Care Assistant Personal

Bame Phang Care Assistant

Location: Gaborone, Botswana

Telephone: +267-**-***-***

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

Professional Profile

Compassionate and conscientious Care Assistant with good knowledge of elderly care, keen to support clients with their daily living within a care home setting

Health and Social Care qualified professional who is passionate about aiding the elderly to carry out everyday activities independently. I am supportive, understanding and encouraging and have been commended for providing dignified and dependable care by several professionals while caring for my uncle. I have a good knowledge of the national care standards and have experience completing food preparation, housekeeping, and personal care duties.

Core Skills

Client communication

Housekeeping

Client Safety

Food preparation

Client comfort

First Aid trained

Personal care

Patient handling and positioning

Clinical waste disposal

Elderly care

Career Summary

May 2019 – July 2023 Mr. John Phang, Mmathete

Care Assistant for Uncle

Outline

Provided end of life care for Mr. Phang (Uncle), following his diagnosis with cancer until he passed away in July 2023. Responsibilities included personal care, medication management and housekeeping.

Key Responsibilities

Assisted Mr. Phang with his personal care including supporting him to use the bath or shower, and giving him strip/bed baths in the later days.

Assisted with oral care including brushing his teeth.

Helped Mr. Phang to use bathroom including assisting him to get to and use the toilet.

Supported Mr. Phang to pick out clothes and get dressed and undressed.

Managed all Mr. Phang’s medication including giving the correct dose and type of medication in line with the prescription.

Spent social time with Mr. Phang including chatting about his earlier life, accepting visits from other family members and doing jigsaws puzzles

Prepared healthy and nutritious meals promoting healthy choices where possible, and created blended meals when necessary.

Completed household chores such as hovering and dusting to maintain a clean and safe environment.

May 2018 – April 2019 Dr. David Kukudi

Receptionist / New Age Clinic

Outline

Managed New Age Clinic front desk on a daily basis and performed a variety of administrative and clerical tasks.

Key Responsibilities

Ensured constant safety compliance reducing risk and enhancing quality of service

Achieved high client satisfaction by sticking to deadlines.

Kept reception area clean and neat to give visitors a positive impression of the company.

Resolved issues swiftly and efficiently in a friendly, supportive manner.

Supported fire evacuations with clear communication and rigorous attendance checks.

Delivered front of house duties with warm and professional manner

Managing office inventory and supplies.

Translating dental records into billable records, and sending records to medical aid companies

Education

Took twelve (12) health and social care courses with Florence Academy including First Aid, Fire Safety, Basic Life Support, Infection Prevention and Control, Moving and Handling Theory, Safeguarding Adults.

Took two (2) health and social care courses with Alison.com; Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) & Introduction to Caregiving.

References available on request

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