Name: Siphathisiwe Mahlangu

Phone number: 071*******

Email: ad435m@r.postjobfree.com

Location: Zimbabwe

RE: Healthcare Assistant

Personal statement

Committed and compassionate healthcare assistant supported residents with mental health, learning disabilities and autistic problems to do the things they want to do, live the lives they want. Assisted clients to continue living actively in their own homes enabling them to live the way they want every day. Provided service that had proven to reduce isolation, abuse and increases social skills, communication and motivation. Believes in the transformative power of care and understands the importance of fostering a safe and nurturing environment.

Core skills

Organise. Communication Safe Patient handling

Time management. Companionship Caring

Hardworking Dedicated Oral care

Caring Computer literacy Dementia care

Stoma care Continence care Computer literacy.

Dementia care Disability care Safeguarding

Patient care. Housekeeping. Care plans

First Aid and CPR Catheter Care

Work Experience

Entumbane Medical and Dental Centre

Healthcare Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities

Adopted a person-centred approach, ensuring the best possible support for each service user, providing a service specific to the needs of the individual, giving them a sense of permanence, security, and genuine unhurried commitment.

Provided assistance with personal tasks such as undressing, bathing, toileting and repositioning of bedridden patients Professionally communicated with patients' family members in order to provide them with feedback.

Being sensitive to service users’ needs and expectations by encouraging their full participation and integration into the community, aiding them to develop daily living skills and activities of daily living to promote independence and choice.

Accepted challenging and disruptive behaviours and, as far as possible, channel these into positive avenues, and to remain committed to non-aversive methods of managing and reducing such behaviours.

Enabled service users to have access to a wide variety of individual and group activities, both in their home and in the local community, maximising their occupational, vocational and leisure potential.

Old people’s home

Healthcare Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities

Provide personal care and support to residents, assisting with activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, and toileting.

Support residents with mobility needs, using appropriate equipment and techniques to ensure their safety and comfort.

Assist with feeding and ensure that residents’ nutritional needs are met, following dietary requirements and preferences.

Observe and report any changes in residents’ physical or mental health to the relevant healthcare professionals.

Jairos Jiri

Healthcare Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities

Completed care documentation and monitored patient progress to achieve up-to-date records.

Demonstrated consistent respect and privacy for care users, maintaining dignity irrespective of circumstance.

Vigilantly monitored changes in physical and mental health, reporting deterioration to senior carers for urgent attention.

Improved service users' daily lives through compassionate conversation, empathetic care and community socialisation.

Ensured safe, secure living conditions for service users, reducing risk and enhancing quality of life.

Achievements

Improved and enhanced at least 25 residents' quality of life, while maintaining their independence and privacy.

Recruited, coached, and guided 30 staff that worked on rolling shift patterns on alternate weekends and holidays.

Increased operational efficiency by 16% due to promoting the home's image through excellent communication, appropriate behaviour, and professional appearance.

Hobbies

Baking

Reading

Playing darts

Available additional requirements

Tb test

Police clearance

Valid passport

Driver's license class 2

Covid 19 vaccine 3 doses

References available upon request.

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