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Asha Kitunzi
Hemel Hempstead,Hertfordshire
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Summary
Dedicated healthcare professional with extensive expertise in patient record management, care coordination, and personal care assistance. Demonstrates exceptional skills in time management, organisational abilities, and multitasking, ensuring efficient and compassionate care delivery. Proficient in infection control practices, medication administration, and safeguarding procedures, with a strong focus on dignity preservation and person-centred practice. Adept at building trust relationships with clients and collaborating effectively with multi-disciplinary teams. Committed to enhancing the quality of life for individuals through adaptive equipment familiarity and comprehensive dementia care knowledge.
Compassionate individual dedicated to providing high-quality care and support. Skilled in communication and problem-solving, ensuring well-being and comfort of clients. Committed to making positive impact on lives by fostering supportive and nurturing environment.
Overview
1
1
Language
7
7
years of post-secondary education
23
23
years of professional experience
Work history
Student Nurse
Barnet General Hospital
High Barnet, North west London
2003.11 - 2024.12
- Monitored foetal wellbeing using ECG monitor to facilitate timely interventions.
- Prepared and supported expectant mothers for caesarean section, ensuring comfort and understanding of the procedure
- Worked in maternity and labour wards to provide patient care.
- Cared for and fed babies overnight, allowing mothers to rest and recover
- Assessed blood pressure levels regularly to maintain patient safety.
- Performed and recorded urinalysis for expectant mothers
- Collected a mid-stream urine specimen
- Recording of accurate Patients observations taken
- Maternity and Labour wards
Student Nurse
Graham Park Clinic General Surgery
Colindale, Barnet
2023.12 - 2024.01
- Assisted in community and baby clinics, collaborating with healthcare professionals to provide essential support for families
- Supported district nurse during immunisations to enhance patient care
- Weighed and recorded babies’ weights
- Community and baby clinics
Student Nurse
Edgware community Dennis Scott
Edgware, Barnet
2024.02 - 2024.03
- Assisted patients with daily living activities, including bathing and dressing, enhancing their independence and quality of life.
- Observed handovers between nurses and doctors, contributing to understanding of patient assessments and care plans.
- Supported mental health and occupational therapy services in a hospital setting.
- Mental Health and O.T Service Hospital
Student Nurse
Oak Lodge Primary School
Finchley, Barnet
2024.04 - 2024.05
- Facilitated educational development for students with learning disabilities by implementing tailored support strategies.
- Assisted classroom activities to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes.
- Learning Disability
Healthcare Assistant Band3 NHS Bridging Service.
Feligrace Limited.
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
2022.11 - 2022.12
- Monitored patients' vital signs with meticulous attention to detail, ensuring accurate readings.
- Assisted elderly residents with daily tasks, enhancing quality of life in care homes.
- Maintained cleanliness in wards to support high-quality patient service.
- Monitored patients' vital signs with meticulous attention to detail, ensuring accurate readings.
Live in Care Self-employed and Paye
Fitzrovia/Trinity Homecare and Home Instead
2022.11 - 2026.09
- Provided assistance with personal care tasks, including bathing and grooming, to enhance users' dignity.
- Assisted service users with feeding to ensure proper nutrition and hydration.
- Enabled service users to accomplish essential daily tasks, enhancing their autonomy.
- Supported vulnerable service users at home, fostering independence and self-sufficiency.
- Assisted in meal preparation, ensuring nutritious and appealing options for service users.
- Coordinated errands to secure necessary supplies for service users, ensuring continuity in their daily routines.
- Facilitated shopping trips for service users to acquire necessary items and groceries.
- Provided assistance with medication management to ensure proper adherence to prescribed schedules.
- Accompanied service users to appointments, ensuring they received necessary care and support.
- Performed light domestic tasks, such as tidying and laundry, to maintain a clean living environment.
- 10/11/2022 ongoing
Spinal code Post operations Care.
Private Support work
2022.07 - 2022.08
- Participated in training and workshops to enhance skills relevant to post-operative care
- Managed family responsibilities while maintaining professional development during career gap
- From July-August 2022
Baby care/ Nanny
Private Maternity support worker.
2017.01 - 2021.01
- Cared for new-born and three siblings, coordinating daily routines and activities to ensure their well-being.
- Nurtured and supervised children, creating a safe and positive environment for their development.
- Maintained a safe and healthy environment for children by adhering to hygiene standards and safety procedures.
- Encouraged outdoor play regularly to promote physical activity and health.
- Encouraged children's creativity through imaginative play leading to development of self-expression.
As a live-in carer with.
Care Max.
2017.01 - 2017.01
- Delivered personalised care and companionship to clients, enhancing their daily lives and wellbeing.
- Handled emergency situations calmly, ensuring quick response for the safety of the client.
- Kept record of client’s progress, assisting in adjusting care plans accordingly.
- Supported day-to-day chores to encourage client independence.
Domiciliary Hourly Care
Helping Hands
2014.01 - 2016.01
- Provided personalised hourly domiciliary care to clients, ensuring comfort and support in their home environment
- Quickly learned and applied new skills to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Carried out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Successfully delivered on tasks within tight deadlines.
