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Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Affiliations
Accomplishments
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Sreelakshmi Chakkingal

9961 159th St, Surrey,Canada

Summary

Compassionate Caregiver providing companionship and emotional support to residents. Well-versed in accurately documenting vital statistics and health metrics. Committed to creating positive rapport with patients and providing quality patient care.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

CAREGIVER

Just Like Family Home Care
VANCOUVER, BC
10.2024 - Current
  • Responding to patient call signals, and attending to their needs.
  • Assisting with personal hygiene tasks such as bathing, dressing, grooming, and shaving patients.
  • Serving meals, aiding in feeding, and helping with menu choices for patients.
  • Handling patient mobility, including weighing, lifting, turning, and positioning.
  • Conducting preoperative shaving of patients as needed.
  • Supervising patient exercise routines and organizing leisure activities.
  • Accompanying patients during outdoor recreational activities.
  • Taking vital signs such as blood pressure, temperature, and pulse.
  • Recording fluid intake and output, and documenting patient care on charts.
  • Collecting specimens like urine, feces, or sputum.
  • Administering certain medical procedures as directed.
  • Providing first aid in emergency situations within their competence.
  • Transporting patients using wheelchairs or stretchers for treatments or surgeries.
  • Delivering messages, reports, requisitions, and specimens between different departments.
  • Making and maintaining patients' beds and rooms, and managing the inventory of medical supplies.
  • Assisting with equipment setup, maintenance, and operation.
  • Optionally, transporting patients between healthcare facilities.

CONCESSION STAND MANAGER

Servomation-BC Place Stadium
VANCOUVER, BC
07.2023 - Current
  • Have worked for high profile events such as Whitecaps, BC Lions, Beyonce concert, Coldplay, and many such events.
  • Member of BCGEU (BC government employees union).
  • Recruit, hire, train, and coach over 30 staff members on customer service skills, food & beverage knowledge, sales, and health & safety standards.
  • Reduced costs by 7% through controls on overtime, operational efficiencies, and reduced waste.
  • Ensured that all dishes were served at the correct temperature.
  • Successfully redesigned existing inventory system, ordering and food storage practices, resulting in a 6% decrease in food waste and higher net profits.
  • Consistently exceed monthly sales goals by a minimum of 10% by training FOH staff on upselling techniques and by creating a featured food and beverage program.

PALLIATIVE CARE

Avitis Super Specialty Hospital
PALAKKAD, KERALA
06.2019 - 05.2022
  • Turned and re-positioned bedridden patients, alone or with assistance, to prevent bedsores.
  • Set up equipments with professional assistance
  • Observed patients' conditions, measuring and recording food and liquid intake and output and vital signs, and reported changes to professional staff.
  • Provided patient care by supplying and emptying bed pans, applying dressings, and supervising exercise routines.
  • Gave patients help with walking, exercising, and moving in and out of bed.
  • Bathed, groomed, shaved, dressed, and/or draped patients to prepare them for surgery, treatment, or examination.
  • Collected specimens, such as urine, feces, or sputum.
  • Prepared, served, and collected food trays. Cleaned rooms and changed linens.
  • Transported patients to treatment units, using a wheelchair or stretcher.
  • Answered patients' call signals.
  • Performed clerical duties such as processing documents and scheduling appointments.

Education

MBA - Marketing And Finance

University Canada West
Vancouver, BC
05-2024

Bachelor of Commerce With Computer Application - Commerce

PSGRKC
Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India
04-2013

Skills

  • Pain and symptom management
  • Empathy and compassion
  • Patient care
  • Meal Preparation
  • Patient lifting
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Interdisciplinary Collaboration
  • Cultural sensitivity
  • Ethical decision-making
  • Advocacy
  • Patience and resilience
  • Flexibility and adaptability

Certification

  • Hypnosis Practitioner
  • Safecheck Advanced Food Safety Certification Program
  • Coaching and developing employees
  • Serving It Right

Affiliations

  • AVITIS summer medical camp
  • Blood donation camp- Red cross society
  • Palakkad Tribal Mission BY AVITIS
  • Hearing Aid Workshop at HearCANADA

Accomplishments

  • Recognized as the best caregiver of the month (February 2025).
  • Health and Safety Compliance: Maintained perfect scores in health inspections through strict hygiene practices.
  • Established a support group for families of palliative care patients that provided essential emotional support and resources, cited by 85% of participants as highly beneficial during their loved one’s care.

Reference

  • Anusha Mathew- (672) 833-7219

Timeline

CAREGIVER

Just Like Family Home Care
10.2024 - Current

CONCESSION STAND MANAGER

Servomation-BC Place Stadium
07.2023 - Current

PALLIATIVE CARE

Avitis Super Specialty Hospital
06.2019 - 05.2022

MBA - Marketing And Finance

University Canada West

Bachelor of Commerce With Computer Application - Commerce

PSGRKC

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