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Program Officer Healthcare Assistant

Location:
Lusaka, Zambia
Posted:
March 19, 2023

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COLLINS NUNDWE

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Healthcare Assistant

PROFILE

A conscientious, polite and hard-working Healthcare Assistant who has a friendly and caring attitude, and who fully understands and respects people who need healthcare support. Collins is able to professionally execute all of His duties in a polite, efficient and patient focused manner. He is a real team player who will always contribute to what is going on around His. Further His more, He possesses the required inter- personal and communication skills needed to work in partnership with nurses, medical staff, patients and relatives. Right now, He is looking for a suitable position with an ambitious and reputable employer that wants to recruit the most talented people around.

CAREER

Healthcare Assistant

Responsibilities;

Assist patients with basic hygiene activities.

Administer medication to patients, and also intravenous insertions for emergency drugs.

Taking vital signs and reporting findings to superiors

Sterilize medical equipment

Catheterization of bed ridden patients

Keeping patient records in order and up-to-date

Work closely without His medical professionals such as nurses, physicians.

Attending staff meetings when appropriate and required to.

Escorting patients between departments.

Measuring a patients body temperature, pulse rate and respiration

Kapiri District Hospital Sep 2021 – Mar 2022

Internship.

Responsibilities;

Ensure the clients bed is well done and clean

Provide full baths and bed baths

Feeding of the patient

Administering medication prescribed by the family doctor on time.

Providing body massage for example on the face,

hands and feet.

Lusaka, Zambia.

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EDUCATION

Kabwe College of health Sciences 2019 - 2022

Diploma in General Clinical Medicine

Lukanda Secondary School

General Certificate of Education 2010

Hilltop Secondary School

General Certificate of Education 2011 - 2012

Chizongwe Technical Secondary School

General Certificate of Education 2013 - 2015

Adult T.B / HIV Management.

Certificate 2022

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Administering medication

Basic life support

Companion care

Continence promotion

Direct patient care

Dressing patients

Health & safety

Health promotion

Housekeeping

Infection control

Making beds

Personal care

Records management

Serving meals

Sterilising equipment

Taking blood samples

Toileting

Transporting

Washing patients

Personal care

Person-centred support

Relationship building

Social care

Time management

Verbal communication

COLLINS NUNDWE

CV

Healthcare Assistant

Shopping of medical supplies before they run out, for example drugs,gloves, orthopedic pillows

Diaper change and full body examinations.

Turning the patient

Providing support by singing, reading books, and sharing stories.

Nov 2021 – Feb 2022

Home Based Care for a Family

Responsibilities;

Focused on individualized, compassionate home based care, palliative care and institutional health care support to clients and some of the roles included;

Changing dirty sheets and linen

Two hourly bed turns to avoided deceits ulceration for bedridden clients

Helping patients to undertake personal tasks including washing, showering and using the toilet.

Feeding the clients by nasal gastric routes, via stomas or mouth.

Help patients move around their environment, making them feel comfortable in their own homes.

Talking to the clients to ease loneliness.

Patient records and vital signs.

SUCCESS & ACHIEVEMENTS

IELTS UKVI ACADEMIC BAND 5.5

REFERENCES

Available upon request

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Able to work alongside other professionals.

Always adhering to all relevant medical policies, guidelines and procedures.

Comfortable making sometimes difficult decisions.

Committed to my own professional development and pre- pared to learn new skills and update my qualifications when necessary.

Comply with any regulatory and statutory obligations.

Excellent communicator who is sympathetic and sensitive to the needs of the clients and their families.

Experience of working in hospitals, doctors' surgeries and community settings.

Indepth understanding of patient confidentiality issues and laws.

Knowledge of how to operate medical equipment.

Presenting a professional image appropriate to the working environment.

Respecting a patient’s dignity, privacy, wiHes and beliefs. PERSONAL SKILLS

Personal care

First aid and hygiene

Meal preparations

Health and safety

Patient communication

Flexible and adaptable to cope with different situations & solve problems

Positive outlook and work attitude

Ability to address and solve problems

Good in English including speaking, writing and listening



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