VERAH KARASI NYAMENGI

Health care assistant

Nationality: Kenyan

Gender: Female

Tel: +254*********

Email: adxw8p@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE STAEMENT

A compassionate and experienced health care assistant with over ten years working experience, worked in a hospital setting confident and competent in providing personal care to all age groups. I am well versed in monitoring patient vital signs, cleaning the patients’ environment, assisting patients in performing the activities of daily living, quick at responding to emergencies, in line with professional standards. I am a team player and gets along with other team players, I am well organized committed and reliable, I am also eager to learn and adjust well under any circumstance hence achieving the best practice, standards, protocols and client satisfaction, always looking forward to work in a challenging environment to offer my services. WORKING EXPERIENCE

1st Feb 2021 to date: Duration:

Hospital:

Hospital bed capacity:

Position:

2years 4 months

Mbagathi Teaching and Refferal hospital

410

Health care assitant

Roles anad responsibilities;

Assessing patients plan of care daily.

Aiding with movement of the patient e, g transferring the patient in and out of bed using appropriate equipment.

Recording bookings for medical appointments.

Helping in the activities of daily living e, g bathing, grooming, serving meals, helping to feed those who are unable, toileting among others.

Preparing and feeding nutritious meals to patients. Proving companionship for the patients by taking time to talk and listen to them. Ensuring the patients environment is tidy at all times. Adhering to set professional standards in order to provide quality healthcare to patients. Delivering repots to case managers and reviewing any important changes in the patients’ condition. Attending continuous medical education (CME’s) sessions whenever they are organized so as to learn and be updated on the latest medical practices. Making the patients feel comfortable by talking to them and their relatives and reassuring them. Making the patients beds, assisting the with bed pans for relieving themselves and ensuring they are clean and comfortable after.

Setting up and arranging equipment required for procedures by healthcare professionals. Assisting in ensuring that supplies and medical equipment are replenished by checking and ordering as required, when necessary.

Observing, monitoring and recording patient’s conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations and weight.

Communicating to patients about their symptoms and needs and reporting their changes or concerns to other members of the patient care team to gain support where needed. Assisting in administration of medication as per the hospital policies and procedures November 2019 –

January 2021

Duration:

Hospital:

Hospital bed capacity:

Position:

1 year 3months

Namunyak medical clinic, Kajiado

100

Health care assistant

Roles and responsibilities;

Served and helped to feed patients.

Assissted with maintainig personal hygiene by helping the patient use the toilet, bathed brushed their hair and teeth and dressed them.

Made patients beds.

Helped patients with moving around making use of several assistive devices. Monitored patients conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations and weight. Assissted with the sterilization of equipments.

Assissted in health promotion by educating the patients, care-takers and families. Communicated to patients about their symptoms and needs, reporting changes or concerns to other members of the patient’s care team.

House keeping duties such as cooking cleaning and washing clothes and dishes and running errands.

Ensured that patients received their medication on time. Assissted patients with physical therapy exercises. Provided emotional support to the patients

Informed physicians / supervisors about uncommon events. Acted quickly and responsibly in cases of emegency. Supporting the nurses and doctors during routine procedures such as dressing changes, catheterization and wound care or more complex procedures such as surgery undr the supervision of a licensed professional.

Maintained patient records, eg accurate reading of vital signs, medication administration and other important information about the oatients condition while maitaining patient confidentiality at all times.

Ensured patient comfort and safety.

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

January 2009 –

december 2013:

GEKONGE SECONDARY HIGH SCHOOL

Kenya certificate of secndary school education (KCSE) January 2000 –

December 2008:

GEKONGE PRIMARY SCHOOL

Kenya certificate of primary school education (KCPE) OTHER PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS / AWARDS

18TH March 2022: KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Quality improvement training for healthcare professionals 9TH June 2023 NATIONAL RESCUCITATION COUNCIL OF KENYA Basic life support

ENGLISH PROFICIENCY

Test type: IELTS Academic

Test date: 11/05/2023

Overall score: 6.0

Speaking: 6.0

Listening: 6.0

Reading: 5.0

Writing: 6.0

REFEREES

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