CHRISTINE LUNGU
REDDITCH.
Summary
Flexible Health Care Assistant with 20 month of experience in UK. Improves health outcomes and quality of life through meticulous service provision. Delivers attentive and compassionate care. Skilled in communication, team work/building, and driving skills.
Im an empathetic Care Worker with sensitive and compassionate approach to cultivating trusting, stimulating and varied lifestyle for residents. Offers enhanced care with flexible learning approach for patients. Experience in in-home settings providing guidance and encouragement to patients through physical and emotional support.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Health Care Assistant
CHOICES HEALTHCARE LTD
REDDITCH, ENGLAND
01.2023 - Current
- Safely escorted patients during medical appointments and hospital visits.
- Met with patients and families to discuss care plan adaptations, seeking continual improvement.
- Aided service users in everyday activities, such as washing and dressing, ensuring constant safety and effective care.
- Vigilantly monitored changes in physical and mental health, reporting deterioration to senior carers for urgent attention.
Senior Care Assistant
UPLIFTING LIVES SERVICES
Droitwich, Worcestershire
08.2022 - 01.2023
- Assisting clients to achieve social life by helping them to go out in the community.
- Administered medications in line with care plans and nursing team guidance.
- Promoted dignity by assisting residents with limited mobility to complete personal care, including washing and dressing.
- Worked professionally with caregiving teams and hospital departments to maintain continuity of care.
- Prepared healthy meals with additional mealtime
- planning, feeding and support.
- Carried out initial risk and requirement assessments, enabling development of bespoke care packages.
- Prepared healthy meals with additional mealtime planning, feeding and support.
- Monitored junior staff to assess care provisions and implement continued best practices.
- Worked with compassion and empathy, prioritising wellbeing and dignity for optimal patient comfort.
- Completed documentation of care, hospital actions and patient activities for up-to-date client records.
- Helped individuals with day-to-day activities while consistently encouraging independence and self-belief.
- Delivered high-quality care to clients with disabilities, achieving care plan objectives.
Senior Care Assistant
rainbow care solution
REDDITCH, ENGLAND
11.2021 - 01.2023
- provide personalized care to clients in their own homes
- Administered medications in line with care plans and nursing team guidance.
- Promoted dignity by assisting residents with limited mobility to complete personal care, including washing and dressing.
- Worked professionally with caregiving teams and hospital departments to maintain continuity of care.
- Worked with compassion and empathy, prioritising wellbeing and dignity for optimal patient comfort.
- Collaborated with additional care providers to ensure seamless patient support.
- Performed household tasks such as cleaning, vacuuming and cooking.
- Optimised patient satisfaction through compassionate, considered care and communication.
- Maintained confidentiality and compliance standards for optimised patient care.
- Assisted in all aspects of personal care, retaining comfort and dignity.
- work closely with other team members and ensuring quality care provision.
Clinician/ ArT SPECIALIST
JSI DISCOVER HEALTH USAID
KASAMA, ZAMBIA
01.2019 - 11.2021
- Medical history taking and conducting physical examinations on patients, formulate impressions and conduct investigations to formulate a diagnosis.
- diagnose HIV/AIDS with other co-morbidity, initiate clients on art, and monitor their well using appropriate tools according to the guidelines.
- perform phlebotomy on clients and collect blood samples for viral load monitoring and other investigations according to guidelines.
- Maintained open staff communication channels for enhanced care continuity.
- Implemented infection control measures for improved hygiene and reduced risk.
- Ordered stock and supplies to maintain clinic inventory.
- Organised electronic clinical and patient health records to maintain accurate information.
- Hired and laid off staff members to promote alignment with organizational values.
- Prescribed, handled, and dispensed drugs to exact guidelines.
- Adhered to clinical codes and statutory guidelines for care compliance.
- Prompt tracking of patients missing appointments and following up laboratory investigations and receive their results as per MoH standards.
- Ensuring that patients get positive outcomes from treatment
- Ensuring that patients with TB are immediately commenced on TB Treatment while those without active TB are commenced on TB Preventive Therapy (TPT).
- Providing treatment in differentiated Service Delivery (DSD) models in order to decongest health facilities.
- Attending to duties and following and supporting clients, which includes index Case Testing of newly HIV diagnosed clients, following-up with pre-ART clients who need initiation and active tracking of defaulters.
Medical Clinical Officer
chelston clinic
Lusaka , Zambia
03.2018 - 01.2019
- Referred patients for specialist care in partner facilities.
- Led programmes in reducing infectious disease spread.
- Signposted nutrition and health advice for improved disease prevention.
- Screening patients, formulating treatment plans according to standard guidelines.
- Safe collection and transportation of samples.
- Conducting effective phlebotomy procedures.
- Referring patients for specialised care.
- Treatment follow up and correct documentations of medical records.
- Administering medication
- Prescribed medication with dosage advice to suit individualised patient needs.
- Identified health conditions through targeted physical examinations.
- Kept detailed, accurate patient notes for thorough medical records.
Education
Diploma of Higher Education - CLINICAL MEDICINE SCIENCE
ZAMBIA ROYAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
ZAMBIA 06.2015 - 05.2019
GCSEs - HIGH SCHOOL
MUNALI GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL
ZAMBIA 01.2009 - 12.2013
Skills
- Exceptional communicator
- Compassionate care giver
- Elderly care
- Home care
- Health assessment and monitoring
- Documentation
- Medication administration
- Safeguarding knowledge
- Organizational standards
- Excellent time management
- Good Team player
- Team building
- Problem-solving
- Customer-focused
Languages
English
Fluent
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
Health Care Assistant
CHOICES HEALTHCARE LTD
01.2023 - Current
Senior Care Assistant
UPLIFTING LIVES SERVICES
08.2022 - 01.2023
Senior Care Assistant
rainbow care solution
11.2021 - 01.2023
Clinician/ ArT SPECIALIST
JSI DISCOVER HEALTH USAID
01.2019 - 11.2021
Medical Clinical Officer
chelston clinic
03.2018 - 01.2019
Diploma of Higher Education - CLINICAL MEDICINE SCIENCE
ZAMBIA ROYAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
06.2015 - 05.2019
GCSEs - HIGH SCHOOL
MUNALI GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL
01.2009 - 12.2013
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