AKPALA OPANWA OJI

Providing frontline care and mental health support across diverse healthcare centres in the West Midlands.

Placements and Key Responsibilities:

1. The Avenue Care Homes, Great Malvern

Assisted residents with daily living activities.

Delivered dementia care and infection control.

Monitored health conditions and supported wellbeing.

2. Waterloo Residential Care Home, Bidford-on-Avon

Provided compassionate care to elderly residents.

Supported mobility and continence care.

Assist service users via Hoist usage,standing frame/walking frame,strings/straps.

Documented care notes and maintained accurate records.

3. Edenplace Mental Nursing Home, Leamington

Supported residents with psychiatric conditions.

Applied de‑escalation techniques during challenging situations.

Collaborated closely with mental health nurses.

4. Yardley Grange Care Home, Birmingham

Delivered dementia care and responded to emergencies.

Facilitated communication between residents, families, and staff.

Promoted dignity and person‑centred care.

5. Stanfield Nursing Home, Worcester

Provided palliative care and emotional support to residents and families.

Assisted with feeding, hydration, and comfort measures.

Supported end‑of‑life care with compassion and professionalism.

• Assisted with service user hygiene, physical comfort, eating, and drinking, and mobility while observing and reporting specific changes.
• Reduced risk of infections by adhering to strict hygiene protocols during all aspects of care delivery.
• Performed general monitoring, ensuring timely reporting of any abnormalities to the medical team.
• Enhanced service user comfort by providing personal care services such as bathing, grooming, and toileting assistance, dressing, and undressing.
• Participated in ongoing training sessions, staying current with best practices in health care assistance.
• Arranged bedding and cushions to enhance service user comfort in bed and chairs, and readied bays for patients' arrivals, ensuring spotless levels of cleanliness.
• Lifted service user using appropriate equipment in accordance with moving and handling policy.
• Supported nursing staff with care of incontinent patients and promotion of continence care.
• Collaborated with healthcare professionals to develop individualized care plans tailored to each patient's specific needs.
• Responded swiftly to emergency situations, providing prompt assistance while following established protocols until professional help arrived onsite.
• Provided companionship to service user and recorded medical notes legibly and readable, aiding safe, reliable monitoring.
• Used exceptional communication and relationship-building abilities to consistently deliver friendly, professional care.
• Promoted positive health education, offering clear, helpful advice to service users on simple lifestyle improvement.
• Carefully aided service users' movement around the ward, maintaining sturdy support for optimal safety.
• Provide emergency cover when needed, usually at a short notice when carers are unable to deliver services.
• Provide extra special care for vulnerable service users.

Treatment of infectious diseases in the young and elderly.

General practice for patients and clients.

Management of tropical diseases in the ward.

Advocate for community health care by contributing valuable information and resources to healthcare institutions, social service organizations, and public health safety personnel.

Organized antenatal care, delivery care, and postnatal care for clients.

Organized workshops and trainings for stakeholders, increasing understanding of program goals and objectives.

• Analyzed and assessed program performance data, and implemented corrective measures.
• Managed complex projects from inception to completion, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality results.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design and implement innovative programs that addressed community needs.
• Established strategic partnerships with external organizations, expanding program reach and impact.
• Created and implemented program frameworks, performance standards, and quality assurance requirements.
• Provided guidance and support to team members, fostering a collaborative work environment that encouraged professional growth.
• Analyzed internal reports to evaluate program effectiveness by using an outcomes-based approach.
• Conducted thorough program evaluations to identify areas of improvement and implement necessary changes.
• Implemented continuous medical education for all caregivers.
• Investigated workplace to detect physical factors and hazards affecting employee health, safety, and comfort.
• Collaborated with healthcare professionals to brainstorm ways to prevent diseases and risky behaviors.
• Identifies health risk by using laboratory results, medical records, and clinical trials.
• Implemented infection prevention and control policy.
• Assisted the medical director in recruiting and registering new healthcare staff, and preparing monthly and quarterly reports.