Patient Safety Infection Control

Dimuthu Badrika

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Wawwa, Devinuwara, Matara, Sri Lanka.

Tel: +940*********

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

Professional Summary

A qualified and compassionate Healthcare Assistant with five (5) years experience in providing outstanding care to ensure optimal health and safety of elderly patients, as well as patients in hospitals and community clinics. Competent in providing personal care to children, adolescents and adults, including the elderly. Takes pride in maintaining patient safety and ensuring confidentiality of patients, treating every individual with respect, dignity and compassion. Acts with integrity and in the best interest of patients while ensuring compliance with policies and guidelines to promote the health and wellbeing of patients under my care. Professional Development

• Care Certificate

Infection control

Nutrition and food hygiene

Diabetes mellitus, Hart attract, Hypertension, CVA, Depression, Parkinson’s disease, Cataract, Pneumonia, Dementia and Alzheimer’s awareness

Basic life support

Diabetic care

Safe handling of patient

• First Aid Certificate

• CPR and AED Training Certificate

• Child Care First Aid Certificate

Key Clinical Skills

• Personal Care/Personal hygiene: washing and dressing

• Dressing wounds and Bleeding management

• Medication administration

• Care of the pressure areas

• Monitoring and recording observations

• Feeding patients

• Monitoring vital signs

• Ensuring patient safety

• Complying with infection control procedures

• Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation

• Burns and poisoning

• Bone and musculoskeletal injuries

• Disorders of Respiratory System and Hypoxia

• Unconsciousness, Fainting, Fits and convulsions

Work Experience

January 2019 to March 2023 Elder Home

Health Care Assistant

Responsibilities

• Ensured patients comfort and general well-being by providing personal care, maintaining respect and dignity.

• Administered medication to patients in accordance with medicine administration safety guidelines and protocols.

• Monitored patients vital signs and escalated out-of range parameters.

• Ensured optimum nutrition among patients by assisting them during meals time and feeding them as needed as well as completing and balancing intake and output charts.

• Acted as an advocate for residents and promoting their dignity.

• Ensured accurate record keeping by fully completing all care plans.

• Ensured patient safety by conducting patient rounds as per hospital protocol and escalating any concerned identified.

• Assisted nurses in assessment and evaluation of patient care to ensure optimum health and general well-being.

• Ensured patient safety by ensuring essential items such as walking aids, hearing aids, reading glasses are within reach of patient.

• Enhanced independence among patient by assisting them in mobilizing using appropriate walking aids.

• Supervising and orientating newly recruited healthcare assistants on the ward policies and protocols. February 2004 to August 2007 JMC Jayasekera Management Centre (PVT) Ltd Accounts Clerk cum Computer Instructor

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly income and expenditure report and submitted to the management on or before 10 of following month.

• Conducting lectures of students.

• Issue of notice to students about their examination date and weekly lecture time. Educational Qualifications

April 2023 – June 2023 Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment, Tangalle. Caregiver/Health Care Assistants Certificate – NVQ Level 3 August 2023 Sri Lanka Red Cross Society, Colombo

First Aid Certificate – Level 3

Child Care First Aid Certificate

CPR and AED Training Certificate

August 2001 Sujatha Balika Vidyalaya, Matara, SL

General Certificate of Education – Advanced Level Bio Science Further Details

IT Skills Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Access, Computerized Accounting

Driving Full clean driving license

Security Clean DBS report/ Police report

Availability Available immediately and willing to work flexibly as the role demands Time management I follow planed schedules for all activities, time to ensure all clients received care without delay.

Others Remain calm in stress full and challenging situations.

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