CHIDINMA JANE DOMINIC
Aberdeen
Summary
Empathetic and skilled care provider with comprehensive background and two years of experience assisting elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities with daily living activities in-home or within care facility and hospital settings. Committed to improve daily life through assistance in daily tasks, promoting optimum wellbeing and comfort at all times.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Care Assistant (Bank)
Fairview House Care Home (Barchester Healthcare)
Aberdeen
07.2024 - Current
- Maintaining clean and organized living spaces for patients, ensuring a comfortable and sanitary environment conducive to healing.
- Assisting patients with mobility, transferring them safely between beds, chairs, and wheelchairs as needed.
- Improving patient comfort by providing compassionate and attentive care, addressing individual needs and preferences.
- Documenting residents' mental status, sleep, and eating patterns in medical record books.
- Providing emotional support to patients and their families throughout the caregiving process, building trust and rapport.
- Implementing care plans designed by healthcare professionals to ensure consistency in treatment and support for each patient.
- Recognizing and reporting abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
- Administering medications under supervision of licensed healthcare providers, following established protocols for dosage accuracy and timing.
- Supporting clients with mental support and physical activities to accomplish quality of life and sustain needs.
- Upheld infection control and prevention policies across different patient-facing areas.
- Supported needs of over 50 residents under long-term care.
Care Assistant/Support worker
UVIP Recruitment
Aberdeen, Aberdeen City
11.2023 - 07.2024
- Performed daily task like feeding, cleaning, dressing and grooming of residents.
- Assisted in all aspects of personal hygiene, prioritising patient dignity, privacy and independence.
- Monitored physical and emotional wellbeing of over 40 individuals, reporting changes to care managers.
- Performed lifting, transferring and repositioning service users using hoists and wheelchairs.
- Maintained high levels of client satisfaction by providing tailored, personalised care that consistently meet individual needs.
Care Assistant
Rubislaw Park Care Home
Aberdeen, Aberdeen City
09.2023 - 10.2023
- Collaborated with team mates to ensure proper care for resident.
- Accurately recorded every event and happenings of each day.
- Assisted in all aspects of personal care to over 50 residents, retaining comfort and dignity.
- Used outstanding communication to build relationships with clients.
- Submitted reports to manager regarding status of client.
Support Worker
Pleasant Valley Care
Oswestry, Shropshire
02.2023 - 08.2023
- Record keeping and reporting to superiors.
- Assisted with personal care activities such as washing and dressing, consistently promoting positive health and hygiene.
- Planned, prepared and served meals for clients, strictly following prescribed dietary orders.
- Applied mobility assistance knowledge to safely move patients to various places.
Support/Care Assistant
Resilience Personnel Limited
Llanfyllin, Powys
03.2023 - 08.2023
- Served meals and helping with feeding to guarantee wellbeing of residents.
- Assisted in all aspects of personal care, retaining comfort and dignity.
- Minimised care continuity issues by keeping thorough, accurate records.
- Submitted reports to superior regarding status of client.
Health Care Assistant
Dr Solution Cottage Hospital
Port Harcourt, Rivers State
08.2021 - 12.2022
- Patient Assessment and Care: Direct patient care and safety; assess patients physical, psychological and emotional needs and provide feedback to nurses.
- Clinical Duties: Checked for proper medication order, administered medications as assigned, documented medications appropriately.
- Supported clinical staff to complete health assessments.
- Worked closely with nurses to maintain high levels of communication.
- Scheduled appointments.
- Maintained patient's room.
Education
Higher National Diploma (HND) - Mass Communication
Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic
03.2012
National Diploma (ND) - Mass Communication
Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic
08.2008
Senior Secondary Certificate Exam - Secondary
Unique Girls Secondary School
06.2001
Skills
- Dementia care expert
- Flexible and fast learner
- Manual Handling support
- Excellent communication skills
- Empathetic and respectful
- Data confidentiality
- Team player
- Medication Administration
- Health and Safety Compliance
- Health Assessments
- Personal Hygiene Assistance
- Safeguarding Knowledge
- First Aid
- Personal care
- Care plan
Trainings & Certifications
Dementia, 01/2024
UVIP Recruitment Academy - Scotland, United Kingdom.
Care Assistant/Support Worker E-Learning Courses, 01/2024
UVIP Recruitment Academy - Scotland, United Kingdom.
NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care (Higher Distinction) 07/2023
Oplex Career - United Kingdom.
Manual Handling All Wales Passport,
06/2023
Acumen Care Education - Wales, United Kingdom
Timeline
Care Assistant (Bank)
Fairview House Care Home (Barchester Healthcare)
07.2024 - Current
Care Assistant/Support worker
UVIP Recruitment
11.2023 - 07.2024
Care Assistant
Rubislaw Park Care Home
09.2023 - 10.2023
Support/Care Assistant
Resilience Personnel Limited
03.2023 - 08.2023
Support Worker
Pleasant Valley Care
02.2023 - 08.2023
Health Care Assistant
Dr Solution Cottage Hospital
08.2021 - 12.2022
Higher National Diploma (HND) - Mass Communication
Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic
National Diploma (ND) - Mass Communication
Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic
Senior Secondary Certificate Exam - Secondary
Unique Girls Secondary School