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Collins Elesiro

Collins Elesiro

Senior Healthcare Support Worker
Erith

Summary

Dedicated and compassionate Senior Healthcare Assistant with extensive experience spanning over 12 years in providing exceptional patient care and support in various settings including hospitals, care homes, and community centres. With a strong academic foundation in business management and sciences, complemented by hands-on experience in healthcare settings, bringing a unique blend of analytical skills and empathetic patient interaction to the role. Dedicated to delivering patient-centred care, improving healthcare outcomes, and supporting the overall wellbeing of patients


Leadership and Management Skills developed through roles such as Vice President of the Student Council and Project Coordinator at David Game College, as well as Youth Leader at GLGC UK. Developed and led programs, mentored youth, and organised events.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

YOUTH LEADER (Church Volunteer)

Glorious Life Gospel Centre (GLGC UK)
London, Greenwich
01.2024 - Current
  • Counselled 10 youths per week facing challenging situations using non-judgmental approach, providing compassion.
  • Created vision goals to empower youth; maximising potential.
  • Collaborated with community to organise fundraising activities or volunteer opportunities for youth members.
  • Conducted leadership training for youth members regarding conflict resolution, communication techniques, and teamwork abilities.
  • Tailored activities to participant needs, prioritising group activities which brought individuals together.
  • Carried out thorough risk assessments ahead of fitness activities, prioritising participant safety.

HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT (HCA)

Medacs Healthcare - (NHS General)
City of Westminster
04.2023 - Current
  • Assisted in all aspects of personal care, retaining comfort and dignity.
  • Delivered personal care focused on individual needs, preserving patient dignity and self-esteem.
  • Successfully positioned, lifted and moved patients from bed into wheelchairs, applying safe handling techniques.
  • Kept patient environments clean and neat following optimum hygiene standards, increasing efficiency by 10%.
  • Maintained confidentiality and compliance standards for optimised patient care.
  • Completed care documentation and monitored patient progress to achieve up-to-date records.

CARE SUPPORT WORKER

MyLocum Healthcare Recruitment -(NHS MH & General)
Ilford, Redbridge
07.2021 - Current
  • Delivered personal care focused on individual needs, preserving patient dignity and self-esteem.
  • Worked in close partnership with families, friends and carers to improve care plan effectiveness.
  • Offered clinical support from wound care to medication administration.
  • Assisted in all aspects of personal care while encouraging independence and activity appropriate to individual ability.
  • Maintained high levels of patient morale, providing guidance and encouragement through physical and emotional support.
  • Safely lifted, transferred and repositioned service users using hoists and wheelchairs.

TEAM LEADER - FAMILY LINK

Qwick Errandz Services - Southwark Council
Dulwich, Southwark
04.2016 - Current
  • Working in the community as a family link for disabled children and their families to provide regular short breaks with other families
  • Managing a small team of supervising support workers as well as leading the transformation and growth of the team
  • Promoting strong partnerships working with families, and carers, and ensuring a strength-based approach grounded in a relationship-based approach
  • Providing monthly 1-1 supervision, supporting and educating staff in their roles, and taking responsibility for tasks agreed upon in appraisal meetings.
  • Coached team members through new or difficult workflows.
  • Provided leadership and direction for employees, supervising activities to drive productivity and efficiency.

BAND-3 MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT WORKER

Pertemps Medical Recruitment - (NHS Trust)
Romford, Havering
03.2018 - Current
  • Ensuring the safety, well-being and promoting the recovery of the service users within a hospital environment
  • Determined ongoing patient safety, promptly reporting concerns about abuse or safeguarding issues to care managers.
  • Assisting in Care and providing personal support with daily living tasks to allow them to attain their full potential, maximising available options and encouraging choice, participation and motivation
  • Ensuring that the highest standard of care is maintained following the CQC Fundamental Standards
  • We have supported clients experiencing substance abuse issues, offering access to additional resources and targeted programmes.

BAND-3 CLINICAL SUPPORT

Capital Care Services - (Hospitals & Community)
Ilford, Redbridge
10.2013 - 05.2018
  • Working in various hospitals under the guidance/supervision of qualified Healthcare Professionals such as Doctors, Nurses, and Midwives
  • Basic medical checks/observations, such as taking a patient's blood pressure, saturation, temperature, pulse and respiration rates; blood sugars, ECGs, bladder Scans, changing of stoma bags & catheter bags, recording fluid input & output, urine dipsticks, etc
  • Escalated patient health concerns to superiors for appropriate care plan management.
  • Performed varied clinical tasks including venepuncture, wound dressing and physiological observations.
  • Provided mental health support to service users, as well as signposting community resources and local charities.
  • Handled non-clinical duties including dressing, toileting and feeding patients.

