Chidimma Uzokwe
Wakefield,United Kingdom
Summary
Dedicated healthcare professional with extensive expertise in personal care assistance and dementia caregiving. Proficient in manual handling, infection control, and patient safeguarding, ensuring the highest standards of patient dignity and safety. Demonstrates exceptional communication skills and empathy, effectively managing distressed patients and supporting those with learning disabilities. Committed to delivering compassionate care through person-centred care plans and maintaining meticulous clinical records. Aspires to further enhance skills in elderly care proficiency while upholding healthcare ethical standards.
Compassionate Healthcare Assistant with a comprehensive background in effective, efficient care of elderly patients in care home settings. Providing exceptional care, thorough monitoring and dedication to safe nursing practices for continued patient trust. Maintaining excellent levels of patient care through continued kindness and commitment to safe working practices.
Overview
1
1
Certification
7
7
years of post-secondary education
3
3
years of professional experience
Work history
Healthcare Assistant
Local Care Force
Leeds, west yorkshire
2025.01 - Current
- Assist and support service users with personal cares, daily activities like bathing, dressing, grooming and feeding, ensuring dignity and respect is protected.
- Providing support and helping with mobility, transferring and positioning using safe manual handling
- Support and encourage residents to take part in social activities in and out of home
- Promoting independence and dignity
- Monitor and recording patient’s health and delivering emotional support.
- Meal preparation and feeding support according to individual dietary needs
- Providing companionship and emotional support rapport
- Supporting positive behaviours
- Supporting daily routines, activities
- Monitoring and reporting observations
- Maintained clean and safe environment by adhering to infection control protocols.
- Assist and support people living with learning disabilities, autism, and sensory and communication impairments
- Assisted elderly residents with daily tasks such as eating, bathing and dressing up for enhanced quality of life while living in care homes.
- Kept detailed records of patient progress, assisted medical staff in treatment planning.
- Upheld patient confidentiality at all times whilst performing duties as per data protection policy.
- Coordinated activities that encourage social interaction amongst residents within care home setting to foster sense of community spirit among them .
- Collaborated with nurses to provide comprehensive patient care, ensuring smooth recovery path.
- Assisted in patient care, improved comfort and well-being.
- Provided emotional support to patients and their families during difficult times.
- Managed personal hygiene of bed-bound patients, maintained dignity and respect at all times.
- Prepared meals for patients, ensured balanced nutrition intake.
- Escorted patients for tests or procedures to and from hospital premises whilst ensuring their safety and comfort.
- Monitored vital signs of patients with meticulous attention to detail for accurate readings.
- Assisted in all aspects of personal care, retaining comfort and dignity.
- Helped individuals with day-to-day activities while consistently encouraging independence and self-belief.
- Maintained confidentiality and compliance standards for optimised patient care.
- Completed care documentation and monitored patient progress to achieve up-to-date records.
- Improved service users' daily lives through compassionate conversation, empathetic care and community socialisation.
- Safely and securely transported patients using hoists and wheelchairs.
- Ensured infection control measures were adhered to strictly for safe environment for both staff and patients alike.
- Delivered high-quality patient service by maintaining cleanliness in wards.
- Handled challenging behaviour from dementia-affected individuals effectively without resorting to force or intimidation.
Health Care Assistant
First Active 365 Limited, Nursing Agency
West Yorkshire
2023.08 - 2025.01
- Delivered personal cares by assisting with washing, dressing, toileting and grooming
- Supported people with mobility issues and assisted in transfer using appropriate equipment.
- Preparation of daily meals and support with feeding and hydration.
- Supported and administered medication under nurse supervision in line with policies and procedures.
- Performed best practice in health, safety of all residents
- Increased General cleaning and housekeeping standards at all time
- Team collaboration
- Provided companionship and emotional support
Education
M.Sc. - Management
Leeds Beckett University
Leeds 2023.01 - 2025.04
B.Sc. - Psychology
Anambra State University
Igbariam 2011.12 - 2016.08
Skills
- Personal Cares Assistance
- Manual handling and transfer
- Observation and Attention to Details
- Empathy and Compassion
- Infection Control and prevention
- Communication skills
- Team Work
- Learning Disabilities Awareness
- Nutrition management
- Person-centred care plans
- Safeguarding knowledge
- Dementia awareness
- Documentation
Certification
- M.sc Management (April 2025)
- Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care
- B.sc Psychology 2016
Timeline
Healthcare Assistant
Local Care Force
2025.01 - Current
Health Care Assistant
First Active 365 Limited, Nursing Agency
2023.08 - 2025.01
M.Sc. - Management
Leeds Beckett University
2023.01 - 2025.04
B.Sc. - Psychology
Anambra State University
2011.12 - 2016.08