Sharon Shelter Mazhandu: Caregiver/Nurse Aide

Telephone: 002***********

Email: ad30ch@r.postjobfree.com

Location: Zimbabwe

Profile

A kind person who values having others' trust in them to take care of them. I naturally have

the ability to improve the quality of other people's lives and can collaborate with others in a

demanding job. I strive to be kind and compassionate in all I do, and I am interested in working

in an environment where the work is both hard and gratifying.

Skills and Attributes

• Good communication and interpersonal skills

• Patient care and care plan assessment

• Able to use initiative and imagination

• Able to follow instructions and prioritise a busy workload

• Flexible and adaptable

• First Aid & CPR

• Dementia Care

Work Experience

Care Assistant April 2022 – Present

Zimbabwe Leaf Tobacco (Health Department) Harare, Zimbabwe

Job Summary

Work under the supervision of registered nurses to provide basic care to patients and help

them with daily activities they might have trouble doing on their own

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public

spaces.

• Maintaining clean personal areas and prepared healthy meals to support client

nutritional needs.

• Monitoring client vital signs, administering medications, and tracking behaviours to

keep healthcare supervisor well-informed.

• helping patients with eating, repositioning bedridden patients, and taking a patient's

vital signs

• Changing dressings, bandages, and binders to maintain proper healing and sanitary

measures.

• Planning, preparing, and serving meals and snacks according to prescribed diets

Nurse Aide November 2021 – March 2022

Chitungwiza Central Hospital Harare

Job Summary

The main focus was to provide care and support to the elderly people who had long term

sickness by ensuring that they were as comfortable as possible

Key Responsibilities:

• Bathing, foot massage and clothing of the patient.

• Assisted with patient transfer and ambulation

• Changing nappies.

• Feeding and assisting during toilet time.

• Bed making. Assisting the client from wheelchair to bed.

• Administering medication as prescribed by the doctor.

• Managing the schedule and keep the client as active as possible.

• Offering emotional and physical support.

• Preparing meals and assisted with feeding

Care Assistant November 2020 – October 2021

Private client Harare

Job Summary

The main focus was to provide care and support to an elderly family member when she

had long term sickness by ensuring she was as comfortable as possible

Key Responsibilities:

• Assisting with personal care, bathing and dressing.

• Providing emotional support and companionship.

• Preparing balanced meals.

• Administering medication

• Bed making and linen changing.

Education and Training

• Community Based Healthcare Certificate - Red Cross Society 2021

• Nurse Aid Certificate - Red Cross Society 2021

• Advanced First Aid & CPR - Red Cross Society 2021

• UKVI IELTS General Overall Band 6.5

References

Available upon request

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