Domiciliary care
Saga Home Care
2010.01 - 2012.01
- Provided tailored domiciliary care services, ensuring comfort and well-being for clients in their homes.
- Responded quickly to emergencies, minimising harm or discomfort to the patient.
- Managed challenging behaviour sensibly, reducing stress for both client and carer.
- Fostered relationships with families, offering emotional support and advice on care practices.
- Supported families during maternity, assisting with daily needs and adjustments in a private setting.
Student Nurse
Barnet General Hospital
2003.10 - 2004.01
- Devised, implemented, and followed up patients care plans
- Participated in a multidisciplinary team to advise safe and productive individualised care plans for each patient.
- Delivered comprehensive handovers to incoming staff to ensure continuity of care
- Measured and recorded accurately vital signs of the patients (B.P, Blood glucose, temp, breathing)
- Monitored fluid charts
- Practiced infection control
- Supported patients with daily personal hygiene, upholding their dignity and comfort
- Helped in preventing pressure sores
- Cared for catheterised patients
- Provided compassionate end-of-life care and support to families during bereavement
- Provided care in medical and elderly settings
- Recorded the evaluation Patients folders
- Medical and Elderly
Education
Access to Health and Social Care Studies
Barnet College
NVQ Level 2 - Intermediate Health and Social Care
The College of Northwest London
Willesden, Brent 2001.09 - 2002.06
Return to studies - Key Skills studies
Barnet College
Colindale, Barnet 2000.09 - 2001.06
Certificate of Higher Education - Maternity Support Worker
City Gate Training Centre
Forest Gate, NewhamDiploma of Higher Education - Health and Social Care
University of Bedfordshire
Luton 2012.10 - 2016.06
Diploma - Adult Nursing
University of Hertfordshire
Hertford, Hertfordshire 2003.09 - 2005.06
Skills
- Patient record management
- Care coordination
- Computer literacy
- Attention to detail
- Time management
- Organisational skills
- Multitasking abilities
- Reliability and flexibility
- Team collaboration
- Client support
- Active listening
- Calm under pressure
- Problem-solving
- Initiative and proactivity
- Team building
- Patience and diligence
- End-Of-Life care
- Use of mobility aids
- Infection control practices
- Resilience under stress
- Dignity preservation
- Communicating with multi-disciplinary teams
- Building trust relationships
- Adapting to different needs
- Personal care assistance
- Knowledge of dementia care
- Adaptive equipment familiarity
- Basic nursing care
- Dignity maintenance
- Comfortable with technology
- Respectful attitude
- Bathing and dressing aid
- Learning disability awareness
- Daily living activities assistance
- Elderly mobility assistance
- Safeguarding vulnerable adults' rights
- Palliative care understanding
- Experience with disabled individuals
- Personal hygiene awareness
- Manual handling
- Medication Administration
- Dress/toileting sling operation
- Record-keeping
- Reliability
- Nutrition knowledge
- Confidentiality maintenance
- Compassionate care
- Person-centred practice
- Safeguarding procedures
- Dietary management and feeding
- CPR and First Aid
- Rehabilitation
- Incontinence managemt
- End-of-shift reporting
- Dementia and Alzheimer care
- Emotional support and companionship
- Meal and snack preparation
- Record keeping accuracy
- Time efficiency
- Initiative taking
- Resilience under pressure
- Elderly care knowledge
- Cultural awareness
Additional Information
Fluent in Swahili, Luganda, and English
Affiliations
A member of Crescent Union Organisation – supporting individuals affected by HIV Aids, organise religious studies and culture awareness for children and adults during holidays
Timeline
Student Nurse
Oak Lodge Primary School
2024.04 - 2024.05
Student Nurse
Edgware community Dennis Scott
2024.02 - 2024.03
Student Nurse
Graham Park Clinic General Surgery
2023.12 - 2024.01
Live in Care Self-employed and Paye
Fitzrovia/Trinity Homecare and Home Instead
2022.11 - 2026.09
Healthcare Assistant Band3 NHS Bridging Service.
Feligrace Limited.
2022.11 - 2022.12
Spinal code Post operations Care.
Private Support work
2022.07 - 2022.08
Baby care/ Nanny
Private Maternity support worker.
2017.01 - 2021.01
As a live-in carer with.
Care Max.
2017.01 - 2017.01
Domiciliary Hourly Care
Helping Hands
2014.01 - 2016.01
Diploma of Higher Education - Health and Social Care
University of Bedfordshire
2012.10 - 2016.06
Domiciliary care
Saga Home Care
2010.01 - 2012.01
Student Nurse
Barnet General Hospital
2003.11 - 2024.12
Student Nurse
Barnet General Hospital
2003.10 - 2004.01
Diploma - Adult Nursing
University of Hertfordshire
2003.09 - 2005.06
NVQ Level 2 - Intermediate Health and Social Care
The College of Northwest London
2001.09 - 2002.06
Return to studies - Key Skills studies
Barnet College
2000.09 - 2001.06
Access to Health and Social Care Studies
Barnet College
Certificate of Higher Education - Maternity Support Worker
City Gate Training Centre