Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Languages
Certification
Interests
References
Timeline
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Ameenah Surakat

Nursing Assistant
Telford,SHR

Summary

EmpathetIc Care Worker wIth sensItIve and compassIonate approach to cultIvating trusting, stimulating and varied lifestyle for patients. Offers enhanced care with flexible learning approach for patients.

Experience in hospital and in-home settings providing guidance and encouragement to patients through physical and emotional support

Excellent team worker with good interpersonal skills that achieves tasks calmly and accurately while exhibiting fantastic organisational skills.

Clear and effective communication with attention to body language.

Follows due procedures to ensure that tasks assigned are
completed in a timely manner.
Level-headed professional with extensive experience helping patients and clients with self-care and day-to-day tasks. Kind and punctual individual assists with nursing treatments, supports diagnostic procedures and provides companionship. Passionate about improving well-being of others and providing compassionate treatment to patient community.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
21
21
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Healthcare support worker

NHS
Epsom
04.2023 - 10.2024
  • Assisted in all aspects of personal care, ensuring comfort and dignity.
  • Worked professionally with my team to deliver wholistic care to patients
  • Observed and documented accurate recordings of patient observations including temperature, pulse blood pressure, oxygen saturation and respiratory rate, reporting significant findings to nurses.
  • Helped individuals with day-to-day activities while encouraging their independence.
  • Monitored and escalated patient symptoms and progress to nurses.
  • Assisted patients with nutrition and hydration.
  • Supported patients with toileting mobilising and catheter care when needed
  • Maintained optimal safety standards in the work area, prioritising risk-reduction, health and hygiene.
  • Maintained confidentiality of patient information
  • Delivered high-quality care to clients with disabilities, achieving care plan objectives.
  • Proper communication and interpersonal skills to build and maintain positive relationships with patients and their families
  • Monitored individual physical and emotional wellbeing, promptly reporting changes and providing suggestions for care plan adjustments.
  • Stocking and tidying up work areas with items needed to optimise efficiency
  • Provided hygiene care to patients, ensuring skin integrity and accurately observing, recording and reporting on changes to minimise damage.
  • Supported patients through personal care tasks such as toileting, showering and feeding, maintaining sensitivity to needs and ensuring comfort, dignity and safety throughout.
  • Accurately completed and recorded patients' NEWS scores, reporting findings to nurses to maintain patient care.
  • Maintained hygiene standards, cleaning and clearing patient bay space according to ward protocol.
  • Delivered personal care focused on individual needs, preserving patient dignity and self-esteem.
  • Kept patient environments clean and neat following optimum hygiene standards.
  • Ensured optimal hydration, monitoring and recording patients' fluid intake and output in fluid balance charts.
  • Performed patients cannulation and venepuncture with an aseptic technique and reporting any difficulties to the nurses/ doctors

  • Provided attentive first-hand care, comfort and safety to patients.

Domiciliary care assistant

Flowhealthcare
Leatherhead
08.2022 - 04.2023
  • Read through service users care plan to know what was required
  • assisted service users with personal care, hygiene and washing while encouraging their independence
  • engaging service users in care provided for them encouraging their eating and drinking
  • Communicated with service users to get an insight on what their day to day activities are and help them achieve tasks
  • reporting any concerns to the manager of the area and service users family as well
  • picking up service users medication from the pharmacy
  • administering medication as shown on the systems
  • ensuring safe and habitable living conditions , tidying up dishes and cleaning work area

Nursing Assistant Intern

LEAMMY pharmacy
Abuja
07.2020 - 08.2022
  • Cleaned, sterilised and stored clinical equipment appropriately.
  • Recorded weight and height measurements, blood pressure and blood sugar levels.
  • Monitored medical supply levels and restocked exam rooms.
  • Performed daily clinical observations, recording medical data accurately and securely.
  • Followed and promoted protocols and procedures to ensure effectiveness, efficiency and safety.
  • Wiped down equipment with proper cleaning products after each patient transport to reduce instances of infection
  • Improved patient satisfaction by providing compassionate and attentive care.

Teacher

Buks International school
Zaria
04.2018 - 11.2018
  • Created teaching plans and conducted students assessments
  • Create a positive learning environment to stimulate sensory memory and gain attention of students
  • Use of different teaching methodologies to achieve planned tasks
  • Provide suitable learning materials and improvise as needed
  • Planned student trips with 40 students of different age groups

Education

B.Sc.Ed - Biology Education

Ahmadu Bello University Zaria
Kaduna
11.2015 - 06.2023

GCSEs -

Government Secondary School Hunkuyi
Kaduna/Nigeria
04.2001 - 06.2014

Skills

Patient hygiene management

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Languages

English
Intermediate

Certification

Care certificate

Interests

Phlebotomy

Infection control

Mental health

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Cannulation

02-2024

Venepuncture

02-2024

Care certificate

06-2023

Healthcare support worker

NHS
04.2023 - 10.2024

Domiciliary care assistant

Flowhealthcare
08.2022 - 04.2023

Nursing Assistant Intern

LEAMMY pharmacy
07.2020 - 08.2022

Teacher

Buks International school
04.2018 - 11.2018

B.Sc.Ed - Biology Education

Ahmadu Bello University Zaria
11.2015 - 06.2023

GCSEs -

Government Secondary School Hunkuyi
04.2001 - 06.2014
Ameenah SurakatNursing Assistant