Care Assistant Health

ANNIE MUBANGA MULENGA

Health Care Assistant/ Social Worker

Phone: +260*********

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

Dedicated and diligent Health Care Assistant, with a 1 year + experience in facilitating patient's care by providing the basic physical care and nursing procedures. Thus providing patients with comfort measures and maintaining a clean safe environment to maximize positive patient outcomes. Skills

• Patient centered care

• Bedside nursing

• Multitasking abilities

• Flexible schedule and availability

• Palliative care

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Geriatric care

• Compassionate and caring manner

• Patient Management

Work History

2023-06-Current Care Assistant Med-Surg

Lumwana District Hospital Bed capacity – 250

• Collect, deliver and conduct routine tests on patient specimens.

• Back the development of other staff and learners

• Participate in own professional development by maintaining required skills validation and attending educational offerings.

• Carry out sterile dressing change of wounds of over 48 hours old, IV fluid assistance activities, oral/nasogastric feeding and urinary cauterizations/irrigation.

• Assist with admission, discharge, and transportation of patients.

• Clean assigned area, there as stock and replenish supplies and equipment as obliged.

• Follow standard precautions and use of personal protective equipment as needed.

• Perform finger sticks for blood glucose testing, with appropriate training.

• Accomplish a variety of selected patient care tasks under the direction of an RN to assist medical and nursing personnels in the examination, treatment, and care of patients.

202*-**-****-** Health Care Assistant Adult Medical Unit Lumwana District Hospital

• Conduct treatment and personal care procedures to patients including, but not limited to, feeding, bathing, shaving, changing clothing, cleaning and trimming fingernail, bed-making, assisting with ambulation, enemas, skin care, bowel and bladder elimination; and provide additional care as required in meeting the personal needs and comfort of assigned patients.

• Noted and reported any changes in patient's condition.

• Clutched and recorded vital signs, record I&O, apply ice bags, administer douches and enemas.

• Turned and positioned patients, set up and feed patients as necessary, provide patients with fresh drinking water.

• Captured and recorded patient data for medical records noting and informing RN of information collected.

• Prepared patients, equipment and supplies for specific procedures and provide manual assistance as required.

• Participated in teaching activities by reinforcing teaching instructed by RN and or physician as needed.

• Assisted physicians and nurses with physical examinations by helping position patients, changing non-sterile dressing and weighing patients.

Education

202*-**-****-** Certificate: Health Care Assistant Handsworth Health Institute

• Received certificate in Health Care Assistant

200*-**-****-** Diploma in Social Work

• UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA

Certifications

Certified Health Care Assistant – 2022

Certified Social Worker – 2007

Languages

English Native or Bilingual

Finish Elementary

Hobbies

• Reading

• Traveling

• Making new friends

References

References will be made available on Request.

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