Alison Downing

Personal Support Worker

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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Timeline
About me
Patient Flow Manager at Nova Scotia Health
Education
- Registered Nurses Professional Development Centre (RNPDC)
  2016 - 2016
  Emergency Nursing Program
- University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT)
  2009 - 2014
  Bachelor's Degree Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  Activities and Societies: UOIT/DC Nursing Community Executive Team
- Belle River District High School
  2005 - 2009
  Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD)
Experience
- Private Home Care
  Sept 2010 - Feb 2013
  Personal Support Worker
  -Provide complete personal care in a professional manner for young female adult living with physical disability
- Step by Step Learning, Care & Respite
  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014
  Respite Worker
  -Visit various clients in the community to provide respite care to families including older adults and youth living with developmental/ autism-spectrum disorders
- St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
  Aug 2014 - Aug 2015
  Registered Nurse
  -Complex Continuing Care unit-providing care for patients requiring long term mechanical ventilation-working with interprofessional team members in a multidisciplinary care setting-providing care for various health care streams including palliative and bariatric patient populations
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
  Feb 2015 - Aug 2015
  Registered Nurse
  Complex Mental Illness (CMI) Program - Forensic Assessment & Triage Unit (FATU)-providing care for clients admitted under the Ontario Review Board (ORB) or judicial order-working with clients undergoing fitness testing, court assessments, and treatment orders-medium-secure inpatient setting
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
  Aug 2015 - now
  Emergency Department RN including triage and trauma areasPsychiatric Emergency Services RN working as consult service in the ED Vascular & General Surgery Inpatient Unit/ Intermediate Care Unit (IMCU)
  - Patient Flow Manager
    Jul 2020 - now
  - Registered Nurse
    Sept 2016 - now
  - Registered Nurse
    Aug 2015 - Sept 2016
Licenses & Certifications
- Registered Nurse
  College of Registered Nurses of NS
  Sept 2015
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
  LivingWorks
  Jun 2013
- Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) Training
  Safe Guard
  Jun 2012
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)
  Heart and Stroke Foundation
  Jan 2015
- Registered Nurse
  College of Nurses of Ontario
  Aug 2014
  View certificate
- Gentle Persuasive Approach (GPA) Training
  Advanced Gerontological Education Inc.
  Nov 2014
- RNAO Smoking Cessation Workshop Completion
  Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO)
  Jan 2014
- Prevention and Management of Aggressive Behaviour (PMAB)
  Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
  Apr 2015
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ALCS)
  Heart and Stroke Foundation
  May 2015
- Pinel Restraint Training
  Nova Scotia Health Authority
  Oct 2015
Volunteer Experience
- Light the Night Walk 2013 Team Captain
  Issued by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on Oct 2013
  Associated with Alison Downing
- OneMatch Get Swabbed University Challenge - Volunteer Team Member
  Issued by Canadian Blood Services on Nov 2011
  Associated with Alison Downing
- Event Coordinator and Team Captain
  Issued by Canadian Blood Services on Sept 2013
  Associated with Alison Downing
- Distress Centre Durham (DCD) Volunteer Helpline Worker
  Issued by Distress Centres Ontario on Feb 2012
  Associated with Alison Downing
- OneMatch Get Swabbed University Challenge - Event Coordinator and Team Captain
  Issued by Canadian Blood Services on Sept 2012
  Associated with Alison Downing
- Light the Night Walk 2012 Team Captain
  Issued by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on Mar 2012
  Associated with Alison Downing