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Care Coordinator Staff Nurse

Location:
Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Posted:
May 06, 2023

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CONTACT

P. O. Box AD*** Cape Coast

Ghana, West Africa

+233*********

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

Ghanaian

Date of Birth

7th April, 1991.

Occupation

Registered General Nurse

SKILLS

• Problem Solving

• Good Communication Skills

• Work Under pressure

• Strong Working Ethics

• Critical Thinking

• Ability to Work in a Team

• Good interpersonal Relation.

• External Communication

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Highly motivated, detail oriented, with the ability to operate in a fast paced environment. Proven ability to problem solves through solid critical thinking, management, and analytical skills. Possess strong communication skills with the ability to manage workflow. Obtain employment using clinical skills and opportunity for advancement.

WORK HISTORY

EMPLOYMENT DATE December 2021 – Present.

NAME OF HOSPITAL Ankaful Chps Compound

RANK ON Senior Staff Nurse (Facility In-Charge)

DUTIES

• Participating in the comprehensive assessment of each patient as assigned.

• Determining the patient is clinic appropriate, documenting to patient's terminality establishing and maintaining an individualized plan of care.

• Attending interdisciplinary group meetings, staff meetings, and committee meetings as assigned.

• Providing information to the family as to the health status of the patient routinely, and in times of significant change in condition.

• On-call responsibility in conjunction with other nursing staff through call rotation schedule and in accordance with response time requirements.

• Actively seeking ways to develop professionally by pursuing expertise in hospice nursing care, continuing education and mandatory in-services.

• Performing other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the patient care coordinator.

• Responsible for delegating appropriate tasks to, and supervision of IPNs and CNAs.

• Responsible for documentation in compliance with Medicare, Medicaid, VA, and private insurance guidelines.

• Performing management and evaluation of patient/caregiver ability to manage patient's care per established plan of care.

• To provide professional nursing care to patients by planning, implementing and evaluating patient care plans to improve health outcomes.

• Oversee the administration of drugs eg. Oral, intravenous, subcutaneous, rectal and topical and monitoring effects.

• Monitoring of vital signs (Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, Blood pressure, Oxygen saturation). Oxygen administration and suctioning.

• Maintain a safe and therapeutic patient care environment.

• Documentation and reporting on patients in critical condition.

• Bed making- Simple unoccupied bed, Admission bed, Cardiac bed.

• Maintaining patient personal hygiene including oral care, bed bath, serving of bedpan, Colostomy care and Catheter care.

• Feeding critically ill patients and providing assisted feeding. Sandra Atakora

EMPLOYMENT DATE June 2022 – September 2022.

NAME OF HOSPITAL Academy of Christ The King Senior High School RANK ON Senior Staff Nurse (School Infirmary Nurse) DUTIES

• Overseeing the health of students in the classroom.

• Assisting class on school outings and providing first aid when necessary, monitoring for student seizure activity, administering medications of students, and taking care of students who require assistance with toileting and eating meals and snacks.

• Assisting teachers with counselling students with health issues.

• Assisting other paraprofessionals in classroom.

• Provided outstanding health care to many students, assisted in educating many students, enjoyed time with students on outings in the community such as inter-community athletics competitions Both Regional and National, recess and making crafts in art.

• Skills Used Patience, understanding, observation and reaction when needed in an emergency situation, discussion with principal as needed for student care and monitoring. EMPLOYMENT DATE February 2021 – December 2021.

NAME OF HOSPITAL Adisadel Urban Health Centre

RANK ON Senior Staff Nurse

DUTIES

• To provide professional nursing care to patients by planning, implementing and evaluating patient care plans to improve health outcomes.

• Promoting the rights of patients and maintaining their privacy and dignity of patients.

• Administration of drugs eg. Oral, intravenous, subcutaneous, rectal and topical and monitoring effects.

• Monitoring of vital signs (Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, Blood pressure, Oxygen saturation). Oxygen administration and suctioning.

• Documentation and reporting on patients in critical condition.

• Bed making- Simple unoccupied bed, Admission bed, Cardiac bed.

• Maintaining patient personal hygiene including oral care, bed bath, serving of bedpan, Colostomy care and Catheter care.

• Feeding critically ill patients and providing assisted feeding.

• Dressing minor and major wounds under strict aseptic technique. EMPLOYMENT DATE June 2016 – January 2021.

NAME OF HOSPITAL St Luke Catholic Hospital (Apam)

RANK ON Staff Nurse

DUTIES

• Emergency triaging and coding accurately

• Assisting patient in self-care activities.

• Undertake assessment, planning and implementation of interventions for addressing patient care problems.

• Evaluate patient responses to interventions and modify plans as needed.

• Feeding critically ill patient eg. Oral, nasogastric or parenteral feeding.

• Administration of drugs eg. Oral, intravenous, subcutaneous, rectal and topical and monitoring effects.

• Oxygen administration and nebulization of patient.

• Carrying simple wound dressing.

• Admission of patients in emergency cases and directed the transferring of patients to other wards.

• Preparation of patient for diagnostic procedures.

• Documentation and reporting on critically ill patient. EMPLOYMENT DATE September 2014 – August 2015.

NAME OF HOSPITAL Our Lady of Grace Hospital (Esikumah) RANK ON Staff Nurse

During this period, I was deployed to Hohoe Government Hospital for one year (1) attachment. This is part of the National induction service, which is also a prerequisite for employment by the Ministry of Health. I worked on a rotational schedule in various departments (medical ward, surgical ward, emergency unit/theatre, outpatients’ department, public health unit, Obstetrics and gynaecology unit and psychiatry) of the Hospital for familiarization. I completed the induction process with assessment and was moved to my current post following a successful interview conducted.

DUTIES

• Undertake and demonstrate nursing tasks in the best interest of patient care and professional standard.

• Washing and bathing

• Bed making eg: simple unoccupied bed, cardia bed, admission bed, etc.

• Feeding eg: oral, nasogastric feeding and using adequate nutritional intake for patients in liaison with the dietician

EDUCATION

Diploma: Registered General Nurse

Nursing and Midwifery Training College – Cape Coast WASSCE: Certificate In General Science

Swedru Secondary School

REFERECE

Cynthia Asante

Senior Staff Nurse

Cape Coast Teaching Hospital

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

Tel: +233*********

Mrs. Esther Abraham

Principal Nursing Officer

Adisadel Urban Health Centre

+233(0)242004673

Catherine Odetsi

Senior Nursing Officer

St. Luke Catholic Hospital

+233(0)540774664



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