TAWANDA WATAMBWA

Address: ***** **** * ****, ***********.

EMAIL: adyxf8@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: +263********* or +263*********

OBJECTIVE

To work as a health care assistant or a Senior caregiver providing competent, consistent, confidential, compassionate care to the young, old, incapacitated and vulnerable, by pursuing a rigorous and regular skills update of person oriented service which is reliable as well culture sensitive service, whilst avoiding legal issues against my employer and my person.

EXPERIENCE

2022 February to November: Homebased Carer to My Wife who had pregnancy complications, suffered loss of a neonate and had a preterm baby as well as post delivery complications. Assistance During Pregnancy covered: household chores, cooking,washing as well as counselling and emotional support to alleviate fears of breach complications and having twins growing inside her. After delivery: assisted with neonatal care for preterm babies which included, creating and maintaining a warm environment, decontamination of reusable feeding aides preparing formula milk for the baby, washing and clothing the baby, as well as preparing meals for the mother who was exhausted and weak after delivering.

And lastly providing counselling for the grieving mother after the loss of twin 2. Pacific 24 hour hospital December 1 2021 -31 March 2022 . HOSPITAL ATTACHMENT AS ATRAINEE Health care Assistant: wound care, preparing and serving food, bed making, bathing patients who could not take baths on their own, taking vital observations, managing and care of patients in assigned wards, assisting patients with mobility problems, assisting incontinent patients through providing bed pans, urinal bottles, catheter care, slucing, management and care of bed ridden patients, charting, errands for patients, counselling, damp dusting and laundry, escorting patients to radiology, attending to emergencies and other duties assigned. Worked in the labour ward, kitchen, laundry, casualty section, isolation wards and vip wards.

2021 August Home based Caregiver for for my sibling who suffered from acute meningitis, heat stroke and could no longer perform activities of daily living for himself. I Assisted with the following: Bed-bath, 2

management of heat Stroke, feeding, helping him in Elimination, catheter care, and taking him to hospital for medical procedures AS well as performing the Last office when he died. ADDITIONAL WORKING EXPERIENCE: PASTORAL CARE 2004 -PRESENT WORKING WITH FOUNTAIN OF LIFE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES AS A PASTOR . DUTIES INCLUDE: COUNSELLING,

HOME VISITS TO THE SICK.

TEACHING

PREACHING

GENERAL Church ADMIN.

NB My pastoral training accorded me the opportunity to study world religions, anthropology and sociology thus enabling me to work in a cross-cultural environment very well. EDUCATION

GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION ORDINARY LEVEL CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY NOVEMBER 1995

8 PASSES : ENGLISH LANGUAGE :C

RELIGIOUS STUDIES: A

HISTORY :C

GEOGRAPHY :B

SHONA :C

SCIENCE :A

COMMERCE :B

MATHS :C

GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION ADVANCED LEVEL

November 1999

Two ADVANCED LEVEL PASSES : GEOGRAPHY : C

ACCOUNTING: C

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STRENGTHS: HIGHLY COMPETENT

VERY COMPASSIONATE

RELIABLE

COMMITTED TO PATIENT CARE

DEDICATED TO DUTY

VERY OBSERVANT

QUICK TO LEARN AND ADAPT TO CHALLENGING SITUATIONS FRIENDLY BUT VERY FIRM.

RESPECTS PATIENT’S RIGHTS

DILEGENT.

PROFESSIONAL IN EXECUTION OF DUTIES

TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

COMMUNITY BASED HEALTH CARE CERTIFICATE WITH THE

ZIMBABWEA RED CROSS SOCIETY :

COURSES COVERED: PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

NUTRITION AND FOOD PREPARATION, PRESERVATION AND SERVING ETIQUETTE BASIC FIRST AID:

MANAGEMENT OF CHOKING

MANAGEMENT OF CARDIAC ARREST

MANAGEMENT OF WOUNDS

MANAGEMENT OF NOSE BLEEDING

MANAGEMENT OF EAR BLEEDING

MANAGEMENT OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS

MANAGEMENT OF BURNS AND SCALDS

MANAGEMENT OF FRACTURES

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MANAGEMENT OF POISONING

MANAGEMENT OF DISLOCATION AND SPRAINS

MANAGEMENT OF FAINTING.

