Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Timeline
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Alison Grant

Alison Grant

Teaching Assistant
Manama

Summary

Committed and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant,offering 8+

years of experience in early childhood ,excited to launch a career in learning enrichment. Successful in quickly building rapport with students helping them fill their full potential .Eager to put skills into practice to assist children with different learning styles.

Highly adaptable professional with a commitment to all aspects of student learning and the promotion of growth.

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Auxiliary Nurse

NHS Grampian
Aberdeen
03.2009 - 02.2023

Provide support to patients/partners and extended family in the postnatal and antenatal period.

Care of new-born ,routine checks and assisting paediatricians with examinations of new-borns.

Teaching Assistant

British School of Bahrain
Manama
10.2013 - 07.2021
  • Assisted teachers with classroom management and document coordination to maintain positive learning environment.
  • Supported classroom activities, tutoring, and reviewing work.
  • Partnered with teacher to plan and implement lessons following school's curriculum, goals, and objectives.
  • Tutored struggling students individually and in small groups to reinforce learning concepts.

Staff Nurse

NHS Grampian
Aberdeen
03.2013 - 09.2013
  • Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
  • Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
  • Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures, and nursing best practices.
  • Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
  • Coordinated patient discharge planning to provide post-discharge patient care, promoting healing and recovery.
  • Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
  • Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
  • Directed patient care by initiating and following through with plan of care, continuing care, and discharge instructions.
  • Assessed physical, psychological, physiologic, and cognitive status of patients.
  • Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance, and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.

Enrolled Nurse

NHS Grampian
Aberdeen
02.1988 - 01.1993

Assist the sick individual in the performance of activities

contributing to their recovery and rehabilitation until patients return to their optimum level.


Assess care needs,develop,implement and evaluate programme of care.


Ensure written communications are accurate,appropriate and neatly recorded,adhering to NHS policies.

Dental Nurse

Community dental and private Practice
Aberdeen
01.1982 - 01.1987
  • Interpreted routine x-rays to identify tooth structures, calculus and abnormalities.
  • Maintained adequate stock of emergency drugs, dental materials and instruments to deliver high-quality patient care.
  • Utilized knowledge of established professional nursing concepts and principles of practices to determine and assess medical needs of patients.
  • Taught patients oral hygiene strategies and offered nutritional counseling to maintain oral health.
  • Assisted dentist in charting patient dental anatomy, pathology and screening to enable delivery of dental treatment.

Education

Inverurie Academy
Inverurie
08.1977 - 07.1982

Dental Surgery Assistants National Certificate - Dental Assisting

Aberdeen Technical College
Aberdeen
01.1986 - 01.1988

Enrolled Nurse General - Nursing

Robert Gordon University
02.1987 - 10.1988

Registered Nurse Bridging Course - Nursing

Robert Gordon’s University
Aberdeen
06.1992 - 12.1993

Return To Practice 22 Credits - Nursing

University of Stirling
Scotland
06.2012 - 10.2012

Skills

Teaching pedagogy

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Accomplishments

Upskilling by recently completing my Special Educational Needs and Disability Diploma.


Certification

Special Educational Needs and Disability Diploma

Timeline

Teaching Assistant

British School of Bahrain
10.2013 - 07.2021

Staff Nurse

NHS Grampian
03.2013 - 09.2013

Return To Practice 22 Credits - Nursing

University of Stirling
06.2012 - 10.2012

Auxiliary Nurse

NHS Grampian
03.2009 - 02.2023

Registered Nurse Bridging Course - Nursing

Robert Gordon’s University
06.1992 - 12.1993

Enrolled Nurse

NHS Grampian
02.1988 - 01.1993

Enrolled Nurse General - Nursing

Robert Gordon University
02.1987 - 10.1988

Dental Surgery Assistants National Certificate - Dental Assisting

Aberdeen Technical College
01.1986 - 01.1988

Dental Nurse

Community dental and private Practice
01.1982 - 01.1987

Inverurie Academy
08.1977 - 07.1982
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