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Care Assistant Healthcare

Location:
Gaborone, Botswana
Posted:
August 15, 2022

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Resume:

CURRICULUM VITAE

THOKOZANI I. MATIKITI

Date of birth: 24/08/1974

Country: Botswana

Ethnic: Black African

Religion: Christianity

Sex: Female

Marital status: Single

Language: English and Setswana

WhatsApp Number: +267********

Email address: ***.*.********@*****.***

& **********@*****.***

OBJECTIVES

To utilize my previous gained knowledge, skills experience,within the environment for professional competence and growth of operations in the care role. EDUCATION BACKGROUND

National Learning Resources Centre

Programme : Health and Social care (NVQ 1&2)

TRAINING

Mandatory care courses

Principles of care and organizational core values. The organization and role of the worker

Rights and responsibilities of the individual

Maintaining safety and security at work

Communicating, responding and reporting abuse and neglect Introduction to first aid,food hygiene, infection control,fire safety and medication Practical and theoretical moving and handling

Safe guarding of vulnerable adults

Safe handling techniques and back care.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Name of the employer : Anchor Trust Alternatives Health and Domicillary Care Agency & Plan Personnel Domicillary Care Agency

Duration: 2007-2009

Position Held: Domicillary care assistant

Duties

Recording patients documents tasks

Feeding the fragile patients

Reporting to the in charge officer on duty any effect observations Assisting clients with learning disabilities e.g blind, deaf, crippled walking using crutches and pushing wheelchairs

Working with social services workers, nurses and doctors Visiting service users door to door in their respective homes to apply the care plan Dealing with old aged suffering from dementia disorder and Alzheimer’s Caring and building confidence well-being and independence of the clients Providing personal care e.g bathing and dressing up Administration of medication

Changing continence pads with cleaning intimate areas Domestic work according to the care plan of the service users Taking care of patients who suffered from stroke

Assisting patients bedridden practice manual handling by using hoist taking clients out of bed to the chair and putting to bed.

Assisting with toileting,empties commode and putting service users to bed Prepare and serve breakfast, lunch supper and drinks Change bedding and make laundry

Collect funds and do shopping

Name of the employer: Panache Professional Solutions Duration: 2010-2011

Position held:Support worker

Duties

Providing personal care e.g bed bath,bathing and showering Working routine rota morning,afternoon and double shifts Administration of medication

Dealing with cancer and stroke patients

Assisting with toileting

Empties stoma bag, catheter and commode

Oral hygiene

Support with shaving

Using peg tube for feeding patients unable to feed through mouth Worked in an old aged residential homes, nursing homes and children with mental health residential homes

Reporting to the in charge officer on duty any effect observations

Name of the employer: There4 U Adults Care

Duration:2018-2022

Position held:healthcare assistant

Duties

Checking of vital signs on patients

Administration of medication

Recording patients documents tasks

Feeding the fragile patients

Providing personal care e.g changing of the diapers and bed wash Observing blood pressure

Checking on pulse rate

Observing temperature

Empties catheter,commode and stoma bag

Working with patients using peg tube for feeding unable to feed through mouth Caring for the discharged patients from the hospital who need special care (live in care) Disinfecting and dressing pressure sores

Providing holistic care to the patients in the center Oral hygiene

WORKING EXPERIENCE

A minimum of three years and 6months experience working in a caring role at United Kingdom and four years and some months in my country Botswana, with learning disabled taking care of discharged patients from the hospital,admitted patients in nursing homes.Worked taking care of old aged with dementia and Alzheimer’s, clients who suffered of Parkinson’s,respite,convalescence, multiple sclerosis, cancer and children with mental health issues etc . Treating the service users with dignity and respect involving them in all decisions when taking personal care. Knowledge of using computer Microsoft word and spreadsheet. PERSONAL SKILLS

Ability to work under pressure

Team work

Loving, caring and hardworking

Respect and confidence

Patience and kind

Ability to communicate fluently in English and writing Ability to work in a challenging weather very cold Confidentiality

RECOMMENDATION REFERENCE

Nikki

Coordinator

Panache Professional Solutions Nursing and Care Agency Resource House,8a

High street, Epsom

Surrey, KT 19 8 AD

United Kingdom

Email: *****@***********.**.**

Tel:+44-084********

Mr Desmond Edgar

Senior Carer

*******@******************.***

Tel +44-758*******

Mrs Chawa Enyatseng

Registered Managing Director/Nurse

There4 U Adult Care

Plot no. 3283

P.O . Box 80409

Gaborone, Botswana

Tel+267******** / 3901546

Email: ************@*****.***



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