SENIOR LEARNING DISABILITY SUPPORT WORKER

River Court Short Break Service
Hammersmith, Hammersmith and Fulham
05.2017 - 07.2017
  • Providing reablement service to vulnerable people, through encouraging and promoting independent living skills
  • Reporting any changes in the patient's condition/progress to qualified staff and relevant team member
  • Working with clients in an enabling way to encourage and support them with personal care and all day-to-day activities as laid out in support plans
  • Administering medication and supporting domestic tasks such as cooking, shopping and cleaning.
  • Maintained clean, safe working environments in line with site regulations, eliminating risks and accidents.
  • Addressed group behavioural issues and promote fun, safety and inclusivity.

RESOURCE CENTRE ASSISTANT

Fred Francis Day Centre
Dulwich, Southwark
10.2016 - 05.2017
  • Providing practical support to dependent older people living in the community with physical and sensory disabilities
  • Organising a programme of activities to enable service users to maintain and develop new daily living and social skills
  • Being involved in transport duties, acting as passenger escort of service, and ensuring vehicles are roadworthy
  • Welcomed new and returning clients, cultivating inclusive space.
  • Administered first aid, reporting incidents and near misses when required.
  • Advised customers of rules and regulations to maintain safe facilities and activities.

MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT WORKER

CareTech Community Services LTD
Redbourn, Hertfordshire
08.2015 - 10.2016
  • Providing support to individuals with learning disabilities, mental health, autism, etc, and their families who need help, both emotionally and practically, so they can live a happy and independent life
  • Observed and evaluated patients to detect changes in behaviour or abnormalities.
  • Helped service users to gain the ability to function independently in society.
  • Assisted service users in obtaining and accessing community resources.
  • Maintained high levels of patient morale, providing guidance and encouragement through physical and emotional support.
  • Successfully empowered individuals to pursue hobbies and leisure activities, such as shopping and creative activities.

HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT

Uplands Health Care - (Residential/Care Homes)
Bedford, Central Bedfordshire
11.2013 - 10.2016
  • Successfully positioned, lifted and moved patients from bed into wheelchairs, applying safe handling techniques.
  • Maintained confidentiality and compliance standards for optimised patient care.
  • Responding promptly to call bells and reporting any accidents or unexplained injuries immediately to the nurse in charge
  • Completing all care plans, incident forms, food and fluid charts and any other daily monitoring records as requested
  • Establishing work routines that help service users with their daily activities, and helping with physical tasks.
  • Assisted in all aspects of personal care, retaining comfort and dignity.

COMMUNITY HEALTH SUPPORT WORKER

Barts Health Community Health Services
City of London, Waltham Forest
08.2015 - 09.2015
  • Working with Community Nurses to provide continuous health care service to patients who have just been discharged from the hospital
  • Visiting patients in their own homes, and assisting with wound dressings and bandages
  • Prompting Medications, and reordering restock of medication
  • Taking patient's full observations and checking blood sugars
  • Ensuring the general well-being of the patient, documenting and reporting any concerns with the GP and other relevant healthcare professionals.
  • Monitored and documented client behaviors, activities, and development, aiding appropriate care plan management.

CARE ASSISTANT

CareWatch Care Services - (Domiciliary Care)
Brixton, Lambeth
05.2013 - 02.2014
  • Providing and delivering support to Service Users in their homes, and in a way that ensures their privacy, choice, dignity, independence, and rights
  • Develop and maintain good communication links with carers or family members in the service user's home, including field care supervisors/managers
  • Prepared healthy meals with additional mealtime planning, feeding and support.
  • Supporting with their daily activities, depending on what is on the to-do rota activity for the week
  • Undertaking care tasks as outlined in the Service User's care/support plan.
  • Observed patient condition and behaviour closely, reporting changes or concerns promptly.

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Greencore Group LTD
Bow, Newham
04.2013 - 07.2013
  • Continuously monitoring raw materials, all operational processes and the overall production environment to ensure that all activity complies with food safety manufacturing standards
  • Liaising closely with teammates at all times, monitoring progress against plan and highlighting any areas of risk to achieving target at the earliest point
  • Actively promoted a SHE culture within my department and adhered to procedures within my team.
  • Supervised activities of workers and enforce safety regulations.
  • Tracked employee performance, assessed daily output and implemented corrective actions to close gaps.
  • Worked closely with management to manage staff levels and allocate resources for production plans.

PHARMACY'S ASSISTANT

Farmacia Africa - (Bata, GE)
12.2011 - 12.2012
  • Dispensed medication accurately against customer prescriptions.
  • Educated patients in monitoring and maintaining good health.
  • Processed incoming medication orders, checking inventories for supply requirements and reordering stock as necessary.
  • Minimised patient waiting times through excellent prioritisation and multitasking.
  • Answered telephones and provided information about order status, shop hours and pharmacy procedures.
  • Kept pharmacy counter and related areas clean, neat and organised.

