Care Worker

TINOTENDA KAVU

**** ************ *, *******, ******, Zimbabwe 002*********** adx3cw@r.postjobfree.com Nationality: Zimbabwean

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Diligent health care team member with skills and training to safely support patients and assist clinical team member. Always ready to help with hygiene, mobility and cleaning needs. Works fast to stay ahead of continuous patient workload.

SKILLS

• Person-centred planning

• Risk assessment

• First aid and safety

• Patient care

• Compassionate client care

• Personal care

• Infection Prevention and Control

• Critical thinking

• Patient handling and positioning

• Excellent communication skills

• Microsodt Office (Word,Excel,Outlook,

PowerPoint)

• Catheterisation

WORK HISTORY

Nurse Aide, 08/2022 – Current

Gunhill Clinic – Harare, Zimbabwe

• Helping patients to consistently meet nutritional needs, providing eating encouragement and support to prevent malnutrition.

• Establishing turning and repositioning routine for bedridden patients that led to 60% reduction in reported bedsores.

• Operating bed hoists and transfer boards to assist patients with daily routines.

• Administering medication with rigorous planning and recordkeeping.

• Observing and documenting vital signs, promptly reporting abnormalities for monitoring.

• Documenting and reporting patient care data into electronic charts with 100% accuracy.

• Delivering practical and emotional support to patients and caregivers, enhancing quality care provisions.

• Maintaining a safe and clean working environment for patients and employees, adhering to infection- control, hazardous waste and other policies and protocols across all tasks.

• Providing incontinence care and bed baths, maintaining 100% patient dignity at all times.

• Carry out safe, secure manual handling, promoting 100% independence whilst assisting patients with mobility.

• Avoiding negative drug interactions through 100%, accurate medication reminders

• Monitoring and recording vital signs, raising causes of concern to appropriate personnel.

• Providing ongoing companionship and supportive listening to build positive rapport and help combat loneliness.

• Optimising nutrition to increase food intake, adapting to different dietary needs.

• Using moving and handling skills to facilitate safe transfers on mobility-impaired service users while promoting dignity and independence.

• Maintaining client dignity and respect throughout personal care support, including dressing, showering and toileting.

EDUCATION

GCSEs, 2021

High School - Zimbabwe

CERTIFICATIONS

• Nurse Aide Certificate -St Johns Harare

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Driving licence

• TB test

• Police clearance

• Valid passport

• IELTS UKVI

• Fully COVID vaccinated

• References available on request

• Looking for sponsorship

• Willing to relocate

HOBBIES

• Music

• Singing

• Cooking

• Swimming

LANGUAGES

English

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