ACCIDENT PREVENTION

TRIAGE AND EVACUATION OF CASUALTIES

HOME NURSING:

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A CAREGIVER

THE SCOPE OF HOMEBASED CARER

SICK ROOM MANAGEMENT

INFECTION CONTROL

BED MAKING

BED BATH

ORAL CARE

MONITORING EXCRETA (ELIMINATION)

TAKING VITAL OBSERVATIONS,

DIET AND FEEDING OF A PATIENT

FEEDING A HELPLESS PATIENT

MEDICINE.

GERIATRICS CARE ( CARE FOR THE ELDERLY)

SHROUDING/ last office.

MOTHER AND CHILD CARE

PREGNANCY,

ANTENATAL CARE

PREPARATION FOR DELIVERY .

PREPARING THE LABOUR ROOM

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BIRTH OF A BABY

NEONATAL CARE

POST NATAL CARE

CHILD NUTRITION

IMMUNISATION

BABY BATHING

DEHYDRATION IN CHILDREN

FAMILY PLANNING

CERTIFICATE IN NURSE AIDE SUBJECT COVERED :

INTRODUCTION TO NURSING.

PATIENT’S CHARTER ( DOCUMENT CONTAINING PATIENT RIGHTS) CLINICAL SERVICES

INFECTION CONTROL

SICK ROOM MANAGEMENT

DAMP DUSTING

BED MAKING

PATIENT’S TOILET,

BED BATH

DECUBITUS ULCERS

ORAL CARE

PATIENT OBSERVATIONS

PATIENT FEEDING

WOUND CARE

CATHETER CARE

BASIC PHARMACOLOGY

NURSING AN UNCONSCIOUS PATIENT

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TURNING A PATIENT

COMMUNICATION

DOCUMENTATING

COUNSELLING

MOBILITY

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS

MATERNAL HEALTH CARE

GERIATRICS CARE

CERTIFICATE IN ADVANCED FIRST AID

SCOPE OF FIRST AID

ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

CHEST INJURIES

CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

SKELETON

NERVOUS SYSTEM

INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM

FOREIGN OBJECTS

ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES

GASTRO INTESTINAL SYSTEM

DIARRHOEA

CHOLERA

POISONING

SNAKE BITES

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

MULTI CASUALTIES

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COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

EMERGENCY CHILD BIRT

CURRENT STUDIES: DIPLOMA IN CAREGIVING WITH ALISON SUBJECTS COVERED :

FUNDAMENTALS OF CAREGIVING

FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS IN CAREGIVING

INFECTIONS, NUTRITION AND FOOD SAFETY

EMERGENCIES, FALLS, AND FIRE SAFETY

UNDERSTANDING DEMENTIA

COURSES YET TO BE COVERED:

INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF DEMENTIA CARE.

And two more other SUBJECTS

REFERENCES : SISTER IN CHARGE: SISTER T.MAFURA

PACIFIC 24HR HOSPITAL

Cell: +263*********

Email: adyxf8@r.postjobfree.com

Character and working disposition reference

BISHOP AMOS MILTON CHANIWA

FOUNTAIN OF LIFE MINISTRIES

No. 58 Greengroove Avenue

Greendale Harare.

Email: adyxf8@r.postjobfree.com

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1. ACHIEVEMENT: BEST PERFORMING ATTACHEE AT PACIFIC 24HR HOSPITAL 1 December2021 to 31 March 2022

2 . ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. I would like to appreciate the Red Cross Society of Zimbabwe for the invaluable, life- saving training they offered me, as well as Alison for boosting and bolstering the CAREGIVING knowledge and the knowhow I had already acquired. Alison gave me an updated version of care information especially in DEMENTIA and care for the Elderly. I also wish to thank The Pacific Family Pacific 24 hour hospital for practical exposure and training, especially during doctor’s rounds, minor and major operations, as well as the wonderful nursing stuff who were always ready to help us to practice the training. Last but not list my family members and community who accepted my voluntary services . This boosted my confidence.

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