Echezona Lordoscar OKORO Caregiver

Address: Enugu State, Nigeria.

Tel: +234********** Email: ad0gru@r.postjobfree.com PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Compassionate, observant, person-centred, focused Caregiver with over 1 year experience. Confident, well mannered, enthusiastic and adept at working with all ages and demographics of people. Confident in safeguarding and have a passion for caring for patients/residents while maintaining their privacy and dignity. Skilled in assisting with Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and documentation. Extensive knowledge of health care services/standards and its application. Experience in taking care of vulnerable adults and the elderly suffering from dementia and Parkinson’s disease, including those with different mental and physical disabilities. Dedicated to providing personal care needs on a one-on-one basis to vulnerable adults in a way that respects their dignity and promotes their independence. Trained in personal hygiene support, housekeeping, awareness of equality, diversity and Human Rights, safe guarding, first aid and Basic Life Support. I have applied the 6 C’s of nursing in my various roles. I am in good physical, emotional and mental state and can take adequate care of patients under my care. I have undertaken a range of workplace training courses in health, safety and care management.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Elderly patient care Patient rehabilitation Dementia care Moving and handling Reporting skills Residential care Shopping Trips Creating care plans Reliability Infection control and maintenance of aseptic technique PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Good communication skills Leadership skills Good initiative Empathetic and caring Good team player Respectful Emotionally strong Taking and recording observations Good listener Domestic help Effective time management skills Patience Good personal hygiene Room preparation Critical thinking skills Organizational skills

COURSES ATTENDED

2023 – Understand Your Role

2023 – Your Personal Development

2023 – Duty of Care

2023 – Equality and Diversity

2023 – Work in a Person-Centered Way

2023 – Privacy and Dignity

2023 – Fluids and Nutrition

2023 – Awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disabilities 2023 – Safeguarding Children

2023 – Safeguarding Adult

2023 – Health and Safety

2023 – handling information

2023 – Communication

2023 – Infection, Prevention and Control

2023 – Basic Life Support

CORE VALUES

Patience, Humor, Detail Oriented, Cooperative, Compassion, Caring, Competence, Courageous, Commitment, Communication, Discipline, Attentiveness, Trustworthiness, Dependability, Flexibility WORK EXPERIENCE

2022 - PRESENT

Tabitha Home Care Service, Kwara State, Nigeria.

Designation: Caregiver

Reported, recoded of any changes or matters for concern. Updated daily patients record sheets. Assisted with bathing, oral care, showering, dressing and undressing, routine hair care and supporting clients with general appearance. Monitored and observed patient’s health, safety and welfare. Helped with toileting, emptying of commodes or catheter bags, changing and disposal of incontinence pads. Assisted patients with taking medication prescribed by the physicians, recording dosage and time taken. Carried out any domestic duties as designated in the patients support plan, such as, bed making, washing-up, dusting, laundry and general cleaning and tidying. Key Achievements:

● Promoted positive community engagements, medical appointments, mobility assistance and meaningful social interaction with effective communication to identify and address linguistic differences amongst service users.

● Provided personal care such as bathing/showering/bed baths, light cleaning, feeding, toileting/ support with hygienic use of bedpan, oral hygiene and grooming.

● Accurately completed assignments and general duties which increased overall efficiency by 20%.

● Monitored patients’ vital signs such as patients’ temperatures, blood pressure, pulse, respirations and weight to measure effectiveness of treatment.

● Worked to improve patients' outlook and daily living through empathetic care, engaged in exercise activities that boosted their quick recovery

● Charted daily observations, mobility activity and eating percentages to aid continued client assessment. Optimized the reporting template which minimized errors in reporting by 20%

● Prepared healthy meals and adhered to meal plans tailored to boost eating habits and appetites of patients by 50% EQUIPMENTS HANDLED: Thermometers, Wheelchairs, Sphygmomanometer, Glucometers etc. 2018 – 2022

Goodwill Survey Services, Enugu State, Nigeria.

Designation: Site Manager

• Ensured process discipline on site and assigned site teams based on project requirments to ensure contract requirements are met.

• Executed and monitored project performance in all areas including cost, schedule, technical advisory services, Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) and quality.

• Ensured high and constant Quality of manufacturing products.

• Ensured optimizing working capital without influencing production capability and flexibility.

• Monitored and managed non-responders, repeat services calls, multiple rescheduled appointments and past open work orders.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA.

B.Sc., Geoinformatics and Surveying 2004 – 2010

REFERENCES

Available on request.