by consistently providing compassionate care and maintaining a clean, safe environment.
- Maintained patients'' dignity and privacy through respectful communication and adherence to confidentiality protocols.
Education
Certificate in Personal Support Worker
PEAK HEALTHCARE COLLEGE
North York, Toronto01-2025
Nurse Aid Certificate - Nurse Aid Certificate
Avenue Health Care College
NAIROBI, KENYA01-2018
Skills
- Personal Care Assistance
- Bathing and Dressing
- Companionship and Emotional Support
- First Aid and Safety
- Client Care
- Client Documentation
- Dementia Care
- End of life care
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKER - CLINICAL PLACEMENT
Mon Sheong Long Term Care Centre
02.2025 - 03.2025
Personal Support Worker
Kiambu District Hospital
02.2022 - 01.2024
CAREGIVER
Thogoto Home For The Aged
01.2019 - 12.2022
Certificate in Personal Support Worker
PEAK HEALTHCARE COLLEGE
Nurse Aid Certificate - Nurse Aid Certificate
Avenue Health Care College
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