CUSTOMER'S SERVICE ASSISTANT

Zeedex Plaza Hotel's LTD
12.2006 - 08.2010
  • Providing support, help and advice to customers who patronise the company, making sure they are satisfied and happy with our service
  • Responsible for arranging appointments, meeting with potential customers, explaining our services, writing up orders and asking for recommendations
  • Ensure that customer's requests, questions and complaints are brought to a satisfactory conclusion
  • Develop and make presentations of company products and services to current and potential clients.

Education

BA in Business Management (Incomplete) - Business Management, Bedford

University of Bedfordshire, Bedford
01.2013 - 06.2015

Foundation Degree in Arts -

David Game College, London
09.2010 - 06.2011

A-Levels -

EMMANUEL'S INTERNATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL, Aba
10.2004 - 06.2006

Skills

  • Stoma care and wound-care management
  • Leadership, Supervision & Training
  • Infection prevention and control
  • Patient observations, ECG, Bladder scan
  • Medication Administration
  • Care plan management
  • Activities of Daily Living (ADL) assistance
  • NHS Health assessment and monitoring
  • Communication skills
  • PLD Coaching qualified
  • Google Workspace
  • Team building
  • Problem-solving

Languages

English
Conversational Spanish

Affiliations

  • Cooking and Nutrition
  • Arts and Crafts
  • Reading Medical Journals and Literature
  • Fitness and Wellness
  • Public Speaking

Accomplishments

AWARDS:

  • Education Ambassador of Nigeria; by the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) for my outstanding contribution to the growth of education in Nigeria.
  • Merit Award by Avutu Obowo Community in recognition of my excellent leadership, quality representation, youth empowerment, philanthropy gesture, and community development.
  • Titled Award conferred on me by the Catholic Women Organisation Home and Abroad of All Saints Catholic Church of Nigeria as Ezinwa Chimereze (a good son of God of the community) for my contribution to church growth and community.

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Elesiro, Collins Obinna, 2016. A Guide to Tuition-Free Education Abroad (How to Study Abroad for Free)
  • Elesiro, Collins Obinna, 2019. The Triumvirate of Life (Earth, Humankind, and Volition)
  • Elesiro & Oladeji, 2019. Sweetness (An Anthology of the Collins Elesiro Literary Prize)

ACHIEVEMENTS:

  • Believing in the preservation of African heritage through literal lore, in 2019 I introduced the Collins Elesiro Literary Prize a bi-annual writing contest where a community of young writers all over Africa tell the best of African stories.
  • Pioneered and partnered with Child's Lover Foundation; a charity organisation in Nigeria to help orphans and less-privileged children in Africa.
  • Organising annual youth football tournaments in my community in Nigeria; Avutu Youth Football Championship, allowing young footballers to showcase their talent for consideration by scouts.
  • Highly involved in Environmental affairs, creating awareness of the world's most ignored problems such as climate change, wildlife endangerment and our disappearing environments, hence I wrote the book; The Triumvirate of Life.
  • Sponsored several Scrabble games competitions in Nigeria for secondary schools to compete in.

Certification

Personal Life Development Coach by The Coaching Academy on 06/09/2015

References

References available upon request.

Quote

There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.
Tony Robbins

Timeline

YOUTH LEADER (Church Volunteer)

Glorious Life Gospel Centre (GLGC UK)
01.2024 - Current

HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT (HCA)

Medacs Healthcare - (NHS General)
04.2023 - Current

CARE SUPPORT WORKER

MyLocum Healthcare Recruitment -(NHS MH & General)
07.2021 - Current

BAND-3 MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT WORKER

Pertemps Medical Recruitment - (NHS Trust)
03.2018 - Current

SENIOR LEARNING DISABILITY SUPPORT WORKER

River Court Short Break Service
05.2017 - 07.2017

RESOURCE CENTRE ASSISTANT

Fred Francis Day Centre
10.2016 - 05.2017

TEAM LEADER - FAMILY LINK

Qwick Errandz Services - Southwark Council
04.2016 - Current

MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT WORKER

CareTech Community Services LTD
08.2015 - 10.2016

COMMUNITY HEALTH SUPPORT WORKER

Barts Health Community Health Services
08.2015 - 09.2015

HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT

Uplands Health Care - (Residential/Care Homes)
11.2013 - 10.2016

BAND-3 CLINICAL SUPPORT

Capital Care Services - (Hospitals & Community)
10.2013 - 05.2018

CARE ASSISTANT

CareWatch Care Services - (Domiciliary Care)
05.2013 - 02.2014

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Greencore Group LTD
04.2013 - 07.2013

BA in Business Management (Incomplete) - Business Management, Bedford

University of Bedfordshire, Bedford
01.2013 - 06.2015

PHARMACY'S ASSISTANT

Farmacia Africa - (Bata, GE)
12.2011 - 12.2012

Foundation Degree in Arts -

David Game College, London
09.2010 - 06.2011

CUSTOMER'S SERVICE ASSISTANT

Zeedex Plaza Hotel's LTD
12.2006 - 08.2010

A-Levels -

EMMANUEL'S INTERNATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL, Aba
10.2004 - 06.2006

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